Author Archive: Retro

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.

In the small town of Crown Port local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant

Small-time racketeer hires teenager Durkin to answer phones at a bootlegging hideout so he can get the kid’s girl, Davis. Police raid the hideout, and send Durkin to a reform school where kids are brutalized by the guards. Written by Howard Higgin. Dir. Charles Swickard.

Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Each woman represents a different personality type, from sensitive, to kind-hearted, to difficult and untrustworthy. Set in the age of jazz, the twenties come roaring back with immorality and in-fighting.