Author Archive: Retro

The dapper Max is excited to sneak shots of a Rubenesque beauty, because he’s bored, with nothing else to photograph on the deserted French beach. But she pays him off, not to even peak at her in her bathing suit. As she’s attempting to get ashore, she desperately tries to avoid his snapping away. Swimming back out, she disappears under the ocean, driving Max frantic with guilt.

Perez plays all the parts in this tale of a lonely wife that invites a stranger into her flat while her hunter husband is away, only for him to return and chase the lover down the street, into a field, and onto a pier.

Needy Ham Hamilton is mistaken for a dog show judge and he takes advantage of the situation for material gain.

On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an evil rajah attempts to force Gloria into his harem.

Max needs a tonic after an illness, and the doctor prescribes a Bordeaux glass of wine three times a day. One proves to be enough, as Max drinks a quart glass of wine and proceeds to get into trouble.

Edgar Kennedy has two problems going at once; a feud with a neighboring singer, and a landlord trying to evict Edgar and his family. That Edgar will worsen both situations is a slow-burn foregone conclusion.

After a harrowing experience as driver of an express wagon, Musty feels in need of a thorough rest, and hies himself to the virgin forest. He proves to be a rank failure as a bear hunter, and turns his attentions to ducks instead, but ill luck continues hot upon his trail. When an avalanche wrecks his woodland camp our hero decides to get a nice job breaking stone so as to rest up from his vacation.