Author Archive: Retro

The plot of the Pine-Thomas adventure quickie Submarine Alert is more than a little beholden to Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps. Richard Arlen plays FBI radio engineer Lee Deerhold, who turns bitter and vindictive when he is abruptly fired. Actually, his termination was engineered by his FBI superiors, so that Deerhold will be susceptible to a job offer from a gang of Nazi saboteurs. When Deerhold finally gets wise to what’s going on, he finds himself being hotly pursued by practically everyone else in the picture. The better-than-average cast includes Wendy Barrie as undercover agent Ann Patterson, Nils Asther as a mysterious doctor, and Abner Biberman, Marc Lawrence and Dwight Frye as various villains.

Hilarious farce ensues when two women swap boyfriends. Written and Produced by Clive Brook.

In this drama, a gambling-addicted housewife resorts to stealing from the family savings account to feed her obsession. Trouble ensues when her husband finds out.

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island’s German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

The courageous crime-buster battles against a villain who has brainwashed Tracy’s brother. Feature version of serial. Dir. Alan James, Ray Taylor

Film producer uses stunt men with little regard for safety.

A doctor’s sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.

Wealthy entrepreneur living a life of leisure decides its time for a change and finds himself involved in a scandal. Dir. Charles Lamont.