Author Archive: Retro

Industrialists start dropping dead after they invent a revolutionary new poison gas. Mr. Wong must weed through all the suspects to bring the real killer to justice. Based on the stories by Hugh Wiley. Dir. William Nigh

F. Scott Fitzgerald story about American writer who falls in love with a beautiful wealthy girl in post WWII Paris. Romantic tearjerker. Written by Richard Brooks. Color. Dir. Richard Brooks.

Crusading young publisher Britt Reid masquerades as the Green Hornet to fight the underworld…with help from his valet, Kato. 13 Chapters. Dir. Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor.

A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances.

When the bride’s mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom’s father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.

Based on Clarence Day’s story of growing up in turn-of-the-century New York City with his loving but eccentric father. Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Mr. Wong investigates the theft of a gigantic, cursed Chinese sapphire stolen from a museum, and how it relates to the murder of a gem collector. Dir. William Nigh

Rae Lane entices her workaholic boss to come to a nudist camp in the hopes of winning his heart. Things go swimmingly, until attractive and pert blond Barbara captures his attention.