Author Archive: Retro

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

Once reliable naval officer becomes addicted to gambling and destroys his career, but when Pearl Harbor is attacked, he enlists under an alias to try to redeem himself. Produced by William Pine & William Thomas. Dir. William A. Berke

A boxer just out of prison for killing an opponent apparently knocks off another fighter.

A free-lance photographer (Marshall Thompson) woos a doctor (Gaby Andre) trying to stop a cattle epidemic in Tanganyika.

Picking up where Victoria the Great (1937) left off, this sequel to the 1937 film has Anna Neagle return to the role of Queen Victoria in another colorful account of the revered British monarch’s reign. This film offers a stellar chronicle of Victoria’s relationship with Prince Albert (Anton Walbrook) as well as the political and military upheavals that characterized her time as Queen.

The Kids break out of reform school to clear an innocent man of a murder charge.

A smart-mouthed junkie/loser known as J.J. (George Segal) spends his dayslooking for just “one more fix”. Win apart is its solid writing and steady, well-thought outperformances.

Dr. Christian plays matchmaker to a pair of bickering parents whose quarrels are disturbing a young violin prodigy.

WWI tale of espionage in which the Germans use a female agent to infiltrate an important British officer’s house. Dir. Hamilton MacFadden.