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An Outback Diversion: STINGAREE

Oct 30, 2018 Jeremy Carr 0

Supposedly, the Australian outback of 1874 is a desperado wilderness, a land that, as one complaint has it, is filled with too many English crooks and not enough sheepherders. But from what we see in […]

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DVD Review — Irene Dunne to the 3rd Power

Mar 24, 2016 Nathanael Hood 1

The new three Irene Dunne films from the WB Archive Collection certainly feel like they were unearthed from an archive after long decades of neglect. Chintzy packaging and a complete lack of special features—when you […]

Never Won an Oscar: The Actresses
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Never Won an Oscar: The Actresses

Feb 20, 2015 Jill Blake 1

With the Academy Awards ceremony coming up this Sunday, February 22, we decided to take a look at some of the best actors and actresses who never won an Oscar for their acting talents. In this gallery, […]

Cary Grant and the Screwball Comedy
Opinion

He Just Went Gay All of a Sudden: Cary Grant and the Screwball Comedy

Dec 8, 2014 Brandie Ashe 4

In the era of the Motion Picture Production Code, depictions of homosexuality were verboten, classified under the Code’s rather vague catch-all category of “sex perversion.” While those making films prior to 1934 enjoyed more freedom […]

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