Author Archive: Retro

The East Side Kids, featuring Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell and Huntz Hall, star in this spirited blend of action and comedy. The kids come to the rescue of a hysterical young girl who is discovered in the apartment with a murdered man. Convinced she’s not the killer, the guys hide her as they comb the neighborhood for the real murderer. However, one of the kids made the mistake of picking up the baseball bat that appears to be the murder weapon, and now the fingerprints could point the police investigation at them. ‘Neath The Brooklyn Bridge also features Dave O’Brien (best known for his eccentric performance in Reefer Madness) and Noah Beery Jr..

College boy refuses to join the football team because of his father’s disgrace years earlier, when dad ran the wrong way to score a touchdown for the opposing team. Dir. Bob Hill.

Fictionalized acount of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbles’ early years as a playwright attempts to explain his insanity. Dir. Alfred Zeisler

A mad sailor kills his fellow crew members and jumps overboard.

Smalltown barber finds show business success when he joins forces with a vaudeville comic. Dir. Phil Rosen.

Muggs and the gang (Ann Gillis) hide a girl (Noah Beery Jr.) and solve a murder.

A conservative Quaker (Alan Ladd) works for an advertising agency and is about to marry his fiancée (Dianne Foster). However, the onset of World War II necessitates his enlistment into the Army. Assigned to be a gunner aboard a warship, the man’s peaceful intentions are tested by skeptical shipmates and a grudgeful lieutenant commander.

Homeless man is chosen to represent the common man in a political good-will campaign. Dir. Bernard Vorhaus.

During the Korean War, a tough GI leads a group of misfit recruits on an impossible mission. Dir. Franklin Adreon