Author Archive: Retro

Mckee plays dual roles as a prudish college professor who is mistaken for his playboy brother.

An already engaged young woman is blackmailed into marrying a count in order to save her father from imprisonment.

Drama about the opening of The Oklahoma Territory to settlers. 1939 re-issue print with Hart’s spoken prologue, the only time he ever spoke in the movies. Hart’s last film. Dir. King Baggot.

Allegory regarding the decadence of post WWI Germany told through the person of Dr. Mabuse, a master criminal who gambles with other peoples lives and fates. Brilliantly directed and photographed. English titles.

Carousing son of an Earl is disowned “until he can earn half a crown”. The son takes a job as a gardener and falls in love with a poor minister’s daughter, who makes friends with the Earl in order to bring the family together. Would make an interesting double-feature with John Wayne’s “His Private Secretary”. Written by Maurice Tourneur. Dir. Maurice Tourneur.

A brutal, sadistic overseer runs a pearl-diving operation on a South Seas island and treats the natives terribly, torturing them and violating their women. A local native girl falls in love with him, despite his sadistic tendencies, and things come to a head when the locals can’t put up with any more of his brutality and take matters into their own hands.

Stunt-saturated Christie thrill-comedy comparable to Lloyd’s SAFETY LAST. Destitute young woman becomes a reporter and will brave any risk to get the goods on an eccentric millionaire. COLOR-TINTED.

A fearless crime reporter sets out to expose gun-runners in this jazz age thriller.

Rare excellent comedy western. Dir. Jean Yarbrough.