Author Archive: Retro

Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag’s old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.

Directed by Anthony Mann. Lavish and exciting historical epic about the quest for a book containing important information sought by both peasants and aristocrats during the French Revolution. Aka “Reign of Terror.”

Dir. Fellini. Il Bidone is the story of an old and tired con man, who one day, when it’s too late, finds himself transformed after he’s gone through a redemption of sorts. One of Fellini’s least seen films.

Swords and Sandals epic. Zorro meets Baron Scarpia in 18th century Naples. Replete with revolution, a Zorro-like hero, a villainous Baron Scarpia of a police chief, and a duel-to-death at the end.

After his mother’s death a boxer receives an injury to his arm which heals improperly, forcing him to retire and become a nightclub bouncer.

A mobster relocates to a new town to continue his schemes, and begins by turning public sentiment against the local District Attorney.

Mistreated daughters abandon their family because of lack of attention.

A madman murders Sir Percival Glyde. Taking on his victim’s identity, the man returns to the Glyde ancestral home, Blackwater Park, in hopes of claiming a large inheritance. However, the estate is heavily in debt. Still hungry for wealth, the false “Glyde” takes advantage of a long-standing betrothal promise to marry young and beautiful heiress Laurie Fairlie. Having his true identity revealed could ruin everything, but this lascivious and diabolical “Glyde” is more than willing to kill anyone who stands in his way… This story is loosely based on Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White.

Beautiful diva is involved in a plan to smuggle precious jewels plots to trick her partners.