Author Archive: Retro

A car plunging over a cliff kills its two occupants identified as newspaperman Lewis Forrester and actress Alison Ford (Terry Moore). Surviving Lewis are his two brothers, Tim (Robert Beatty), a portrait painter, and Dave (William Sylvester), a pilot. Scotland Yard discovers that Lewis’ death was engineered by a gang of international diamond smugglers he was about to expose. Before he died, he had sent someone in London a post card with a sketch of a woman’s hand holding a Chianti bottle. Alison’s father, John Smith (Henry Oscar) commissions Tim to paint her portrait from a photograph. While Tim is out, the supposedly-dead Alison enters his studio, but flees when she finds the body of Jill Stewart (Josephine Griffin), Tim’s favorite model. Scotland Yard Inspector Colby (Geoffrey Kene) suspects Tim because whatever alibi evidence Tim presents vanishes before the Inspector can confirm it. Reg Dorking (William Lucas), a used-car dealer tries to blackmail Tim, offering [...]

Merchant Marine (Brady, TV’s Shotgun Slade) travels to London to visit his brother, only to find out his sibling is to be hanged in three days. To prove his innocence, Brady hooks up with smugglers who are after the “White Fire” diamond. Produced by Robert Baker & Monty Berman. Dir. John Gilling

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American music troupe have trouble finding backers for a Edinburgh show, but a rich bachelor who has fallen for one of the dancers decides to help out. Written by Val Guest. Dir. H. Bruce Humberstone

The screen credits for the film read “Cinema Service Corp. Presents ‘The Yiddishe Mama’ (Esther Field) in Eli Eli.” This film was reissued in March 1949. Although the film includes songs, no information concerning their identity has been located.

Several sketches filled with romance, tragedy, and humor, depicts life in Naples. Written by Vittorio De Sica. English dubbed. Dir. Vittorio De Sica.

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