Author Archive: Retro

In California, a young Caucasian girl and a Japanese-American boy defy local prejudices and secretly marry–on Dec. 7, 1941, minutes before Pearl Harbor is attacked.

In New Orleans, a man learns that his sister has a black lover and is pregnant. He throws her away and, a bit later, she is murdered by a mysterious killer with a peace-sign belt buckle, who disguises the murder as suicide. Her friend Vince and a black priest investigates, but this leads to more murders until a surprise ending…

A young woman is released from prison and starts her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper, she tries to settle in. When bizarre incidents occur, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her.

A “kept” woman finds love when her childhood sweetheart comes to town, but balks at telling him about her past.

Oil rig worker sets out to romance his old love back. Dir. Norman Foster.

Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.

A kind and understanding schoolmaster sides with his students against the new headmaster’s cruel ways. Dir. William Castle.

Chemist working for the U.S. Government in Central America battles spies who are after his new formula for invisible paint. Dir. Jean Yarbrough