Author Archive: Retro

Woman spurned by her husband becomes a prostitute and finds true love. Written by Dorothy Arzner.

Studio head Hal Roach directed this comedy himself. Nelse Tyler (Jack Gavin) rules over the town of Tyler with the help of his two sons, Milt (Bob Kortman) and Mose (Leo Willis). They’re a tough trio who use their fists on their foes and each other. There is, however, a third son, Tobias, or Tobby (Glenn Tryon), who’s a sensitive, peaceful soul. His brothers and father disparagingly call him the White Sheep. When Judge Matthews (Chris Lynton) comes to town with his daughter, Patience (Blanche Mehaffey), Tobby proves to have it over his kin in the romance department — Patience prefers him. Tom Calvert (J.J. Clayton) is determined to end Nelse’s rule and has him arrested for the murder of Newt Randall (Dick Gilbert). Nelse is convicted, but Tobby finds out that Randall is still alive and sets out to find him. He has to battle the ornery Randall to get him back to town [...]

Unpredictable cowboy with a deadly aim is banished from country for disturbing the peace. Produced and Written by G.M. Anderson and Jesse J. Robbins. Dir. Victor Schertizinger.

Barthelmess makes a bet that he can impersonate a famous outlaw so well, he could rob a stagecoach with a pair of scissors, but when a man gets killed, guess who gets the blame?!.

Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers escape from a Siberian lead-mine. Karl manages to reach Germany before Richard, and is sheltered by Anna, wife of Richard. While Richard is still on his homeward trek, Karl and Anna fall in love. And then Richard comes home.

A priest hears a murderer’s confession but can’t reveal the truth, even though his brother is on trial.

Hollywood is parodied as a girl wins a small town beauty contest and lands a big screen contract. Dir. Alfred E. Green

Chad Pennington, a movie-cowboy from Hollywood, gets into trouble when he poses as a two-gun outlaw from Texas named Tommy Hawk. He gets himself involved in a dispute between a development company and the local ranchers who don’t want their ranches ‘developed.’ He falls in love with Molly Hollis, a rancher’s daughter, and sides with the good guys, although his swaggering about town in a pair of sheep-skin chaps does little to impress anybody.

Nellie Nolan works at the notions counter of a big department store, and Tom Clancy is in the hardware department of the same establishment. But both of their souls are filled with ambitions and aspirations not to be governed by even the routine of such existence. Nellie has saved a whole hundred dollars and, in a fit of June madness, decides to spend it all for one week of glorious pretense at a Maine summer resort, assuming the role of a lady of fashion and tasting for once the joys of wealth. Tom is impressed with the same newspaper story which has caught Nellie’s eye, and he goes to the same resort, posing as a rich young man from Newport. The two young people meet each other, each believing the other belongs to an entirely different sphere of life, and the succeeding events make it possible for Tom to become a hero in the eyes [...]