Author Archive: Retro

August Bolte, despised in German East Africa, forces a nobleman’s daughter to marry him

Expedition in Congo encounters gorilla-worshipping tribe; a virgin is sacrificed to a giant gorilla

Detective Philo Vance investigates the murder of a crooked stockbroker at his estate

Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding.

Anna Christie arrives at her father’s barge, an emotionally wounded woman with a hidden past. When she falls in love with sailor Matt, she is reluctant to marry him, haunted by her recent past.

An elderly professor’s ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.

An early masterpiece from Alfred Hitchcock.

After her father’s death, Mary Rainey takes over the Rainey Circus (which operates twice daily, rain or shine) but runs into financial troubles.

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée’s family.