Author Archive: Retro

A Vietnam veteran tries to sel a screenplay in Hollywood. Captures the essence of the year 1969.

After his wife dies giving birth, a young intern abandons his child, only to meet up with him years later, as he is about to remarry.

Paris is the setting and the color photography is excellent. The slight story concerns de Havilland seeking to prove to her father (Edward Arnold) and a senator and his wife (Adolphe Menjou, Myrna Loy) that American servicemen aren’t all wolves and to prove it has a harmless fling with a young G.I. (John Forsythe). Unfortunately, as in all Norman Krasna comedies, plot complications develop before she winds up in Forsythe’s arms for an amusing final scene. The cast sparkles with some fine work by de Havilland, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Edward Arnold and–in one of his funniest roles–Tom Noonan. Only bad piece of casting is John Forsythe–who looks wooden and uncomfortable throughout with no comic flair whatsoever. Despite this, de Havilland manages to give a spirited performance that won the Belgian Prix Femina for Best Actress in a comedy in ’56.

Chandu the Magician uses his powers to fight an evil cult on a lost island.

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1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon. High brow.

College crew team enlists the help of a truck driver when their best oarsman is drafted. Dir. Wallace Fox.

District Attorney is killed by a poisoned dart after announcing his intentions to prosecute thirteen racketeers before his re-election. Dir. William Nigh

TV star Brett Halsey is the lead in The Girl in Lover’s Lane. While drifting through a small town, Bix (Halsey) becomes involved with local tease Carrie (Joyce Meadows). Shortly afterward, Carrie is murdered, and Bix is held responsible. The actual killer is feeble-minded Jesse (Jack Elam), but the villagers aren’t as quick on the uptake as the movie audience. Only the intervention of runaway youngster Danny (Lowell Brown) saves Bix from a lynch mob. Girl in Lover’s Lane was directed by another TV habitue, Charles R. Rondeau.