Author Archive: Retro

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.

Exploits of the fictional politician Senator Claghorn during his run for the U.S. Senate. Senator Claghorn, a character from the Fred Allen Show, is unaware that the civil war is over and lost.

Following their graduation from West Point, two roommates wind up fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War. Produced by Maurice and Frank King, Production design by William Cameron Menzies. Dir. William Cameron Menzies, B. Reeves Eason

A man is framed by bank robbers.

A gang of youngsters try to clear their friend from murder charges. Color.

Hair-raising adventures of a big-city fire department’s “Suicide Squad” rescue unit, and the difficulty that develops when a new recruit is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Produced by Sam Katzman. Dir. Bernard B. Ray (Raymond K. Johnson)

In this musical-comedy, a good-hearted composer sees a beautiful woman at a traffic light and is inspired to write a song. They then fall in love. She is a feisty, untamed sort and soon after the wedding, the fireworks begin as they constantly bicker. At one point their rows become so violent that they nearly destroy a house. The plot is based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.