Author Archive: Retro

Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers. All-black cast. Must see for this genre. Lots of jazz numbers highlight this story of a bandleader who is caught between his resourceful lady manager and his jealous girlfriend who’s put out a gangland hit on him. Songs include: “Minnie’s a Hepcat Now”, “Hey Now!”, “Bop Bop”, “At Dawn Time”, “Don’t Falter at the Altar” & more. Dir. Josh Binney

Troubled theatrical boardinghouse serves as the backdrop for this musical revue.

When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death, over a cup of tea.

A young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne’er-do-well.

An edited version of the 1940 Republic serial “Mysterious Doctor Satan”, which was released to TV in a syndication package in 1966. Doctor Satan’s Robot is a 1966 made for television film condensed from the original 1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan film serial named after its chief villain. Master criminal Doctor Satan has a nemesis, a masked mystery man, the “Copperhead”, whose secret identity is Bob Wayne

Extremely reclusive artist takes the place of his late valet and enjoys the world more as a “servant”. Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Dir. Sam Newfield.

Federal agent Alan Fields, undercover as Jonathan Pinkerton, an employee of Lloyds of London, is investigating a bank robbery where one of the three thieves has killed the other two to take possession of all the money.

An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one