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Playboy Swings (but not so much)

Feb 4, 2016 Wade Sheeler 0

There’s a small readership sub-set who might enjoy Playboy Swings. And it’s not exactly fans of Playboy. In fact, if you’re looking to find out what Playboy Mansion guests might encounter in the waters of the […]

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TASCHEN’S A Life in Photographs: Linda McCartney

Nov 18, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Ohhh, Taschen. Yummy, delectable, I-want-to-devour-you-whole Tahhhh-Shen. So beautiful. So sumptuous. SO expensive. And yet, somehow, worth every blessed cent. You taunt me with your provocatively packaged anthologies, teasing me with desire. I covet your sweetly binded […]

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“Ronald Colman Can’t Dance The Charleston”: Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary

Nov 9, 2015 The Retro Set 0

[pullquote cite=”Valeria Belleti” type=”center”]Dear Irma: …Ronald Colman was trying to do the Charleston and couldn’t—he looked awfully funny…”[/pullquote] So reads an excerpt from one of the more permanent fixtures on my bookshelf: a sweet little […]

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Hollywood at Home: 1950 – 1965

Apr 28, 2015 The Retro Set 0

“Hollywood at Home provides a unique behind-the-scenes look at the crossroads between the last real glamour years and the TV decade. It is a remarkable portrait of mid-century America.” So reads the back cover of […]

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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 […]

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Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

Feb 3, 2015 Jill Blake 1

Have you ever heard anyone speak harshly of Myrna Loy? In fact, just the mere mention of her name elicits such a positive response it is hard not to crack a smile. My first encounter with […]

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Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital (1928-1937)

Jan 28, 2015 Jill Blake 0

Jean Harlow epitomizes the essence of old Hollywood glamour and stardom. Although she died young, she has an  immortal presence that has lasted for over 70 years. Perhaps it’s because we never saw her grow […]

The Toll of the Sea (1922)
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Advance Review: THE DAWN OF TECHNICOLOR, 1915 – 1935

Jan 21, 2015 The Retro Set 0

The Dawn of Technicolor: (1915-1935) By James Layton and David Pierce Page count: 498 Publisher: George Eastman House List price: $65   The brilliant team of men and women knew exactly what they wanted. On […]

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My Kind of Movie: Baroque Noir and His Kind of Woman (1951)

May 28, 2014 Drew Morton 0

In his book Hollywood Genres, film scholar Thomas Schatz mobilizes an evolutionary model to describe film genres. For simplicity sake, Schatz posits that a genre essentially moves from classical to baroque in its style and conventions […]

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Book Review: 85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards

Mar 2, 2014 Jill Blake 0

85 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards (Abbeville Press, 464 pages, $75) By Robert Osborne In 1979, Robert Osborne published the book 50 Golden Years of Oscar: The Official History […]

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