Author Archive: Retro

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.

A thriller about a mysterious stranger who ingratiates himself into a family.

Castaways on isolated island fight over a woman. English subtitles. Dir. Joseph von Sternberg

Italian drama about women prisoners sent to South America.

Our hero, Doubleday returns home from the war to his old newspaper job, but he’s soon involved in a murder case, and has to deal with his old nemesis who is now a police officer. Color.

Ex-RAF pilot goes to psychiatrist after he crashes in Burma; tense and well-performed British melodrama.