Author Archive: Retro

Salmon fisherman convinces his girlfriend to put up money for his cannery, then dumps her. He then woos a girl with Native American friends, who can fish year round, hoping she’ll convince them to do illegal off-season fishing for him. Her brother is on to the fisherman, and has a plan to expose him. Dir. Richard Sale

A doctor who overcharges his rich, hypochondriac patients in order to take more charity cases, grows fond of a girl who’s mother he could not save. Dir. Frank Strayer.

Handsome racing champ designs a powerful new carburator and must protect it from being sabotaged. With veteran racer Barney Oldfield. Dir. William Beaudine

The always hilarious Lloyd gets fired, boozes it up, wins a fortune gambling and buys a zoo. Dir. Preston Sturges.

Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle’s newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people. Miss Martin (Marilyn Monroe) works in the “Herald” newspaper office. When tragedy strikes, Blake must re-examine his views.

American salesman goes to London and helps a penniless duke promote a new mineral he discovers.

During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India. He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days’ march northward from Peshawar. Meanwhile, the king’s son, Prince Azim, befriends Carruthers and a British drummer boy, Bill Holder, who teaches him how to play the instrument.

Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.

Poor, ignored artist Franz Schubert is saved from starvation by a beautiful Countess who becomes his patron. Dir. Reinhold Sch?nzel