Author Archive: Retro

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.

Child’s success in films causes trouble for her family.

British wartime comedy with an accident-prone man mistaken for an RAF pilot. Written by Anthony Kimmins Dir. Larry Buchanen.

A nurse in a Japanese women’s POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

A despised cavalry commander is unfairly blamed by his troop for the death of a popular officer and must redeem himself in front of his men during an Indian attack on the fort.

A boy is raised by wolves and learns the language of the jungle creatures amongst which he lives. Adventures with man eating tigers, a hunt for treasure and lost civilization. AAN Cinematography, Music, Special Effects.

On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple’s love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.

West Germany in ’50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can’t beat the system.

Ventriloquist can express himself only through a dummy, losing his own identity, and causing him to go insane. Dir. James Cruze.