Author Archive: Retro

Part Color and Black & White. Continuation of Part I, Ivan takes on the boyars in a battle for power. His wife dead from poisoning and his chief warrior, Kurbsky, defected to the Poles, Ivan is lonely as he pursues a unified Russia with no foreign occupiers.

Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi.

A wild fire heightens the suspense of this exciting drama in which a ranger and his wife are pursued by a murderer after they witness a killing.

Two strangers engaged to other people fall in love on a cruise and agree to meet six months later on top of the Empire State Building. Remade by McCarey as “An Affair to Remember”. Written by Leo McCarey. Dir. Leo McCarey

South Seas skipper pretends to discover a fortune but crooked seamen and pirates try to bump him off and get the non-existent treasure for themselves. Written by Crane Wilbur. Dir. John Reinhardt

Military men try to pick up these three girls in a small town.

Private eye working for scandal sheet finds himself in a blackmail plot planned by his editor. Dir. William Nigh.

A reporter becomes the target of a murderer when he starts investigating a fifty-year-old murder/suicide case.

Tourist couple vacationing in Switzerland witness the murder of a secret agent, who passes on a deadly secret. The couple is forced to complete his mission when their daughter is kidnapped by spies who don’t want the secret revealed. Produced by Michael Balcon. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock