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Month: August 2015

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Amour Fou: Francois Truffaut’s THE STORY OF ADELE H. (1975)

Aug 31, 2015 Kyle Turner 0

In Francois Truffaut’s The Story of Adele H. (1975), love–unrequited love to be exact–is like a virus. It consumes the young Adele Hugo, the second daughter to author Victor, to a point where she stalks the […]

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B-Roll: Ernst Lubitsch’s BROKEN LULLABY (1932)

Aug 27, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

B Roll is a weekly column that digs into the deeper cuts and lesser-known films from legendary directors–the good, the bad, and the awesome. This week, writer Nathanael Hood tackles an early Ernst Lubitsch’s talkie,  Broken […]

sweet ride poster
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Beach Party Summer – THE SWEET RIDE (1968)

Aug 19, 2015 Danny Reid 0

Summer is coming to an end, folks, which means this is the eleventh and final post in The Retro Set’s Beach Party Summer! Guest writer Danny Reid brings us his 11th and final entry in his weekly […]

Photographic Evidence

QUIET ON THE SET! GUNGA DIN (1939) and the Hollywood Mirage

Aug 15, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Quiet on the Set! is a unique behind-the-scenes look into the making of films big and small from Hollywood’s golden age.  The picture-perfect profile of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was silhouetted by the crimson flames that […]

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
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Beach Party Summer – THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI (1966)

Aug 12, 2015 Danny Reid 1

This is the tenth entry in The Retro Set’s nostalgic look back at the beach party films of the 1960s. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini: Not Invisible Enough “I’ve heard of love at first […]

Frank Borzage's Bad Girl
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B-Roll: Frank Borzage’s BAD GIRL (1931)

Aug 12, 2015 Nathanael Hood 0

It begins with a Dame who can’t stand Joes and a Joe who can’t trust Dames. “All men are all alike—rich or poor—when it comes to women they’ve only got one idea in their head,” […]

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