Author Archive: Retro

After losing his nerve in the war, a Navy vet goes back to running a boat at the mouth of the Mississippi, but his romance and reputation are challenged by his rival, an evil trapper. Lots of action-packed fights in alligator-filled swamps. Weissmuller’s only starring role outside of the “Tarzan” and “Jungle Jim” series. Produced by William C. Thomas and William H. Pine. Dir. William H. Pine

This drama is adapted from Chekhov’s famous play and chronicles the dreary lives of a late Russian colonel’s three daughters as they struggle to survive during the early 1900s.

Female PI wakes up next to the corpse of the nightclub singer she was investigating, and is subsequently accused of murder. Her reporter husband must track down the suspects to prove her innocence, including a mysterious plastic surgeon and a tough gangster. Dir. Dorothy Reid (Dorothy Davenport)

Side show mermaid, believing she is descendant of the Sea People who are compelled to kill when moon is full, falls in love with young sailor…chooses death rather than destruction.

A high school boy, out to find his father’s killer, joins up with a gang of juvenile delinquents.

Clay Douglas an American, comes to England, to find out the truth behind his brothers death during a commando operation in occupied France. After tracking down the surviving members of the raid, he confronts the killer, only to be told the truth about what really happened.

Boothe won an Emmy for his powerful performance as Jim Jones, the charismatic religious cult leader whose controversial beliefs caused the ritual suicides of 900 of his followers in the jungles of South Africa.

Maynard as a Mountie on the trek of his murdered partner.

While living in Central America, Joe Beck receives word that his grandfather has passed away and left him $200,000. Beck prepares to travel to Galveston, Texas to claim his inheritance, with the important papers that he will need. When he is assaulted soon afterward, he changes plans and takes a ship leaving that night. Also on board is Nita, who herself seems to be in a hurry to leave port. Beck receives a number of veiled threats and warnings, and then is almost killed by an accident on deck. Beck soon realizes that he is facing two serious problems: an attempt to defraud him of his inheritance, and another plan to stop him from finding out what the ship’s crew is up to.