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The Breaking Point
Movies

Under Pressure: Michael Curtiz’s THE BREAKING POINT

Jun 4, 2018 Jeremy Carr 0

Howard Hawks supposedly bet Ernest Hemingway that he could make a good movie out of the author’s worst book. That book, it was decided, was Hemingway’s 1937 novel, “To Have and Have Not.” And the […]

Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movies

Blu-ray Review: THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS from Warner Archive

Apr 13, 2016 Nathanael Hood 0

The most tiresome parts of old school Hollywood musicals were always the threadbare narratives strung between the song-and-dance sequences. No matter how light and fluffy the shenanigans between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, no matter […]

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Film Noir Festival: Ride the Pink Horse & The Fallen Sparrow

Apr 20, 2015 Wade Sheeler 0

Dorothy B. Hughes was one of the great crime fiction writers; with an eclectic career that allowed her the time to pen some of the strongest material for film noir adaptations while also writing serious […]

Books

God Bless Public Television: Joan Kramer and David Heeley’s IN THE COMPANY OF LEGENDS

Apr 7, 2015 The Retro Set 0

God bless public television. The public funded, by-the-bootstraps programming of the ’80s and ’90s, produced a seemingly endless wonderland of high-caliber, star-studded productions that, oh-so-cleverly, had education, not mere entertainments, at its core. From that […]

Pantages Never Won an Oscar
Photographic Evidence

Never Won an Oscar: The Actors

Feb 18, 2015 Jill Blake 3

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, […]

Destination Tokyo Cary Grant
Opinion

DESTINATION TOKYO: A Classic Example of the 1940s Propaganda War Film

May 27, 2014 Jill Blake 0

The Retro Set is proud to continue its relationship with Warner Archive Instant with a look at one of the archive’s most compelling–and controversial–wartime dramas, Destination Tokyo, directed by Delmer Daves. Disclaimer: This post discusses Japanese racial stereotypes […]

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