Author Archive: Retro

Blackmailing nightclub singer is murdered and a gossip columnist must solve the case and clear a college pal of the crime. Dir. Bernard B. Ray (Raymond K. Johnson)

Romantic comedy portraying Coleman as a spoiled sophisticate.

Wealthy Chinese princess is murdered by a poisoned dart while she seeks the help of the master detective. She has just enough time to scrawl part of a name on Wong’s wall. Dir. William Nigh

Tailspin Tommy invents a bomb-dropping mechanism and must elude a group of sticky-fingered spies, who are led by Tommy’s childhood mentor. Based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest. Dir. George Waggner

A wandering husband has an affair with another woman. Film version of the John Golden classic domestic drama.

A young Jane Gray finds herself thrust on the throne for 9 days after the death of Henry VIII.

A bookkeeper uncovers Homolka’s secret as an escapee from Devil’s Island.

A 13-year-old’s growing pains are further complicated by her mother’s mental illness and need for institutionalization.

Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov must travel to Mongo to stop the rogue planet from smashing into earth. Feature version of Serial. Dir. Frederick Stephani