Author Archive: Retro

Convicted murderer escapes and tries to prove his innocence.

Lane plays Duke Foster, a champion boxer called The Harvard Hurricane, who must make a comeback to save his father-in-laws business.

A young man heads west to visit his uncle F.O. in a town named Fairplay. There a bit of friction between town locals.

Two scientific teams go up against each other in a race to find a secret formula in the African jungle. Feature version of the Serial. Dir. Lew Landers

Cabaret hostess with a heart of gold lends a hand to a traveling salesman from Philadelphia, much to the chagrin of her gangster boyfriend.

Talmadge stars as an energetic reporter out to smash a bogus reform league that’s really a front for gangster activity. Produced by Bernard B. Ray.

A dance hall girl is murdered and her body robbed of a quantity of gold obtained illegally. The killer flees into Death Valley and encounters the rightful owner of the gold and her sweetheart.

Romeo and Juliet story in the Great Britain of the 1930’s. The son of the local lord and the daughter of a small business owner fall in love and end up dying as a result of the hatred of their parents.

Legendary movie producer Kroger Babb and prolific House of Dracula director Earl C. Kenton team with talented Hollywood make-up artist Ern Westmore to show how any woman can make herself more beautiful for the man in her life by telling the tale of a young woman who enlists the aid of Westmore in making he mother more attractive. Ginger Waldron was preparing for a screen test when she first made the acquaintance of innovative make-up artist Westmore, and her family life was in shambles. It seems that Waldron’s mother had recently suspected her husband of being unfaithful, and now Waldron has asked Westmore for advice on how to save her parent’s marriage. When Westmore transforms the average housewife into a glamorous beauty queen worthy of the silver screen with little more than some make-up magic and a stylish new hair-do, her husband John takes one look at his newly enhanced wife and prepares to fulfill [...]