Author Archive: Retro

Tale of love, murder and greed on Caribbean island.

Dr. Christian tries to prove a thief innocent. Last entry in the series.

After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension – both with the natives and also within their own group – as they attempt to adapt to their remote, exotic surroundings.

Lamarr as young girl who grows up to be a legendary man-killer. Dir. Richard Thorpe.

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…