Archive for Reel Retro
Reel Retro – They Made Me A Criminal
Posted by: | CommentsReel Retro co-hosts Jackson Bird and Anita Casey-Reed discuss 1939’s They Made Me a Criminal starring tough guy John Garfield, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan and The Dead End Kids.
In the film, a boxer flees to Arizona believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
This discussion, along with the entire film is now available online!
Watch Reel Retro – They Made Me a Criminal on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
Reel Retro – The Bigamist
Posted by: | CommentsReel Retro co-hosts Jackson Bird and Anita Casey-Reed discuss this black and white 1953 drama directed by Ida Lupino, who also stars in the movie as Phyllis Martin.
In the film, Harry (Edmond O’Brien) and Eve Graham (Joan Fontaine) are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating.
This discussion, along with the entire film is now available online!
Watch Reel Retro – The Bigamist on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
Reel Retro – Revolt of the Zombies
Posted by: | CommentsReel Retro co-hosts Jackson Bird and Anita Casey-Reed talk about this “cheesy” zombie film, one of the first low-budget zombie films, from 1936. Dean Jagger is the mastermind pulling the strings of the zombies. The cast, some of whom never made it to full star status, also includes Dorothy Stone, Roy D’Arcy, Robert Noland, George Cleveland, E. Alyn Warren, and Carl Stockdale. The film is set during World War I in Cambodia. This not a typical zombie film.
Bird’s and Casey-Reed’s discussion, along with the entire film is now available online!
Watch Reel Retro: Revolt of the Zombies on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
Reel Retro – The Chase
Posted by: | CommentsReel Retro co-hosts Jackson Bird and Anita Casey-Reed discuss this black and white 1946 American drama directed by Arthur Ripley. The actual chase begins when a new driver for a vicious gangster runs off to Cuba with the gangster’s wife. The movie stars Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan, and Steve Cochran. Peter Lorre is also in the cast.
The discussion of this film noir based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich, along with the entire film is now available online!
Watch Reel Retro: The Chase on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
Reel Retro – Dishonored Lady
Posted by: | CommentsReel Retro co-hosts Jackson Bird and Anita Casey-Reed discuss this 1947 film starring Hedy Lamarr. The film is based on a 1930 play by Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes.
This discussion, along with the entire film is now available online!
Watch Reel Retro: Dishonored Lady on Video On Demand. (To view this show online, you will need Windows Media Player.)
