Author Archive: Retro

After her auto-racing son is killed in a crash, wealthy Leonora wants custody of her grandson. Her daughter-in-law Sabena absolutely refuses, even when Leonora’s attorney, Preston Morgan, approaches her with an offer of $500,000. Sabena’s twin sister, Dara, wants the money, no matter what. She and her accomplice Jay Flagg scheme to push Sabena’s car off a cliff, then collect the half-million dollars for themselves. Their plot is foiled, however, and while Leonora sees the error of her ways, Sabena develops a romantic interest in Morgan.

The owner of a juke joint arranges to frame an innocent preacher with a scandalous photograph, but his scheme backfires when his own adoptive mother interferes.

A cameraman is given one last chance to photograph a reclusive heiress, and it’s up to a couple of kids to save his career. Dir. Les Goodwins.

A reporter (Regis Toomey) and a victim’s daughter (Martha Sleeper) expose a financier (Sidney Blackmer) fronting for crooked lawyers.

A Russian engineer lives an estranged life in England until WWII begins and his workers see him as an ally.

Three goofy guys (Shemp Howard, Billy Gilbert, Maxie Rosenbloom) run into ghosts, a gorilla and a haunted house.

A British spy attemps to help Czech partisans destroy a Nazi factory. Good acting.

Mayoral candidate is killed in a car accident and the death is covered up by his rivals, who steal the body from the city morgue.