Author Archive: Retro

A selection of passengers catch the plane from London for an early 1950’s weekend in Paris. The Scotsman in his kilt, the elderly lady painter, the international negotiator, and the pretty young girl all find the city welcomes them and changes their lives in some way.

College professor backs a stage show with phony inheritance money, and is framed by the blonde bombshell star. Dir. William Beaudine.

Chicago gangster in London operates a nightclub as a front for his underworld doings, but Scotland Yard’s on to him and send a reporter to go undercover at the club. Dir. Norman Lee

Young British spendthrift inherits a fortune; then clashes with his love over economy and waste. From H.G. Wells’ satirical novel.

Two government agents work to uncover a tricky smuggling team.

A rarely seen filming of Peter Brook’s production of the Shakespeare tradegy.

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.