Author Archive: Retro

The Liquid of Petrification has been spilled, and Nunkie, Margolotte, and Dr. Pipt’s daughter have been turned to stone! It’s up to The Patchwork Girl and the Munchkins to find the ingredients for the antidote: a six-leafed clover, three hairs from a Woozy’s tail and gill water from The Dark Well. Written and Produced by L. Frank Baum. Dir. J. Farrell MacDonald.

Widowed farmer searches for a new wife, overlooking the most obvious choice. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock.

The Film Version Of Gorki’s Great Story Of The 1905 Revolution

Psuedo-biographical tale of tortured poet Edgar Allan Poe, from the death of his Irish immigrant mother, to his descent into alcoholism and hallucinations.

Axel Heyst, an uncommitted wanderer, has settled on an island in the South Seas. He takes pity on a troubled young woman, Lena, and gives her refuge on her island. But the piratical Mr. Jones, who believes Heyst has treasure buried on his island, leads his cohorts in an invasion of Heyst’s haven.

A cross-dressing farce, adapted from “Madame Lucy” by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious “Madame Brown,” a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.

Logan’s brother is kidnapped by South Seas pirates and she must team up with the statuesque Mower to find him. Dir. Joseph Kane.

Timid Professor Timmons can barely control his class of hooligans, until disaster strikes and he must earn their respect.

After Mabel divorces her husband she has second thoughts which make a series of hilarious infidelity accusations follow.