Author Archive: Retro

Psychiatrist tries to reform a young criminal by taking him into his home, bringing disaster to his own wife.

In this film, Warren Douglas stars in the title role, a wheeler-dealer businessman with fingers in several dirty pies. When Douglas is drafted, his wife Lynne Roberts is compelled to take over his business. Completely unaware of his shady corporate practices, Roberts suddenly finds herself commiserating with raffish characters.

Dr. Christian exposes a weight-loss scam by a racketeer. Dir. Elmer Cliffton.

This satirical comedy answers the question “What would happen to television if the censors took a day off?”

Young man’s life is ruined by his addiction to placing small bets, which eventually leads to big-time gambling.

Tragic story of a poor man and his overcoat. Russian film with English subtitles

Sands resurrects his father’s wrecked racer and wins the big race.

Detective Philo Vance comes up against one of his most puzzling crimes when a man is found shot, stabbed and beaten to death, all in a room locked from the inside! Based on the novel “The Return of Philo Vance” by S.S. Van Dine. Dir. Michael Curtiz

Colonel Barkley is very proud of his assistant, Sergeant Doubleday, who has a photographic memory. Doubleday shows off his book knowledge on firearms during a class given by Sergeant Ames, embarrassing him. Through a series of misunderstandings, Colonel Barkley thinks the gunshy Doubleday is an expert marksman, and he sets him up in a shooting match against Ames and Sergeant Cobb (the division’s shooting champions)!