Author Archive: Retro

A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Yelena. The estate originally belonged to his first wife, now deceased; her mother and brother still live there and manage the farm. For many years the brother (Uncle Vanya) has sent the farm’s proceeds to the professor, while receiving only a small salary himself. Sonya, the professor’s daughter, who is about the same age as his new wife, also lives on the estate. The professor is pompous, vain, and irritable. He calls the doctor (Astrov) to treat his gout, only to send him away without seeing him. Astrov is an experienced physician who performs his job conscientiously, but has lost all idealism and spends much of his time drinking. The presence of Yelena introduces a bit of sexual tension into the household. Astrov and Uncle Vanya both fall in love with Yelena; she spurns them both. Meanwhile, Sonya is in [...]

Gamblers plan to fix a college basketball game by bribing one of the players.

Gang of crooks takes over a bank and must resist their instinctive inclinations.

An orphaned New Zealand girl married to an older, wealthy businessman learns to deal with his strange sexual desires.

During World War II, J. Carrol Naish plays an optometrist who is really a Nazi spy. A book of his that he uses to decode a Nazi spy code is stolen from him while he was walking on the San Francisco waterfront at night. A Nazi agent who comes to meet him (John Carradine) is told of the theft and they team up to try to find the book.

The rising fortunes of a young girl who was saved from starvation in the streets.

Gang leader poses as a man of society.

Diplomat’s son thinks more of a gentle gardner then his own father, so dad has the rival framed and put in jail. Color.

Beery plays an evil seaman plotting to take control of the ship. Dir. Sam Newfield.