Author Archive: Retro

Headwaiter uses blackmail and espionage to keep from being replaced as headwaiter by a woman.

Powerful, docucmentary-like story of Nazi-occupied Rome, and how the citizens deal with their oppressors. Dir. Roberto Rossellini

Tough, good-hearted kid tries to save his boxer brother from a gang of juvenile delinquents. Dir. Howard Bretherton.

Lamont Cranston, posing as an attorney, is asked to rewrite a will for a millionaire, who is killed soon after ordering his neice to be disinherited. Dir. Lynn Shores

Spunky reporter Roberts is lured into the wilderness by guide Arlen.

Dir. Lloyd Bacon. True story of five brothers killed on the Battleship Juneau at Guadalcanal during WWII.

Comedy about a Duke’s daughter who poses as a man to win the attentions of her beloved. Olivier’s first appearance in a film based on Shakespeare delivers a great performance as Orlando. Written by J.M. Barrie and Robert Cullen, from the Shakespeare play. Dir. Paul Czinner.

Woman seeks revenge on the gangster who had her innocent brother executed, but must find a key set of fingerprints to clear her own name. Dir. E. Mason Hopper

Sentimental story of a young woman who sacrifices everything to get her brother out of trouble. A murderer places an ad saying “I’ll buy your life”. A Desperate woman answers and takes the blame for the murder in exchange for money.