Author Archive: Retro

During WWII, the death camp at Treblinka had an escape, causing the Commandant at a similar camp in Sobibor to vow (actually threaten) that his camp would never experience the same thing. The Jewish laborers that had been spared from the ovens, knew that they were on borrowed time and that their only hope was to escape. However, because the Germans would kill an equal number of others whenever a group attempted to escape, the captives knew that if ever an escape was tried, all 600 prisoners in the camp would have to be included…

A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.

Detective investigates the death of a lecherous artist, but all evidence points to his girlfriend being the murderer. In this early talkie, actress Joan Barry provides the voice for Anny Ondra, a silent performer who couldn’t speak english! Co-Written by Alfred Hitchcock. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock

Stoker in a Welsh coal town risks his life to save the mine after a gas leak.

Mexican workers at a Zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.

Allied spies and Nazi agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor’s nearly perfected bomb sight.

After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension – both with the natives and also within their own group – as they attempt to adapt to their remote, exotic surroundings.

The boss’ daughter falls for steelworking McCrea when he saves two people in a factory accident. She plans to make him a society husband within a month.