Author Archive: Retro

Following the death of King Henry VIII (Frank Cellier) in 1547, his 9-year-old son, Edward VI (Desmond Tester), takes the throne — but the real power lies with his adviser, the Earl of Warwick (Cedric Hardwicke). When Edward grows ill at age 15, the Earl convinces the dying king to name his cousin, Jane Gray (Nova Pilbeam), as his successor. The appointment is not accepted by the court, causing Edward’s sister, Mary Tudor (Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies), to lead a revolt against the reluctant queen.

Compilation of shorts with Harry Langdon, Buster Keaton, Bob Hope, Ed Wynn and more.

A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.

In London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.

Crabbe tries to save villagers from a killer fever with a serum he’s perfecting, but the boat carrying him and the vaccine is torpedoed by a U-Boat and he washes up on a small island. Dir. Harry L. Fraser

In this cheap independent film, a pyromaniac is on the loose in a small town. Several good-looking young people fall under suspicion. Is it the obvious “punk” type or the clean-cut kid?

Diligent night school law student Cooper runs a newsstand by day, but when young thugs and the mob want a piece of the action, Cooper and his pal Spellman must fight to remain independant. Dir. King Vidor.

Naish is the leader of a Nazi spy ring in San Francisco.

A collection of sexy jokes.