Reviews
FilmStruck First Friday: The Love Goddesses
The first Friday of every month, we here at The Retro Set offer up a pick from FilmStruck that we think is worth your while, whether it’s a classic, a hard to find gem or […]
Barbara Stanwyck
Opinion
The Barbara Stanwyck Factor: Tying the Binds in UNION PACIFIC
The words “Barbara Stanwyck is one of the greatest film actress of all time” have been repeated so often they risk coming across as mere rote. And so, the attempt to put into words an […]
Movies
B-Roll: Frank Capra’s LADIES OF LEISURE (1930)
Many of the greatest movie stars had not one, but two film debuts. First, there were the debut roles; the films that placed the phrase “and introducing” in front of their names in the opening credits. […]
Reviews
Booty-Calls, Gangster Molls, and Dancing Gams: Must Watch Warner Archive
We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! Where else can you get a sexually liberal (and white hot) Barbara Stanwyck, Jimmy Cagney as a gangster-turned-movie-star (I know, I know) and Eleanor Powell proving […]
Photographic Evidence
Never Won an Oscar: The Actresses
With the Academy Awards ceremony coming up this Sunday, February 22, we decided to take a look at some of the best actors and actresses who never won an Oscar for their acting talents. In this gallery, […]
Opinion
Pre-Code Gams and Damsels
Legs. Gams. A whole lotta tomato. Pick your hyperbole of choice, the fact is that pre-code cinema was full of that most suggestive of appendages in a way never quite paralleled since. Sure, they’re still […]