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Sex Conquers All: VIVACIOUS LADY (1938)

Nov 8, 2013 The Retro Set 0

George Stevens’ 1938 screwball comedy Vivacious Lady is a shining example of what the Studio System–with all its codes, and censorship and contracts–got right. A rollicking rom-com that is bursting at the seams with everything […]

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