Author Archive: Retro

A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.

Crusading California senator, enraged at the illegal methods used by collection agencies, starts an investigation, but is immediately attacked by a conniving lobbyist, who begins a mud-slinging campaign against the senator. Interesting, informative look at the process of politics. Written and Produced by Bernard Girard and Robert E. Lewis. Dir. Bernard Girard

Twenty years after being reported missing in WWI, a man returns to help his young half-brother nab a gang of racketeers. Dir. Stuart Paton.

Sparks is a cantankerous old detective who solves a murder mystery. Dir. William Christy Cabanne

A London policeman (Tom Moore) investigating the source of a light during a World War I air raid discovers a girl (Betty Bronson) with a vivid imagination.

Mysterious drifting lumberjack finds himself in the middle of a war between two lumber companies. Dir. William O’Connor

A pair of hit songwriters fall in love with an ex-film star and her friend, but a blackmailer arrives to disrupt the romances. Based on William Field’s short story “Temperamental Lady.”

Southern action drama film about cockfighting.

Phony talent school gets girls gigs at a night spot where they are subsequently murdered, and a female reporter teams up with the D.A. to find the killer. Written by Elmer Clifton. Dir. Elmer Clifton