Author Archive: Retro

Feature version of Days of ’49 (1924), a 15-chapter serial.

A gold prospector strikes it rich, but the crooks who run a frontier town take it away from him. He determines to get it back and clean up the town.

Carnival juggler Fields must help his young ward find her missing grandparents, while staying one step ahead of the law.

Hick pitcher’s quick rise in the baseball world turns him into a snob, and when he begins snubbing his home town friends, his pitching suffers and he gets sent back to the bush-leagues. Produced by Thomas Ince.

Assunta and Michele are in love but others come between them and there is much jealousy. They fight and Michele is sent to prison for two years for assault. Nevertheless, because Assunta still loves Michele she is vulnerable when Federigo offers to help Michele but only if Assunta becomes his mistress. Michele is released early from prison, finds Assunta and Federigo together and kills Federigo. When the police arrive, Assunta takes the blame for Michele’s crime.

Silent version of Shakespeare’s tragedy, with Jennings as the deluded moor. English titles. Dir. Jean Cocteau.

Masterful film relating the events of St. Joan’s trial and subsequent martyrdom, features a legendary performance by Falconetti. English titles. Dir. Ernst Lubitsch.

Lavishly details the events of the 1917 Bolshevik uprising, with much rare footage of Soviet Russia. Dir. Sam Taylor.

Young woman gets help from an East Indian fortune teller as to which path she should take in life: to marry for money or for love, or to pursue a career in opera.