Author Archive: Retro

PRC – Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Ward McTaggart, Kenneth Harlan, Donald Curtis. When Reynolds becomes engaged to the local DA, played by Quigley, her former boyfriend gangster shows up. The gangster later ends up shot! However, whos to blame? The finger would seem to point at Marjorie. Nifty PRC crime. 16mm

Sonja Henie stars as figure skater Trudy Ericksen, who is torn between the affections of two men, bandleader Duke Sargent (Cesar Romero) and his agent Jimmy Hall (Don Ameche).

In this crime drama, a policeman pretends to quit the force. Naturally his gun is taken away. He then infiltrates a robber gang so he can bring them to justice. In his spare time, the former officer falls in love with a waitress.

A crooked lawyer blackmails a client into a murder plot against his wife.

A young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.

A really well made British murder mystery. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who’s the cold-blooded killer?

Lena Rivers (‘Charlotte Henry’), born in New England under clouded parentage, robbed of her mother at birth, transplanted with her grandmother(

Wealthy playboy Sandy Benton falls for pretty but decidedly less wealthy neighbor Doris Lawrence. She rebuffs his attentions, but scheming golddigger Estelle has her own plans for Sandy. When Doris hears about Sandy’s wild times with Estelle, she sets out to show him that she, too, can be a “modern” woman.

A young man from a small town heads to New York, determined to become a radio star. He achieves his goal but in the process alienates those around him.