Author Archive: Retro

A really well made British murder mystery. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who’s the cold-blooded killer?

Lena Rivers (‘Charlotte Henry’), born in New England under clouded parentage, robbed of her mother at birth, transplanted with her grandmother(

Wealthy playboy Sandy Benton falls for pretty but decidedly less wealthy neighbor Doris Lawrence. She rebuffs his attentions, but scheming golddigger Estelle has her own plans for Sandy. When Doris hears about Sandy’s wild times with Estelle, she sets out to show him that she, too, can be a “modern” woman.

A young man from a small town heads to New York, determined to become a radio star. He achieves his goal but in the process alienates those around him.

Two daredevil pilots go after the same girl.

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A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, whom are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.

A pilot (Richard Arlen) and his brother fall in love with the same woman (Jean Parker).

The second of comedian Benny Rubin’s two starring features for Tiffany Studios, Hot Curves is a spoof of baseball manager John McGraw’s publicity-conscious efforts to put a Jewish player on the New York Giants. Rubin plays Benny Goldberg, a soda jerk who joins the Pittsburgh Cougars along with his egotistical pal Jim Dolan (Rex Lease). While Benny works himself up to star-player status, Jim falters badly, thanks mostly to his ever-expanding ego and his romantic misadventures with manager’s daughter Elaine McGrew (Alice Day) and predatory Margie (Natalie Morehead). He pulls himself together in time to lead his team to victory during the World Series, but not before he’s put through the emotional wringer when Benny is reported killed in a plane crash. Featured in the cast as Benny’s Irish-Catholic girlfriend is Pert Kelton, three years before her “official” screen bow in RKO’s Bed of Roses.