Author Archive: Retro

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.

Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.

A young mechanic loses an amateur fight at a carnival, and sets out to train hard to become a professional boxer.

A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.

A gentleman is shot dead in his study. The police come in to solve the crime. A young detective weaves his way through danger and an intricate set of clues to catch the killer. Watch for the scene were a murder is committed by shooting a gun through a mail slot in a door. The climax is terrific and similar to Secret of the Blue Room.

A man’s heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.