Author Archive: Retro

Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry the family laundress’ daughter Shamrock. Class differences lead to divorces and remarriages.

A southern spy during the Civil War, he must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, the Indians and a firing squad.

Straight-shooting, hard-riding cowpoke falls hard for the daughter of a rugged cattle baron, but learns she has been kidnapped by an evil Mexican bandit.

From the poem by Sir Walter Scott.

Russian sailors on board the Potemkin stage a mutiny after they are served rotten meat, and this sparks a tragic, short-lived civilian rebellion against the Czar. Highly acclaimed landmark film taught in film schools about the Russion revolution in 1905. Written and Edited by Sergei Eisenstein. English titles. Dir. Sergei Eisenstein.

Melodrama of politics, intrigue and murder, as a blind woman falls in love with a Communist. English titles. Dir. G.W. Pabst.

With dozens of stars from the silent film era.

Vampish exotic dancer callously seduces and uses married men, then throws them away. Dir. Fred Niblo.

Produced by Max Fleischer. Film on the topic of evolution with several animated sequences by Willis O’Brien. COLOR-TINTED. Plus EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY. Explains principles involved in Einstein’s Theory using animation.