Author Archive: Retro

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.

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Playboy quits his lifelong habit of gambling when he runs out of money, and tries to supplement his income by stealing a rich socialite’s jewels. Dir. Thomas Atkins

Canadian rodeo star is given a shot at stardom by a New York press agent.

Paris is Burning! Under the Iron Fist of Robespierre hundreds are executed, by the swift and bloodstained guillotine. Through these acts of injustice a new heroism is born – The League of The Scarlet Pimpernel.

A couple on a yacht bound for Norway discover a mysterious stowaway aboard. Produced by Herbert Wilcox and Michael Wilding. Dir. Herbert Wilcox

Dir. Melville Brown. The secretary to the head of a newspaper company, feeling used and taken for granted, falls for another man. Dir. Melville Brown.