Author Archive: Retro

New York assistant DA is determined to expose a hate group of “over-patriotic” Americans when they murder his buddy as well as a female gangmember who is about to testify. Cameos by Everett Sloan, Marlene Dietrich, Henry Fonda as a waiter, Burgess Meredith as a bartender, and John Garfield as a loiterer. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennett

German brothers are at conflict during the Nazi regime; one becoming a soldier, the other operating an underground radio transmission attempting to warn people of the Nazi party’s true agenda. Dir. Vincent Sherman

American potter meets Texas oilman. Gentle family film with music.

O’Brien’s film debut. Newpaper reports and editors battle to keep the exclusive sotry of an escaped death row inmate. Set in 1930’s Chicago. Comedy. AAN Best Picture

Wayne and the men of the Foreign Legion battle the Devil of the Desert. Feature version of the serial “The Three Musketeers”. Dir. Armand Schaefer, Colbert Clark

A ship’s officer tries to regain control during a mutiny with only one woman as his ally.

The animal skin and vine have once again bow handed down, this time to another Olympic star, Herman Brix, in this condensed version of the serial The New ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Two expeditions, each seeking the legendary Green Goddess, square off with Tarzan trying to heal the breach.

UK scientists find a cure for plague but their government, fearing its military-biological potential, keeps the discovery secret until a scientist is duped into giving it to a foreign power.

Ireland exposes a gang of racist thugs.