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William Wyler’s Love Letter to His Comrades in Arms

Nov 11, 2014 Jill Blake 4

In the opening shot of William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Captain Fred Derry walks into an airport terminal in hopes of catching a flight home to Boone City, USA. Upon reaching the clerk […]

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Art from the Golden Age of Movie Magazines

Nov 10, 2014 The Retro Set 1

Let it be known that The Retro Set Earl Christy. And Rolf Armstrong. And McClelland Barclay. And R Wilson Hammell. And Charles Edward Chambers. And Marland Stone. And Charles Gates Sheldon. And all of the other […]

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Harlean, Jean, and Serious Mommy Issues: The Jean Harlow Story

Mar 5, 2014 The Retro Set 10

The brief 26 years of Jean Harlow’s life were marked with tragedy, disappointments, heartbreak and, of course, a tremendously successful screen career. Her intensely sensual on screen presence ignited American movies and gave the world […]

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