Author Archive: Retro

Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.

Mike breaks into an apartment to steal an old man’s money, not realizing it’s his girlfriend’s father. When he discovers whose apartment it is, he begs her for forgiveness.

A recently released prisoner struggles to support his family.

One of W.K.L. Dickson’s laboratory workers horses around for the camera.

A battalion of the U.S. Army’s 77th Division penetrates deep into the Argonne Forest of France during the First World War. The battalion becomes surrounded and holds out for six long days, awaiting reinforcement and rescue.

An American tourist has a terrible ordeal on his European vacation.