Author Archive: Retro

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.

Adult-oriented drama. English dubbed. Color.

Police inspector tracks a Lord’s secretary when the Lord’s bank is emptied of its gold bullion. Written by Jack Hulbert.

Disillusioned crime boss falls in love with a girl who in turn is in love with an innocent death-row inmate. Will an attack of conscience make the gang lord do the right thing? Dir. Lowell Sherman

Incorrigible soldier of fortune deserts wife and son; years later as a revolutionary leader in South America, he meets his engineer-son.