Author Archive: Retro

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.

Tragic story of love and revenge in a small town, as two “loose” women consider how to deal with a successful young man who comes to town claiming to be the son of one of them. Produced and Written by King Vidor. COLOR-TINTED.