Author Archive: Retro

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.

An explosives and black powder expert visits a powder factory in order to inspect it, but when he appears to be more interested in its female workers, an explosive situation results.

An inventor and his accomplice plan to rob a ship carrying gold bullion by using a submarine. A waiter overhears their plans, buys himself an admiral’s uniform, tricks his way into command of the sub and plots to take the ship himself.

Edgar’s boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence (Florence Lake), mother-in-law (Dot Farley) and brother-in-law (Jack Rice), think he has been fired for being too fat and, over his fruitless objections, put him on a strenuous reducing program that nearly kills him.