Author Archive: Retro

In medieval Prague, a rabbi creates a clay giant to protect Jews from persecution.

Young girl takes trip through jungle to discover the secret of her father’s death. English dubbed. Dir. Franz Eichhorn

The story of Queen Victoria from her coronation, focused on her meeting and marriage to Prince Albert and the way they established shared responsibilities until his death.

The story is set amongst jungle tribes that live in fear of the devil. Laura Crawford is a model who gets kidnapped by a gang of thugs whilst working in South America. They take her into the jungle and demand a huge ransom. Laura is guarded by some ridiculous looking native who calls himself “The Devil” and has to go through all manner of unpleasantries until the gang get their ransom. Chained maidens are offered in supplication and the devil demonstrates eating pussy in a grossly excessive literal manner. Enter Peter Weston, the devil hunter, who goes into the jungle in true Indiana Jones style to try and rescue her.

Sherlock Holmes and Watson travel to the home of their old friend Baskerville who wants Holmes to figure out who stole his prized race horse Silver Blaze and murdered the groom. The primary suspect is the young rider who loves the daughter of Baskerville, but he is innocent. Holmes finds the horse on a neighboring farm and deduces that his old enemy Moriarity is behind the mayhem.

General in West Africa harbors a guilty secret concerning a murder that’s 16 years old, which his young medical officer discovers. Dir. Thorold Dickinson

Excellent Fellini documentary about clowns. English subtitles. COLOR.

Anthony Richmond is cut out of his rich uncle?s massive inheritance, and hires a pretty young nurse to care for the ailing tycoon, hoping she will marry the old man and convince him to change the will. Trouble ensues when the uncle dies under mysterious circumstances and the nurse is the prime suspect. Dir. Basil Dearden

An American developer goes to Australia to build a vacation resort unaware that his crooked partner plans to burn it down and collect the insurance money. Suddenly, the American finds himself facing a maniacal arsonist and muderer who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.