Author Archive: Retro

Bob Hope’s film debut, set in an unidentified South American country with an odd “Opposite Day” premise.

This Pete Smith specialty looks at the annoying types of people we have all come into contact with when going to the movies. They include those who sit down, then take off their coats and scarves; people with aisle seats who stick their feet in the aisle; people who put their knees on the back of the seat in front of them; loud snackers. Smith also fantasizes various punishments for such movie pests. A humorous look at pesky movie-goers.

Clark Kent and Lois Lane, out for a stroll, discover a jewelry robbery in progress. Lois gets a good look at one of the burglars. Later Clark and Jimmy Olsen visit Jimmy’s old school to discuss Superman’s visit there to promote the U.S. Treasury Department’s Savings Stamp program. In the meantime, Lois is captured by Blinky, the jewelry burglar she spotted. When Lois doesn’t show up to join Clark and Jimmy, Clark realizes she’s in trouble and arranges for Superman to save the day and still make his appearance at the school’s Stamp Day.

Charlie hires three “party girls” to help him land a business deal.

Filmed in England. A little girl is distressed and feeling guilty about losing wings for her costume in a school play. After noticing an angel, she follows it to a dark building. Upstairs in the attic, bathed in heavenly light, is an artist’s model, the Angel. The painter ascends a ladder until he is out of shot, implying a trip to heaven, and reappears to bring Amelia a pair of wings.