Author Archive: Retro

A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anaesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by a women she accidentally knocked down with her car; the woman wasn’t hurt, but a scheming attorney has convinced her she can get a lot of money for the “accident.” Meanwhile, the scientist’s research assistant, who is in love with her boss’ boyfriend, arranges for an explosion in the laboratory that disfigures the scientist’s face, in order to take the boyfriend away from her. The scientist has plastic surgery to make her look like the woman who tried to blackmail her – who while struggling with the scientist fell out of a window and was killed – and determines to get back her boyfriend and punish her scheming assistant.

Her Private Affair is a 1929 drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Ann Harding. It was produced and distributed by the Pathé Exchange company. A silent film with sound effects and talking sequences.

A sailor bets his friends he can date any woman he wants to. They pick out a librarian with a reputation as a “cold fish”, and when he pursues her he discovers that he has competition–and his rival has much more sinister intentions than he does.

Straightforward biography of the Russian empress, up to her assumption of the throne.

Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn’t marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of “My Old Kentucky Home” sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.

Men Are Such Fools is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by William Nigh and written by Viola Brothers Shore and Ethel Doherty. The film stars Leo Carrillo, Vivienne Osborne, Una Merkel, Joseph Cawthorn and Tom Moore.

A British playboy, who just happens to be in possession of an ancient sarcophagus (it’s sitting in his mansion living room), discovers there’s a 3000-year old Egyptian princess inside–alive! She pops out one evening and the two of them go out on the town for an unforgettable night of romance and song.

Returning after a long absence, a man learns the woman he fell in love with on the ship going home is his stepmother.

Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries everything he can to drive them out of business, from sending his pretty daughter to seduce them to having his henchmen sabotage their trucks.