Author Archive: Retro

The sequel to “His Trust.” The opening scene takes place four years afterwards. The war has closed, and the negroes leave to enjoy their emancipation, but George remains true to his trust. He has all these years cared for the widow and her child. The poor woman, worn with worry and heartache is stricken and dies. The care of the child devolves upon George, who takes her to the lawyer, with whom he arranges for a home for her, paying for her support one of his savings, enjoining absolute secrecy on the part of the lawyer. For several years things to along uneventfully until the child, now grown, desires to go to the seminary to procure an advanced education. To the lawyer this seems impossible, but George, when he sees the girl, breaks down and weeps, insists that he take the last of his savings and appropriate it for the purpose. This is an awful [...]

Loosely adapted from Dante’s Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.

James Harrison takes Bobby Vernon home to meet his sister, Vera Steadman. Bobby is on his best behavior, but Vera prefers wild men, so when a wild man is reported stealing chickens, James disguises himself as the thief and has Bobby drive him off

Film adaptation of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey.’

A one-armed man obtains an artificial limb which he cannot control.

A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000.

A romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman.

Big Ben has the largest store in the town of New Ralgia. His chief clerk is in love with the post mistress. The three of them get involved in a series of mishaps with their customers and with the town ladies’ man, whose advances conceal a more sinister purpose.