Author Archive: Retro

Young man helps workings in economically depressed area of England, then rises politically.

Reporter finds evidence which implicates a prominent attorney in murder case.

British thriller about a man accused of murder.

British crime drama about a cab driver investigating his friend’s murder.

Following the defeat of Napolean, an ex-spy turned crazed inventor begins caliing himself “Spring-heel Jack” and seeks revenge on the family of his brother. Dir. Victor M. Gover

A soldier on leave hunts down the man having an affair with his wife.

The adventures of two brash Brooklynites who try to sell an elephant to a carnival. Dir. Fritz Lang.

Tale of a rejected woman, her lover, and the woman who replaces her. English Subtitles.

El Corsario Negro (“The Black Corsair”) is a 1944 Mexican film. It was directed by Chano Urueta and stars Pedro Armendariz, Jose Baviera, June Marlowe, and Maria Luisa Zea. The film is based on the novel The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari. It is the story of an eighteenth-century pirate (Pedro Armendariz) who declares a ceaseless war against the injustice of a cruel governor (Jose Baviera) of Maracaibo. In the course of his struggle, he finds the love of a beautiful maiden (June Marlowe), and, loses his childhood friend (Maria Luisa Zea).