Author Archive: Retro

Shell-shocked WWII vet takes a job as chauffeur to a mobster, falls for the gangster’s wife, and takes her on the lam to Havanna. Based on the surreal novel “The Black Path of Fear” by Cornell Woolrich. Dir. Arthur Ripley

Hoodlum Jack Martin is on the lam and robs a small town bank which brings the local cops and local crime boss into the mix.

Jury forman is blamed by the press and his family after a woman on trial is found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair. Produced and Directed by Chester Erskine, his debut. Dir. Chester Erskine.

Joseph von Sternberg’s final film about a woman marooned on a small island with 30 lecherous men. Filmed in Japan.

Historical drama about shy young princess who arrives in Russia to marry the Grand Duke. She eventually overcomes that which tries to keep her down to become a great Czarina.Produced by Alexander Korda. Dir. Paul Czinner

In this Stan Laurel produced comedy, the Boys find that things are not always what they seem when they meet their identical twins they thought were hanged at sea and who are now a pair of happy-go-lucky sailors on leave. And if this isn’t bad enough it only gets worse when the Boys meet up with their twins wives and find themselves running from the local gangsters! Dir. Harry Lachman

Married radio stars each get a British evacuee on their respective shows. When one guest says he lives in a castle–“The Castle” being the name of a pub–he is believed to be a missing lord’s heir. Based on the radio series by Daniels and Lyon. Written by Val Guest, Marriott Edgar and J.O.C. Orton. Dir. Andrew L. Stone.

Feuding fathers deal with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.