Author Archive: Retro

Kermit Maynard, Ken’s less famous brother, plays a Mountie impersonating a killer impersonating a Mountie in this low-budget “Northwestern” produced by independent entrepreneur Maurice Conn from a screenplay “suggested” by the story The Midnight Call by James Oliver Curwood. After apprehending the notorious killer “The Raven” (Yakima Canutt), Royal Canadian Mountie Gale Farrell assumes his identity in order to investigate a feud between fur trapping families. As it turns out, the feud is kept alive by nasty casino owner Henry McClain (John Merton), who answers to supposedly kindly Dr. Martin (Hobart Bosworth). They plan to monopolize the fur trade but Gale sets a trap for the good doctor and the feud comes to an end. Maurice Conn reportedly attempted to cash in on a current vogue by releasing the film as “G-Men of the North” only to learn that Warner Bros. owned the appellation of “G-Man.”

Two men (Billy Bevan, Vernon Dent) and their wives move to California.

Narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis. A March of Time Feature. Focuses on a typical small American town during the years before American involvement in WWI.

The knife-thrower Louella Gallagher throws knives at her daughters Connie Ann, 5, and Colleena Sue, 2.5 yrs old, in Austin, Texas. As the newscaster comments: “…Evidently Colleena Sue has more trust in Mother’s aim than the audience has. It takes a steady eye and a stout heart to heave knives at the apple of your eye, but this female William Tell has no qualms and plenty of faith…”

Documentary concerning the day to day life of the people of Ceylon.

A Greyhound bus transports us through the landscape of American mythology. Directed by Harold Schuster. Director of Photography: Jerry Fairbanks. Screenplay: Charles L. Tedford, Leo S. Rosencrans. Film Editor: Milton Kleinberg. Art Director: Theobold Holsopple. Production Supervisor: John McKennon. Musical Supervision: Edward Paul. Assistant Director: Robert Scrivner. With Marshall Thompson (Mysterious Stranger); Tommy Kirk (Jimmy Rollins); Morris Ankrum (Fred Schroder); Angie Dickinson (Mary); Charles Maxwell (Bill Roberts) and Tex Ritter as himself. Winner of the Freedoms Foundation Special Award.

Osa Johnson and her husband, Martin, appear in footage from their trips to the South Seas and Africa.