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Love in Enunciation: Leslie Howard in Pygmalion (1938)

Nov 26, 2016 Jill Blake 0

Aside from George Cukor’s visually stunning musical masterpiece My Fair Lady (1964), Pygmalion (1938), directed by Anthony Asquith (with Leslie Howard receiving co-director credits), is the only other significant film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s […]

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More Than Ashley Wilkes: Leslie Howard in The Scarlet Pimpernel

Nov 19, 2016 Jill Blake 0

Many of us know the story: Leslie Howard negotiated with David O. Selznick for co-producer credits on the 1939 film Intermezzo: A Love Story (Ingrid Bergman’s Hollywood debut and remake of the 1936 Swedish film Intermezzo, […]

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The 5 Most Ridiculous “Condemned” Movies of All Time

Mar 17, 2016 The Retro Set 3

Between 1933 to 1980, the Catholic Legion of Decency gave a “condemned” rating to a total of 148 movies. Some are hardly uprising (A Clockwork Orange wasn’t exactly family film), while others … well. See for yourself […]

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Silent Satire and Social Commentary: Must Watch Warner Archive Instant

Apr 3, 2015 The Retro Set 1

We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! Where else can you find Marion Davies skewering the Hollywood star machine with a cavalcade of silent film cameos and William Wellman declaring war on the American justice […]

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Knife Fights & Naughty Knickers: Must-Watch Warner Archive Instant

Mar 6, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Happy Friday, all! Another week and another round-up of some can’t-miss flicks waiting for you on Warner Archive Instant! Today it’s a double feature full of knife fights and frilly knickers. Glenn Ford and Sidney […]

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Jean Harlow and the Hard Knocks School of Acting

Mar 3, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Jean Harlow, had she not died at the tragic age of 26, would have celebrated her 104th birthday today. I thought it would be fun to take a step back and observe the panorama of […]

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