Author Archive: Retro

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.

Inventor of a vital defense weapon must travel to Alaska to find a necessary part before the bad guys get it first. 13 Chapters. Dir. Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins.

A girl brought to modern Germany experiences events that occurred during the World War II era.