Author Archive: Retro

Famed comic actor Joe E. Brown in a rare dramatic role of a German immigrant who works as a circus clown.

Independant businesswoman takes a vow of celibacy, but is tested by a young man from Bali.

An imprisoned man’s son turns to a life of crime in this transitional film for the Bowery Boys and the Dead End Kids.

Fifth in the Mr. Wong series. A man is accused of killing his father-in-law after an argument, but the famous detective feels there’s more than meets the eye in this case, and a cargo of stolen bonds may be part of it. Dir. William Nigh

Crime drama about the kidnapping of the son of an industrialist.

Competent doctor ignores scruples to become successful, but a crippled little boy shows him where his real obligations lie. An early appearance by Rooney before he became famous. Dir. John Robertson.

Mann takes son Bushman for a two-year vacation in a drier climate while his business partner back home writes him off as a failure.

Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive’s leader and a likable cowhand take the boy under their wing

Fifty years in the life of a midwestern schoolteacher whose frustrated romances leave her to concentrate instead on the lives of her students. Dir. Tay Garnett.