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CALL NORTHSIDE 777 And Get Some 1940s Cynicism

Nov 14, 2019 Nathanael Hood 0

When originally released, Henry Hathaway’s Call Northside 777 was heralded as a triumph of noir realism. As the first Hollywood feature shot on location in Chicago, the film was part of the vanguard of studio-produced […]

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Jazz Week: Duke Ellington’s Anatomy of Jazz in ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Aug 4, 2015 The Retro Set 0

It’s Jazz Week here at The Retro Set! Put your glad rags on while we cut a rug, because from August 3rd through August 8th the Retro Set is diggin’ that swingin’ beat of some of […]

Listicles

5 Ways the Jimmy Stewart / Henry Fonda Bromance Will Ruin Your Life

May 20, 2015 The Retro Set 4

Today is James Maitland Stewart’s birthday, and in case you didn’t know, the Retro Set is a huge Stewart fan. (Don’t believe us? Check out his tag.) And in celebration of the birthday boy (it’s his 107th), […]

Books

God Bless Public Television: Joan Kramer and David Heeley’s IN THE COMPANY OF LEGENDS

Apr 7, 2015 The Retro Set 0

God bless public television. The public funded, by-the-bootstraps programming of the ’80s and ’90s, produced a seemingly endless wonderland of high-caliber, star-studded productions that, oh-so-cleverly, had education, not mere entertainments, at its core. From that […]

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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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