Author Archive: Retro

An insecure wife fears her husband may be straying back to an old flame.

A group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.

A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.

A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.

Classic German story of a hotel’s pompous doorman who is shamed when he is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. English titles. Dir. F.W. Murnau.

Il misterioso Zorro, intervenuto per impedire le nozze tra Carmen e Marcel, nel compiere la solita acrobatica e strategica ritirata, cade rimanendo impedito nei movimenti. Preoccupato per le ribalderie dei mercenari francesi del Governatore, Frà Donato, con l’aiuto del sagrestano Archimede, costringe l’inetto Felipe a fingersi Zorro. Il timido ed impaurito giovanotto riesce nell’intento, anche spinto dall’amore verso Rosita e sotto la spinta del vino, cui non è abituato. L’impresa, tuttavia, diviene assai ardua quando il Governatore sta per impiccare il conte Manuel La Paz sotto la protezione del De Colegnac, migliore lama di Francia. Anche questa volta, però, la coalizione del finto Zorro e dei suoi seguaci finisce per avere la meglio sull’oppressore.

A young woman visiting in Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits, who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even though it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.