Author Archive: Retro

Bandleader marries a beautiful, mysterious woman, but when she tells him a secret about her occupation, she is subsequently kidnapped, and her husband must play a desperate game to get her back. Well made, obscure thriller. Dir. William Nigh.

WWII American officer Hutton falls in love with a German girl, but their romance hits a snag when a former lover returns and seeks revenge on Hutton, and when he is killed Hutton receives the blame. Produced by Boris L. Petroff. Dir. Sam Wood.

Architect who believes he killed his fiancee thinks his guilt may be causing him to black out and commit acts of violence against himself.

Lady Bertha Wetherby (Ann Harding) befriends mild-mannered palm reader Mr. Vorhees (Peter Lorre) and invites him to live with her at her estate. Her nephew, Randy (Louis Hayward), suspects that Vorhees is a fraud who is trying to take advantage of her kindness. However, as Randy attempts to expose him, many of Mr. Vorhees’ predictions appear to be coming true…

Girl dumps her “small-time” boyfriend who throws himself into his work and becomes successful. Dir. Richard Thorpe.

Early in 1939 Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolph Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.

Charming story about a bandleader who falls in love with a Princess.

In this war movie, set in WW II along the Burma Road, a Chinese schoolteacher selflessly risks her life to become a spy for her country.