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You Call That DANCING LADY?

Apr 21, 2017 Jacquie Allen 1

Contributor Jacquie Allen is mystified over the Joan Crawford vehicle,  Dancing Lady.  Joan Crawford‘s vehicle Dancing Lady (1933), a romantic musical, is one of many early showcases for her talents as not only an actress, but […]

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Stanley Donen’s ROYAL WEDDING Climbs the Walls

Apr 13, 2017 Nathanael Hood 1

Nathanael Hood reveals the man behind the curtain, Stanley Donen, the Wizard of Royal Wedding Gene Kelly may have danced in the rain and Howard Keel on boards and barn-beams, but when Fred Astaire fell […]

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Hitchcock’s JAMAICA INN Welcomes the Curious

Mar 24, 2017 Wade Sheeler 0

Alfred Hitchcock’s final film made in Britain, Jamaica Inn, gets a bad wrap. It was listed in the notorious 1970s book, “The 50 Worst Films of All Time.” It was Hitchcock’s least favorite of all […]

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A Troubling and Rewarding SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON

Mar 15, 2017 Nathanael Hood 1

So what actually happens in John Ford’s She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)? A cavalry troop leaves a lonely fort in the Old West, heads towards a destination, returns to the fort, goes back out […]

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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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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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