Author Archive: Retro

A desert dancing girl fights to protect the French agent she loves.

Silent adaptation of Shakespeare’s play.

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

The parallel stories of a modern preacher and a medieval monk, Gabriel the Ascetic, who is killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Truth, which is also represented by a ghostly naked girl who flits throughout the film.

In fifteenth century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.

The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man’s soul.

Max is determined to woo Mary, despite her Aunt Agatha’s disapproval.

When a woman’s fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.

The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.