Author Archive: Retro

A criminal falls for a girl and decides to go straight.

First sound documentary about Africa.

Lightweight comedy about the fickle Caulfield, who’s just a girl who can’t say yes, and won’t decide if marriage is best for her.

Star reporter learns that the publisher’s daughter has information about the murder of a gambler, but to get the scoop he must kidnap the girl, then struggle to keep her name out of the headlines. Dir. Les Goodwins.

A church vicar tries a variety of schemes to come up with 1000 pounds to fix the church’s crooked steeple. When all his plans fail, he decides to bet his savings on a horse running at a local race track.

Classic 1930’s spy story.

Major Robert Rogers organized “Rogers Rangers” to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced explorer and Indian fighter, were Hunk Marriner, another experienced Indian fighter, and Langdon Towne, a Harvard graduate who was the map maker. The episodes told the story of their trials and tribulations searching for the Northwest Passage and their battles with both the French and Indians during this war.

Two African adventurers are pitted against one another in a hunt for a fortune in ivory. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Andrew L. Stone