Author Archive: Retro

Strongman Maciste must battle the one-eyed Cyclops monster that is ravaging the land of Sadok, while at the same time fending off the advances of the evil Queen Capys, who wants to do a little ravaging of her own.

In the tenth year of the Trojan War, tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon divide the Greek camp while giving hope to the Trojans.

Superstrong hero Hercules, aided by young Ulysses and scientific wit Diogenes, journeys to Troy, where the city’s virgins are being sacrificed to a horrible sea monster. When Princess Diana, heir to the Trojan throne currently being held by her evil uncle Petra, is selected to become the sea monster’s next victim, Hercules must battle the monster – and Petra’s warriors – in order to save her.

Rock Stevens, later known as Peter Lupus on ?Mission: Impossible? is the mighty Hercules in this action filled sword and sandal epic. The big guy wades right in when he?s called on to rescue the Queen of Hellendes from the clutches of the villainous king of Babylon and his evil siblings.

A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.

A Christmas Wish is a heartwarming holiday classic about a New York family (led by Durante) who is down on their luck at Christmas time. Shortly before Christmas, they move into a ground floor apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just when it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family’s guardian angel, not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever. The film is enlivened with the warmth and sweetness of an unforgettable love story between Terry Moore (of Mighty Joe Young) and Tom Drake (of Meet Me in St. Louis). Rupert the Squirrel (created using George Pal’s Academy Award winning animation technique) will charm young and old alike. Jimmy Durante shines when he sings Jingle Bells and other well-loved Christmas carols in the evocative voice that made him one of America’s recording legends.

Directed by Robert Lynn. Story of a family who cars for a seal that has been shot. Disney-type family feature.