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Category Archives: vintage movies
Reptilicus (1961)
One of the best of the so bad it’s good movies. If those are your favorites, don’t miss this one. American International by way of Denmark comes up with what happens when a copper miner drills the wrong tail. As … Continue reading
Marie Galante (1934)
Very dull movie about a French girl stuck in Panama and a plot to blow up the powerhouse of the Panama Canal. Stepin Fetchi has a small part as a waiter. Marie (Ketti Gallain) delivers a telegram to a drunken … Continue reading
One Mysterious Night (1944)
Chester Morris is back as Boston Blackie along with George E. Stone as his pal The Runt. Also returning is Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday. Farraday deputizes Blackie to help recover a stolen diamond. A fundraiser is being held at … Continue reading
The Hatchet Man (1932)
Talk about a stretch. Edward G.Robinson and Loretta Young lead an American cast playing Chinese characters in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Robinson makes it worth seeing. A Tong leader is killed and it’s time to avenge his death. Wong Low Get … Continue reading
The Saint In New York (1938)
Louis Hayward stars as Simon Templar, The Saint. Based on the character created by Leslie Charteris in 1929 this is a fun movie. The Saint is hired to clean up New York. It took two months but Simon is tracked … Continue reading
Lucky Jordan (1942)
Good one with Alan Ladd as a gangster AWOL from the Army, Helen Walker as a WAC, Sheldon Leonard as his henchman out to replace him and a bit from Lloyd Corrigan as his lawyer. There are some light touches … Continue reading
Interference (1928)
Slow mover best viewed as a moment in movie history. Most of the actors were trying to deal with the newfangled art of movie dialogue. Philip Voaze (William Powell) attends a memorial service for soldiers killed in World War One. … Continue reading
The Case Of The Lucky Legs (1935)
Perry Mason played for laughs. Warren William is Perry and Genevieve Tobin is a very appealing Della Street. No Paul Drake. No hearings or trials. Allen Jenkins is a comedy investigator named Spudsy. Frank Patton scams small town businesses into … Continue reading
Walk Softly,Stranger (1956)
Not one of the best. More romance than suspense and that takes away from it being a good crime movie. Chris Hale (Joseph Cotton) goes to a small Ohio town. He rents a room from Mrs.Brentman (Spring Byington). He told … Continue reading
Walk On The Wild Side (1962)
It’s not easy to buy into a movie with Lawrence Harvey doing a Texas accent, let alone Anne Baxter doing a Mexican one. It takes place in the early 1930′s in New Orleans. Harvey is looking for an old girlfriend played … Continue reading
