Author Archive: Retro

Group of parachutists must destroy the flame thrower installations on Omaha Beach. Color. Dir. Henry King.

1950 pilot of ‘You Bet Your Life’ recorded live with all the bloopers left in. A rare one!

Female leader of Chinese guerrillas organizes the farmers in preparation to fight Japanese occupation in pre-Pearl Harbor China. Dir. William Nigh

Romance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?

Test pilot Talmadge must get back the plans for a secret aircraft when they are stolen by gangsters. Dir. Noel Mason Smith

After a drunken spree on a cruise ship, two women discover that they’re pregnant, and set out to find who the fathers are.

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