Author Archive: Retro

Classic battle scenes highlight this story of Germany’s 1241 invasion of Russia. Dir. Sergei Eisenstein.

Russian officer is tricked into borrowing money from a spy and is condemned for treason. Dir. Anthony Kimmins

The Middleton family visits the 1939 New York World’s Fair and witnesses the advent of the future, encountering robots and dishwashers for the first time.

Much-imitated plot concerning a foppish British nobleman who’s alter ego courageously rescues victims of the French Revolution from the guillotine. Based on the novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. Produced by Alexander Korda. Dir. Harold Young

Loads of laughs and good fun with The Boys’ when they try to take care of the daughter of their pal who was killed in World War I. All they have to do is find the girl’s grandfather and they have an important clue. The man’s name is Smith! An underrated comedy classic from The Boys’. Dir. George Marshal

Two detectives go undercover as sailors, scouring the streets of New Orleans trying to capture dope smugglers. Dir. John Sledge

Another wild comedy from the “Hellzapoppin” boys about two vaudeville comics who find themselves mixed up with gangsters. Dir. James Horne. Olson and Johnson attempt to save a theatrical boarding house from the bank.

Race car driver loses his nerve and gets a job as a taxi driver. Written by Leigh Jason. Dir. Harold French.