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Month: March 2017

Movies

The Dull Life and So-called Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby

Mar 9, 2017 Jacquie Allen 4

Our newest contributor Jacquie Allen thinks the 2002 version of Nicholas Nickelby feels every bit of its 2 hour 10 running time. From almost the moment film was invented, adaptations of Charles Dickens’s work have permeated the […]

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Jingo Unchained: Howard Hawks’ Air Force

Mar 8, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

A fictionalized telling of a real historical event, Howard Hawks’ Air Force (1943) follows an unarmed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress named the Mary-Ann that unknowingly enters the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. […]

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“You’re Welcome Here Anytime” – Remembering Robert Osborne

Mar 7, 2017 Jill Blake 6

by Jill Blake, Senior Editor Five years ago this May, I had the honor of sitting in on one of Robert Osborne’s shoots for TCM. I had recently attended a screening of Seven Brides for […]

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Listen to The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

Mar 4, 2017 Jill Blake 0

In 1948, director Joseph Losey made his first feature-length film, the beautiful technicolor comedy-drama, The Boy With Green Hair for RKO Pictures. Based on the 1946 short story written by Betsy Beaton, The Boy With […]

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FilmStruck First Friday: The Love Goddesses

Mar 3, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

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 […]

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