Author Archive: Retro

Beautiful French actress, new to New York City, becomes tangled up in a scheme to snare a millionaire husband. Dir. Henry Koster.

On an empty road, an old man is walking with his son. They meet a crow that can speak. They are changed into monks and Saint Francois sent them to preach for hawks and sparrows. A reflexion about idealism.

Atwill is a free-wheeling philanthropist who keeps getting accused of murders. He is acquitted by the fact that the witnesses testify that he spoke to them, when he is a deaf mute. What’s going on here? Dir. Wilfred Lucas, Phil Rosen

State trooper is killed by gold hoarders and his brother swears revenge.

Six jobless brothers who find work as extras on a movie set are mistaken for studio executives.

Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self-made health therapy consisting of intake of large quantities of vitamin C and making oneself laugh as much as possible.

Dick Tracy and Pat Patton try to solve a case involving the Claw, an arch-villain with a hook instead of a right hand, who killed a man during a heist. Dir. John Rawlins

Set amidst the roaring engines, and high-speed rivalries of a racetrack, this thriller tells the story of a test driver and a mechanic who must prove themselves innocent of false charges that get them booted off the track before the big race.

A playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, finds himself up against a tough crime boss and his gang.