Author Archive: Retro

Four part ( mins each) dubbed version of Victor Hugo’s classic novel about the th century France.

Notorious but Nice is a 1933 Pre-code American sound film drama directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Marian Marsh and Betty Compson. It was produced and distributed by B-Movie studio Chesterfield Motion Pictures.

Cannes 1962 Festival Winner. Based on short story by Ambrose Bierce.

The story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.

At a Catholic public school, Benjamin Stanfield is tired of being the teacher’s pet and decides to play a practical joke on his form master Father Goddard. In confession, Stanfield tells Goddard that he has accidentally murdered his friend Blakey and buried him in the forest.

A woman who works for American Intelligence headquarters in Saigon relates important military information to her husband, a communist agent.

Destitute young couple eagerly accept an invitation to farm a dilapidated tract of land for some relatives, and begin inviting other unemployed families to help them run the farm. Written by King Vidor. Dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki.

Famous tale of the magical Piper who rids town of rats and disappears with the village children when they refuse to pay. Color. The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it’s flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain…which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.

Fast and furious action suspense drama and the exploitation of sex. Studded with Sordid Characters of the underworld.