Author Archive: Retro

An impoverished family of acrobats is befriended by a squirrel who helps them attain a fortune. Dir. Irving Pichel.

An Austrian mountain-climber ends up as a prisoner-of-war, escapes and befriends Tibet’s 14th Dalai Lama.

Escaped convict returns home to visit his former girlfriend who is now married and has a family. Written by Robert Hamer. Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer.

Two pilot friends, Harlan and Delaney, enlist in the airplane border patrol and are sent across the Mexican border disguised as smugglers to break up a gang.

Yeoman loves an outlaw’s daughter. He does not know that in reality she is a kidnapped heiress.

A gang leader dumps her criminal boyfriend when he is convicted of robbery, but he recovers the stolen loot once he’s released. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps his son and demands the money as ransom.

Musical-adventure as the Captain of a pearl boat discovers a new source of the precious gems and must protect it from his devious rival as well as his own crewmates. Songs include: “Hi-Ho-Hum”, “Moon Over the Islands”, “The Lady With the Two Left Feet” & more. Dir. Charles Lamont

The “Scarlet Pimpernel” legend is updated to WWII in this breathless actioner. Leslie Howard plays mild-mannered Professor Smith, who under cover of darkness transforms into a tireless defender of democracy. With several loyal companions, Smith makes several forays into Nazi-occupied territories to rescue the oppressed victims of the Third Reich.