Author Archive: Retro

Innocent young Cheryl (Powell) visits her sister in New York, who is supposedly a Broadway star. In reality, she’s a stripper in a burlesque show, and when Cheryl finds out, she tries to marry her off to a Broadway producer. Dir. Arthur Lubin

Musical biographical account of Pearl White’s life as the silent serial queen. Color. Dir. George Marshall.

Adaption of play, “Darling I Love You” -A pianist trying to get his masterpiece published takes on jobs as a drummer to make ends meet.

Breen’s screen debut as a talented youngster who runs away from his orphanage and joins a travelling circus, which eventually leads to a shot at singing opera in New York. Songs include: “Let’s Sing Again”, “Lullaby”, “Farmer in the Dell”, “La Donna e Mobile,” (from Verdi’s “Rigoletto”). Dir. Kurt Neumann. Circus life and backstage theater drama of a broken home and the custody of a child; featuring Bobby Breen, the famous child star.

Debt-ridden New England country girl inherits an ice show that has been run into bankrupcy by a conniving competitor. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus

A scientist’s obsessive jealousy about his wife, a professional opera singer, endangers their marriage.

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The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarty.