Author Archive: Retro

Endeavoring to keep her sideshow free from bad elements, an honest carnival owner finds her territory invaded by a gang of con artists who are cheating her customers and may be responsible for a murder. This melodramatic crime tale is from the early talkie era.

A pickle salesman finds himself in the middle of a South American revolution, impersonating a rebel general and falling for the general’s daughter.

The film that launched the “Vamp” genre. While away from his family on a foreign business cruise, a virtuous diplomat is seduced and controlled by a beautiful, heartless woman. Based on the poem “The Vampire” by Rudyard Kipling. Dir. Frank Powell.

New lodger in private boarding house may be the infamous Jack the Ripper. Written by Alfred Hitchcock; the first REAL Hitchcock film! Dir. Alfred Hitchcock.

A young woman visits her boyfriend, an archaeologist, at the site in Egypt where he is digging up ancient artifacts. Her frustration mounts when it appears that he is more interested in old bones and mummies than he is in the fact that she’s traveled thousands of miles to see him. However, there are three men at the site who don’t share her boyfriend’s attitude towards her, and they make their intentions known.

Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a commoner labor leader.

Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn.

Propagandist drama about the strikes affecting Russian home front during WWI. English titles. Dir. Alexander Dovzhenko.

Shy Aussie sheep herder vacationing on the French Riviera falls for a princess who is being held captive.