Author Archive: Retro

Buckskin Hamilton guides a wagon train across the wasteland, caring well for the pioneers he escorts, but hoping to solve the murder of his brother by one of the travellers.

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.