Author Archive: Retro

Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can’t keep his mind on his job — the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.

Two members of a gang write a threatening letter to a butcher, demanding that he give them money, or else they will harm his family and his shop. The butcher is afraid and upset, but he is unable to meet their demands. The gang then kidnaps his daughter, leading to a series of tense and dangerous confrontations.

A cowboy must regain the love of his fiancé, who has found out about his past as a thief and bank robber and broken off their engagement. In her anger at him, she agrees to marry a no-account who, unknown to her, is planning to take her money and leave her at the altar

In medieval Coventry a woman takes a naked horse ride to protest against her husbands policy of high taxation.

Butterfly-collector Hamilton is put to the test to prove his virility on an overnight camping trip.

A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.

A pretty story with a moral for little wicked boys. A bad boy teases a companion who is blowing bubbles and takes his pipe away. He blows a bubble and in it he sees a vision of his mother, lying sick in bed imploring him to be good if he would save her from dying of a broken heart. Twice the vision appears, and the boy, strongly moved, rushes home and throwing himself at his mother’s feet promises to be good forever after, and not to cause her any grief.

The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right for her.

Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty. The young man, named Dick, becomes acquainted with Betty, whose father Timothy Bakewell is looking for a treasure island, together with Captain Crook and his pirates. The father is beaten up by the robbers, and is left behind on the island. Dick decides to go after Tobias Crook. Meanwhile, the pirates arrive at the home of Betty, where she is harassed. But her rescue is close at hand, and Dick embraces her in his arms.