Author Archive: Retro

Classic German story of a hotel’s pompous doorman who is shamed when he is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. English titles. Dir. F.W. Murnau.

Classic story of the man who sold his soul to Satan in return for youth. English titles. Dir. Vincente Minnelli.

This routine domestic drama was based on a stage play by Owen Davis. Jane Cornwall, a wealthy heiress (Virginia Valli), secretly uses her fortune to help her sweetheart, James Van Clinton (Forrest Stanley), perfect his invention — a “Tele-Vision-Scope” (a device which enables people to see each other while talking on the phone). After the device succeeds, Jane and Van Clinton wed and begin a family. After a few years of marriage, Van Clinton becomes bored and falls prey to the charms of Helen Newhall (Margaret Livingston). He neglects his business, forcing his partner to sell his half in order to save the company. To Van Clinton’s surprise, his partner isn’t Judge Seymour (George Fawcett), like he thought — it’s Jane. And Jane, who has discovered the affair (through the use of the Tele-Vision-Scope, no less), refuses to help him out. Now that he’s made a royal mess out of his life, Van Clinton buckles [...]

Eerie tale of woman suffering from schizophrenia. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock.

A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older wealthy man who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with a young stranger at a party. Odd noises begin to be heard as a group of bootleggers clandestinely try to get away with their hidden loot. One of them is killed and the young man is suspected of being the killer.

Teenager and two brothers are harrassed by evil uncle out to get their inheritance.

Scout, a cowboy’s beautiful white horse, flees the ranch after being abused by a sadistic ranch hand.He becomes an outlaw stallion, and it’s not long before he manages to attract a considerable herd of followers. However, when local ranchers suspect Scout of “rustling” some of their horses to join his herd, they decide to track him down and put him to death. Scout’s owner reluctantly agrees, but has his own plan in mind.

A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.

Comedy of manners concerning a bachelor on the loose who gets in the middle of several married couples in Vienna. Dir. Ernst Lubitsch.