“Folks, now here’s a story ’bout Minnie the Moocher … she was a red-hot hoochie-coocher …” With her somewhat inauspicious debut in 1930’s Dizzy Dishes, Betty Boop became the most unlikely of stars. Initially drawn as a […]
We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! This week our Must Watch Warner Archive picks include Robert Montgomery as (what else?) a charmingly rakish cad in Hide-Out (1934) and Humphrey Bogart as a bigoted asshole […]
By the 1960s, director King Vidor ’s star had largely faded. During his decades-spanning career, Vidor helmed a filmography at once both intensely personal and enthusiastically catered for mass appeal. His was a cinema of […]
Leo McCarey was well known for the three stages of a renowned film career; his early days as a Hal Roach gagman leading to his work with Charley Chase as well as bringing Laurel and […]
Today is Sir Laurence Olivier’s birthday, and The Retro Set would be remiss in not paying tribute to one of the 20th century’s finest actors. We love you, Larry! Early in the summer of 1939, when […]
Yes, I know it’s a symptom of my having been born in the wrong era, but there’s something about the red orange cigarette glow of a bohemian café in the 1950s that drives me wild. […]
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