Author Archive: Retro

Game of high society charades turns into a series of murders as the various players are picked off one by one. Written by Frank Strayer. Dir. Frank Strayer

Semi-documentary on how marijuana dealers lure small-town teenagers into heroin use and prostitution and how the police help to fight it.

Down-on-his-luck former Coast Guard has a fishing boat which is about to be repossessed. Smugglers use him to bring in a shipment of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border, then blackmail him to continue working for them. Produced by Hank McCune. Dir. Hank McCune

An all-black Caribbean island resort welcomes flashy dancer Gertie La Rue, forced to perform in this remote spot because she two-timed Al, her Harlem lover and backer, once too often. As Gertie amuses herself by dazzling the local men with her sex appeal, sanctimonious Mr. Christian (shades of ‘Rain’) schemes to either reform her or have her thrown off the island. On opening night, her sensuous performance exceeds Christian’s worst fears…but more serious trouble awaits.

Young District Attorney suspects a public benefactor and a deaf mute of murder.

The Kids sign up for a boxing camp that turns out to be a work camp.

Two Foreign Legion officers fight over the same woman as they battle a gunrunning Arab. Written by George Waggner. Dir. George Waggner

Exotic South Seas romance in which an adventurous sailor falls for a native princess, who is destined to be sacrificed to appease a volcano god. Del Rio is the a native girl who falls in love with a white man, but the rules of her community force them to flee to a forbidden island. Filmed in Hawaiian Islands with native dance sequences.Produced by David O. Selznick. Dir. King Vidor

As Alexander the Great prepares for his battle against his great rival, King Darius III, he must also face down his own war weary army and internal rivals.