Author Archive: Retro

A chorus girl dreams of stardom but faces romantic complications.

A diamond mine owner is kidnapped by criminals in the Kalahari Desert.

A woman’s scheming threatens the lives and loves of those around her.

A trapeze artist falls in love, causing jealousy and rivalry in the circus.

A gangster falls for a society woman in New York’s Chinatown.

A nightclub dancer becomes entangled in crime and romance.

A burlesque star struggles to protect her daughter from the same fate.

Daniel Grudge, a wealthy industrialist and fierce isolationist long embittered by the loss of his son in World War II, is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve who lead him to reconsider his attitude toward his fellow man.

Detective Philo Vance investigates a series of murders linked to nursery rhymes.