Author Archive: Retro

Female FBI agent must find the kidnappers of a wealthy businessman and locate $50,000 of stolen ransom money. Written by Barry Barringer. Dir. Clarence Brown

A tale about a singer and an ice-skating impresario.

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