Author Archive: Retro

To keep his brother from the gallows, Warner assumes the blame for a shooting and heads for Montana. There he helps his sweetheart recover a map to a rich mining claim. One of Warner’s few surviving films. Written by Robert North Bradbury.

Last silent version of the famous story of a hidden land and its immortal queen. Original titles by H. Rider Haggard.

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young women come between them?

Soon after his release from an unjust imprisonment, a man is again implemented in a crime, this time the murder of his wife’s lover. He and his daughter escape to a South Pacific isle where they must try to start life anew. Produced by D.W. Griffith. Dir. D.W. Griffith.

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

Very rare crime drama as three gangsters pull off a major heist and hide out in a mountain cabin where paranoia and distrust take over.

This lively outing chronicles the adventures of a daring young buck who defies his father, who grounded the lad for getting bad grades, and swipes his neighbor’s car so he can take his girl to the dance. Afterward, he and his buddies begin playing “chicken” and the lad destroys his neighbor’s rig. He then takes it to a body shop, unknowing that it is really run by crooks who use the cars for robberies. The innocent youth and his gal end up working as getaway drivers while the crooks rob his father’s company. The crooks shoot his father during the heist and then threaten to kill him unless he drives. They force him to go the speed limit so as not to attract undue attention. The ever-defiant youth does just the opposite and peels off towards the police department where all ends happily.

Quasi-documentary of a poor Soviet woman who convinces her village to form a cooperative. Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, his last silent film. English titles. Dir. Sergei Eisenstein.

The story of an orphan boy who, due to the cruelty of others, is drawn into a life of sin on the streets prior to the redemption of a caring foster family.