Author Archive: Retro

Remake of “Ebb Tide” Dir. Sam Newfield (aka Peter Stewart)

Jones, an American housewife on vacation in Rome has an affair with Clift. During their departure at a train station, they are caught making love for what would be the last time. AAN Costumes.

Lady reporter teams up with her cop boyfriend to find a killer who seems to send poison gas through the telephone lines. Produced by Sigmund Neufeld. Dir. Sam Newfield

Convicted murderer becomes the target of a rival on a prison train to Alcatraz.

Reporter toys with the affections of a women to get a scoop on her father, who’s smuggling illegal immigrants from China. Based on the novel by Max Miller. Dir. James Cruze

When producer/star Michael Landon took on this project, it was geared for theatrical release under the title Comeback. Innumerable production difficulties later (due in great part to Landon’s tiltings with the writer and director), the film was retooled as a TV movie titled Love is Forever. TV turned out to be the ideal medium for this film, which despite its “epic” aspirations is at base a Prime Time soap opera. Landon plays real-life journalist John Everingham, who while stationed in Laos in 1977 is accused of being a spy, tortured, and expelled from the country. One year later, Everingham attempts to return to the Communist-controlled country in order to rescue the Laotian woman (Moira Chen) that he loves. The plan is to swim across the Mekong river without attracting attention. Much of the film’s potential for suspense is minimized by its flashback structure. Too, much of the credibility is lessened by supporting actor Jurgen Prochnow’s [...]

After being struck blind, a painter travels to a South Seas eye specialist, but he gets shipwrecked on an island and falls in love with a native girl. Dir. Arthur Greville Collins

Nouveaux riches family gets shipwrecked on island during a yachting expedition and run into a group of smugglers. Dir. Joseph Santley.