Author Archive: Retro

A group of individuals with strange histories gather in a boardinghouse where they are stalked by a killer. Based on the play “Murder on the Second Floor” by Frank Vosper. Dir. D. Ross Lederman

Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.

Screwball sailor is worried that his dimwitted buddy who fights his fights and does his work for him will get married and leave the navy, so he tries to get between the two lovers.

Accident-prone crew member fights bandits & wins the girl. Written by Jack Hulbert and Leslie Arliss.

A sharpie from a gambling boat becomes a fugitive once taking the blame for an accidental killing.

A drama about an idealistic law student from Hell’s Kitchen who unites his neighborhood pals against a gang.

Feature version of Serial. A masked man known as “The Eagle” sets out to avenge his family.

Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. After falling in love with a lounge singer, Jimmy tries to impress her by doing jobs for her shady boss. After one of these jobs goes bad, Jimmy ends up on the run. Eventually, he must confront the truth, his past, and his parents.

The cast of a play are being murdered by a mysterious hunchback called “The Fiend”, so the author of the play teams up with two reporters to try to catch the killer. Dir. Robert Hill