Author Archive: Retro

Businessman Edmund Gilbert Edmund Gwenn and his daughter Lilian Wendy Barrie are a well-to-do father and daughter caught in the down-draft of the British economic depression — he’s a financier without finance, and they’re both struggling to put on a big front as their resources disappear. When Paul Martin (Robert Donat), a once-wealthy young man trying to survive as an employee of the gas-works, shows up to turn off their utilities, it seems like the end — but Paul takes a fancy to Lilian and decides to leave their gas and power on. And Mr. Gilbert suddenly takes a fancy to Paul when the younger man discovers that an escaping thief who bumped into him on the underground has left $100,000 on Paul’s person. Now Edmund wants the young man as his partner in a new venture, to attract other investors, and matters become more comically complicated still as the byzantine world of romance and [...]

Just before dying of a gunshot wound, a cop asks a widowed antique store owner to look after his good-hearted but mischievous son, who will soon be arriving from Europe. Dir. Sam Wood.

In this thriller, a man has only a limited amount of time left to save his life.

Urged on by anti-German hysteria in WWI America, two German-American pilots join the German airforce, but when America enters the war effort, they may be executed as traitors. Dir. David Howard

Outrageous publicity agent gets involved with gangsters when he is commisioned to get rid of a “high-brow” foreign director.

The tale of Sir Francis Drake and the 1588 sinking of the Spanish Armada.

Prisoners plan a breakout. Dir. Lambert Hillyer.

Self-centered woman lets nothing stand in her way as she climbs the ladder of social success. Color.

Released convict is prevented from leading a normal life when his past keeps him from finding legitimate work. Written by James Landis.