Author Archive: Retro

In this silent comedic action-adventure, a fraternity bet prompts a young college student to spontaneously propose marriage then follow the pretty young lady who rejected him all the way to China. There he plays protector for her and her missionary father when they’re besieged by miscreants.

A fire in the mountains drive a wolf pack into the nearby desert where they terrorize the local residents. The leader of the wolf pack is Lobo, actually a halfbreed (Rin Tin Tin). When the pack is discovered hunting a herd of cows, a posse gives chase. Lobo leaves his pack to lead the posse away. He is injured and found by a local prospector, Dave Weston (Charles Farrell). The prospector nurses Lobo back to health and the two become close friends. Meanwhile, Weston has made a Borax find in the area. His girl friend May Barstowe (June Marlowe), daughter of a wealthy rancher, is pleased. However the local chemist, Borax Horton (Pat Hartigan), actually a claim jumper, plans to steal the claim. In a sandstorm he is able to shoot Weston and leave the prospector for dead in the desert. Lobo tries to get a message to May, but runs afoul of Horton. Finally, [...]

FIRST filming of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel about Lord and Lady Greystoke, who are shipwrecked in a remote jungle, and their offspring who becomes The Lord of the Apes. Written by Scott Sidney.

Action serial about a mysterious black-hooded villain called Fantomas and Juve, the police inspector who relentlessly pursues him. English titles.

How the lust for power influences and drives livesand destiny as a young girl bargains with death for the life of her love. Dir. Fritz Lang.

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.