Author Archive: Retro

An art teacher falls for a flirtatious French student.

First film since 1927 recounting Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.

G-man Starrett goes undercover as a prizefighter to stop a gang from smuggling stolen government artillery. .

After he is forced into driving a getaway car for a bank robbery, a cabby is blackmailed into posing as the murdered heir to a huge fortune, whom he looks exactly like. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennett

Charlie Chan, the Oriental detective, is confronted by a killer after solving the murder of a medium.

Deceased gangster makes a deal with the devil to return to earth as a kindly judge. Dir. Archie Mayo.

In 1194, on his return from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart is taken prisoner in Germany. Disguised as a troubadour, Robin Hood formulates a plan to rescue Richard but he is captured himself.

Sailor goes undercover in a captured Nazi submarine to stop the enemy, and the Nazis don’t stand a chance as Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo are satirized in this Hal Roach Streamliner.

An unhappy married woman has an affair with a violent criminal. She gets pregnant with his baby, but he gets arrested and goes to prison. Now what?