Author Archive: Retro

The New Adventures of Heidi may be set in contemporary times, but it’s still the same old yodel-ay-ee-hoo. Johann Spyri’s disgustingly spunky moppet Heidi (Katy Kurtzman) is separated from her beloved grandfather (Burl Ives). She is sent to live with hateful relatives in New York City. Before winning over everyone except the audience, Heidi and her cohorts get to warble 10 original songs by Buz Kohan. Made for TV, The New Adventures of Heidi might have been more tolerable had it been interrupted by a pro football game.

After the war, an intelligence operator cleans up a Communist sabotage, which consists of disabling American soldiers by plying them with booze and girls. Dir. Dorrell McGowan, Stuart McGowan

Another essentially Bardot vehicle, this movie has little plot other than inheritance with a nearly insurmountable stipulation. When the village idiot inherits the town inn, there is a stipulation that he must first get his grammar school diploma. Bourvil gets some good comedic scenes from the plot, while foiling a greedy cousin, played by Brigitte Bardot.

District Attorney with eleven executions under his belt, decides to take a long-delayed honeymoon with his neglected wife.

Narrated by Charles Boyer. The life of a French family during three generations of German aggression.

It’s up to the gang to stop a ring of saboteurs who are trying to steal the blueprints of a new plane. Features the two-fisted boys from Dead End in the comedy/drama series. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabe Dell and Billy Benedict.

Calvert as master detective Michael Waring, aka “The Falcon”, who is hired to clear the name of an innocent man accused of killing a racetrack operator. Dir. John Link

American spy being hidden from the Nazis by an Italian contact, learns that the contact’s wife is having an affair with a German officer, and wants the American out of the way. Dir. Irvin Kershner

East Side Kids harass Japanese shop-owners and uncover a spy ring out to overthrow the U.S. government. Dir. Walter Forde.