Author Archive: Retro

Psychological triangle wherein a doctor’s neglected wife looks for love in the form of her husband’s best friend. English titles. Dir. Abel Gance.

Caught by the Piutes, pony Express Rider Dick Carter falls in love with pretty Dorothy Earle, who belongs to that seemingly endless supply of white girls kidnapped in childhood and raised by Indians. Unfortunately, Dorothy is promised to Bud Osborne, described in a title as “a renegade white who dominates the simple minds of the savage horde.” Does Dorothy succeed in taking her own life rather than face an uncertain future with evil Bud? Or does the stalwart Dick rescue her in time?

Early German boxing melodrama. English titles.

Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar curses him, saying, “May you always have everything that you want.”

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.