Author Archive: Retro

In this drama, a wealthy, aristocratic New Yorker, thinking his son is a panty-waist, decides to make a real man of him and sends him to work in a lumber camp. Unbeknownst to the father, the boy is already a famous wrestler known as the mysterious Masked Marvel.

A man returns from his grave to terrorize and torture small town citizens.

Up-and-coming ball player finds himself up to his neck in gambling debts and must shave points off the Big Game so crooks will leave him alone. Photographed by Stanley Cortez. Dir. Malcolm St. Clair.

Olivier is forced to share a hotel suite with Oberon who soon disappears.

A youth, tired of being bored, finds himself involved in a murder and must rely on his boardinghouse buddies to save him.

Oland plays an evil Russian chemist (named Boris Karlov!) seeks revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter’s suicide. Dir. George B. Seitz

During WWII, a farm family moves to the city following a foreclosure, and the young son and his faithful dog find themselves in the middle of a gang of spies. Dir. William Nigh.

An insurance investigator goes to Los Angeles to investigate the disappearance of a colleague.

In this film, Gail Patrick plays a young woman framed for murder. Luckily, the newsman on the courtroom beat is ace photographer Lew Ayres. He senses that Patrick is innocent and vows to track down the guilty party.