Author Archive: Retro

Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy’s family finds itself dependent on Terje’s beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.

Based on Booth Tarkington’s “The Magnificent Ambersons”. Dir. Ben Stoloff.

Rich, pampered heiress of a timber company is forced into a marriage of convenience with a rough lumberman in order to save the business. Dir. Alexander Korda.

Suspense film about a secret society who is plotting to purloin the inheritance of the daughter of one of their former members.

This two-part action-adventure film was scripted by Fritz Lang and Thea von Harbou and originally intended to be directed by Lang in the Spiders serial tradition. The film also features Conrad Veidt and Lya de Putti.

Merrill as castaway on a desert island.

Oscar Wilde tale where an upper-class couple’s marriage is almost ruined by suspected adultery. Considered by some to be Ernst Lubitschs’ best silent.

Garbo’s third feature. Vienna in the biggest depression, directly after WW1. Economic and moral decay.