Author Archive: Retro

Tarzan frees animals from greedy trappers who are capturing animals for zoos, while keeping the treasures of a lost city intact. Originally a three part pilot for a TV series. Produced by Sol Lesser. Dir. Charles Haas, Sandy Howard, H. Bruce Humberstone

A rich man Harold Gern (Antony Carbone), busy with making money and spending it just as fast, is newly married with Evelyn (Betsy Jones-Moreland) and on his honeymoon in Puerto Rico. His lawyer MArtin Joyce (Robert Towne as Edward Wain) is there too on business to try and get him out of a situation with the government. Harold ganbles a lot and one day decide to deal with the lawyer by going fishing and scooba diving. The three go underwater fishing and after a small accident with a speargun, they all come up to the boat. When they remove their air apparatus, they can’t breath. Keeping the air tanks, they go back to shore to find help. As they cross the jungle to get to town quicker, they run out of air, but they realize plants give out oxygen and they are able to breath once again. They discover that everyone, even animals, are all [...]

Entertainer in the circus falls for a rich young man, and decides to hide from his family the fact that she’s a lowly circus performer. Dir. Herbert Wilcox

Young soldier on leave in New York visits the “Stage Door Canteen”, a real war-time hot spot where popular stars entertained the troops. He falls in love with one of the servers, despite the Canteen’s strict no-dating rules. Songs include: “The Girl I Love To Leave Behind”, “She’s a Bombshell from Brooklyn”, “We Musn’t Say Goodbye” and more. Dir. Frank Borzage

A band of Gypsies are camped outside the walls of Count Arnheim’s palace. Oliver’s wife kidnaps the Count’s daughter Arline, then leaves the child and runs off with her lover, Devilshoof. Not knowing her true identity, Oliver, with the help of “Uncle” Stanley, raises the girl as his own. Years later, Arline, still unaware of her noble birth, is caught trespassing on the Count’s grounds and is thrown into the dungeon. Meanwhile, Stanley and Oliver pass the time playing “fingers” and bumblingly ply their trade picking pockets. Finally, just when Oliver needs his help to rescue Arline, Stanley gets drunk while siphoning wine into bottles.

Irving Berlin songs highlight this story of a Broadway star who tries to produce a musical revue made up entirely of army recruits. Based on a play by Irving Berlin. Songs include: “My Sweetie”, “Poor Little Me, I’m on KP”, “Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning”, “What Does He Look Like” & more. Dir. Michael Curtiz

Backstage at a burlesque theatre as a star performer loses his wife when he begins hitging the bottle and carousing with women. Dir. John Cromwell, Edward Sutherland

While in a museum of modern art, Rodney Hatch, a barber, places the engagement ring he bought for his girlfriend, Molly, on the finger of a statue of Venus. Magically the statue comes to life. Learning of Rodney’s love for Molly, Venus banishes her to the North Pole and sets out to win the reluctant Rodney’s love.

After her Marine pilot husband is accused of treason and disappears, Venable goes to Shanghai and spots a man who is a dead ringer for him. Dir. Aubrey Scotto