Author Archive: Retro

An inexperienced, racist officer is assigned to lead and train a special unit made up of Japanese-Americans. Based on the real-life 442nd Regiment, this film contains many veterans of that team. Dir. Robert Pirosh

Teacher is assigned to open a school for tribesmen in Africa but his unconventional methods make the natives restless. Written by Marriott Edgar, Val Guest, and J.O.C. Orton. Dir. Spencer Gordon Bennett.

Aging movie star marries a shy girl and helps her become a star, eventually eclipsing his own fame. Produced by David O. Selznick. Color.

A divorced woman moves to a new city with her child, trying to build her life again. She joins the choir of a local church but has some personality conflicts with the choirmaster, a curmudgeonly old gentleman who will accept nothing but perfection from his group. As Christmas approaches and the choir practices for a big show and the director pushes them all to their emotional limits, she contemplates quitting the group.

A boy is given a ring by an old witch. He uses the ring to bring upon a magic Christmas that grants him three wishes.

A masked lunatic kills off people in a haunted house.

Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms. Poor Anna just can’t seem to ‘straighten out’ her delinquent daughter. Her path eventually leads to crime, rebellion, death, and redemption. Her sleazy boryfriend leads her down a path of moral ineptitude. Good performance by Syms. Upgraded 9-94.

Spoiled teenager with wealthy, apathetic parents leads a gang which runs a protection racket at his high school. Written and Produced by O’Dale Ireland. Dir. O’Dale Ireland