Author Archive: Retro

Corporal Jack Borden, of the Northwest Mounted Police, trails the man who killed his partner to New York City. The killer is an unscrupulous promoter who is selling worthless stock in a gold mine. Borden, with the help of Blanche Hall, locates the man in a Bowery dive, but he escapes and Borden tracks him back to Canada. Along the way, he discovers that Blanche and his sweetheart, Milly, are long-separated sisters and brings about a reconciliation.

Feature version of 1921 serial which no longer exists in complete form. Dir. Ray Taylor.

Story of the Hebrew patriarch recounted simultaneously with modern times.

Two actors silently portray the biblical protagonists as they flit about misty Eden.

In 4 episodic tales of human suffering; the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, Satan attempts to win God’s favor.

The Story of Jesus, filmed in Judea. A print of this film was sent to a French convent in 1928, and over 200,000 frames have been hand-COLORED by nuns.

Dir. Thomas Ince. Jesus walks through blotty battlefields in this classic silent about the horror and trajedy of war.

Mystical atmosphere highlights this fantasy of a man who is revived after being frozen alive for 100 years, and meets his reincarnated true love. Written by Harry Houdini.