Author Archive: Retro

After Mabel divorces her husband she has second thoughts which make a series of hilarious infidelity accusations follow.

WWI flying ace comes home and falls in love with his brother’s sexy girlfriend.

Before darkly handsome leading man Tyrone Power, there was his father, stage star Tyrone Power, Sr.. Power, Sr. had been a force in the theater for many years before silent films came along, and in 1915 (the year after his son was born) he was contracted to star in two pictures — this one was the first. The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a young woman she goes to the West where she meets the son of the man who broke up her father’s marriage. They fall in love and marry.

A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman.

A farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a friend along with him. The two of them become successful, but that success brings other, unforeseen problems into their lives.

Man accidentally knocks out the heavyweight champ, and decides to quit his day job and become a professional boxer. Dir. Robert Tansey.

Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a shocking past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black youths.

Heath Haldane (Houdini) tracks down a vicious gang of counterfeiters, narrowly missing death several times. He must rescue Adele Ormsby, whom he loves despite her pending marriage.

Star drop-kicker must choose between the cute girl his mom wants him to date, and the married woman who flirts with him. COLOR TINTED. Original music score by Blaine L. Gale.