Author Archive: Retro

Bumbling busboy, Joe E. Brown, moonlights as a boxer to pay for instructions in his favorite subject–astrology. Eventually he’s hired by a gambler who sees his stargazing as a way to pick winning horses and boxers.

Mr. Wong investigates deaths caused by an ancient curse which was released when an important archaeological find is uncovered. Luke’s first starring role (replacing Boris Karloff) marks the end of the Mr. Wong series. Dir. Phil Rosen

Tom and Ruth are disowned by their parents after eloping. They take up jobs as tenant farmers and and learn the true value of marriage, working and living.

Young couple travels to a remote inn to be married by a justice of the peace, but soon after they arrive, the phone line is cut and a killer begins stalking them and the other occupants of the inn. Dir. Bob Hill

Zorro forms a legion to help stop a band of outlaws from stealing gold shipments. Feature version of Serial. Dir. John English, William Witney

When his father’s caravan is slaughtered by an evil prince, a young boy is raised in the jungle by a holy man, and comes to be known as “El Lion”. Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dir. John P. McCarthy

A cropduster pilot finds himself caught between two women–one who loves him and the other, who doesn’t handle rejection well, who’s out to destroy him.

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