Author Archive: Retro

Female jewel thief gets a straight job as a bank secretary, but is soon drawn back in to the old gang, who wants her to help rob the bank where she works. Dir. Charles Lamont.

Light-hearted story that revolves around a hobo, a chimp, and a six-year-old boy.

Styled after James Bond and The Man From Uncle, this Euro thriller stars Boyd and Kocina in a fast moving story of espionage and intrigue.

Lion-tamer Beatty stranded on a mysterious, dangerous island with mutinous shipmates who are searching for stolen loot. Feature version of the serial. Dir. Armand Schaefer and David Howard

Compilation of early Mickey McGuire comedies where anything can happen and usually does.

Maniac kidnaps a young girl and holds her prisoner in a shack in the woods.

Barroom philosopher listens to old records, bets on the horses and shoots the breeze with the various weirdos and luckless individuals who wander into the bar. Produced by William Cagney.

Spacek plays the part of a girl who lets her emotions and liberal attitudes turn her into a maniac bomber. Her warped mind convinced her that killing and destroying was the answer to a better world. Much of the film was done with Spacek and Winkler sitting on a chair talking to the audience about their views of the world and how to make it a different place. Very good film dealing with the observations of a pair of diehard maniacs.

Director Preston Sturges. Lloyd’s last film casts him as a mild mannered office worker who turns eccentric after drinking a ‘Diddlebock’ cocktail.