Author Archive: Retro

Pre-WWII tale of a scheming young girl who takes advantage of two men.

A government agent investigates a ring that is smuggling Chinese aliens across the border from Mexico. His investigation takes him to the Grand Canyon. He finds a dazed girl wandering around who has become separated from her companions and is lost. He and the girl are soon found by her companions – the smuggling ring!

Thrill to the escapades of Rin Tin Tin in this silent drama in which he is sentenced to death for the suspicion of sheep murdering. However, when Rin Tin Tin rescues a little girl from a giant condor, he is released of all charges.

Vintage German expressionism, as a nobleman entertains guests at a strange castle where peculiar things occur. English titles. Dir. F.W. Murnau.

Two lovers in a small town in Maryland are torn apart by the Civil War–she is loyal to the south while he heads north to join the federal army, determined to protect the Union. Eventually his unit arrives in his hometown and he is reunited with his lover, but things aren’t the way they used to be.

A hoodlum attemps to stop his brother from falling into a life of crime.

Young plays dual role as two sisters–one a nun in training, the other a nightclub singer who kills a man and needs a place to hide out…a convent, maybe?

A forest ranger comes to the aid of his fiance and her father when a crooked rancher and his gang try to force them off their land.

Early western with Jack riding the range and getting the girl.