Author Archive: Retro

Young girl’s upbringing by an inconsiderate mother makes her grow up to be an evil woman. Dir. Marshall Neilan.

Laurel and Hardy’s best feature film appearance is this stand out classic comedy from 1933. The Boys, henpecked husbands as usual, want to go to their lodge convention but the wives say, “No!” They devise a scheme to convince their wives they are going to Hawaii to cure Ollie of a bad cold and go to the convention anyway, then wish they hadn’t! Filled with Hal Roach character actors this laugh filled film is a must for fans of the Boys and features Charley Chase as an obnoxious convention-goer. Dir. William A. Seiter

Narcotics ring preys on teens but is intimidated by the inquest of a crusading juvenile-court judge. The bad guys involve the judge’s daughter in the ring in an attempt to stop the investigation. Produced by George Weiss.

A Romeo and Juliet type of love story.

Classic study of a mining disaster based upon an actual event that occurred in Courcieres, near the German border, more thatn a decade before WWI.

Poor orphaned girl falls for Bill, a hot-dog vendor, who dumps her for a society girl. Without Bill’s knowledge, the poor girl marries his brother, and since he doesn’t know about the wedding, he thinks they’re living in sin…what a mess! Dir. Ralph Cedar

Silver plans another search for treasure, this time battling a rival pirate who’s kidnapped Jim and the governor’s daughter. Dir. Byron Haskin

When Winston Churchill’s train is targeted for hijack by Nazi commandos, the Allies send British officer Connery to the rescue. Fast moving WWII actioner.