Author Archive: Retro

A teenager tries to win the girl of his dreams with the hottest van in town in this ’70s sex comedy. Bobby (Stuart Goetz) has just graduated from high school, but he’s too preoccupied with girls to think much about his future. Bobby hasn’t had much luck with the ladies, and he’s convinced it’s because of his lack of cool wheels, so after months of slaving at a car wash owned by Andy (Danny DeVito), he blows the money he’d been saving for college on a down payment on his dream machine: a canary yellow custom Dodge van, a bachelor pad on wheels complete with mirrored ceiling, 8-track stereo, television monitors, and (natch) a waterbed. Bobby turns his attentions to class hottie Sally (Connie Lisa Marie), who happens to be dating ill-tempered bully Dugan (Steve Oliver), while his buddy Jack urges him to date the more available Sue (Marcie Barkin), who’s friends with his girlfriend, [...]

Mother Riley crosses paths with a crazed scientist trying to take over the world with a giant robot.

“The Night America Trembled” is a top-rated television dramatization of the public reaction to the 1938 radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” that aired September 9, 1957, as an episode of the CBS series Studio One. Hosted by Edward R. Murrow, the live documentary play was written by Nelson S. Bond and uses excerpts of the radio script copywrighted by Howard E. Koch.

German film about teenagers

WW2 drama that follows a group of British conscripts, starting with their rigorous basic training and ending with their deployment in North Africa.

Romantic comedy about a cute WAVE officer who is pursued relentlessly by a batch of fun-loving men. Dir. Albert S. Rogell

When the mayor refuses to provide funds for a hospital, it’s up to the good Doctor to raise funds.

Deranged socialite knocks off her husbands and boyfriends just for kicks, but when one of her boyfriends tries to mend her ways, she frames him for the murders. Dir. Jack Bernhard

Soldier returns to his country pub and finds himself in the middle of a beer war. Formby’s last film. Dir. Albert Herman.