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A Queen Too Many: MARY OF SCOTLAND (1936)

Nov 12, 2016 Jill Blake 0

  Mary of Scotland (1936), released by RKO, is an interesting historical drama with a touch of romance directed by John Ford. In 1936, Ford was hardly a novice; he had directed over eighty productions, […]

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 […]

Opinion

What Makes a “Classic” Film A Classic?

Jan 12, 2015 The Retro Set 0

“What really makes a classic film a classic?” Ahhh. The age old question. Classic film fans have mulled it over for years. We’ve argued about it, fought about it, unfriended “friends” online in a fit […]

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 […]

Opinion

Art from the Golden Age of Movie Magazines

Nov 10, 2014 The Retro Set 1

Let it be known that The Retro Set Earl Christy. And Rolf Armstrong. And McClelland Barclay. And R Wilson Hammell. And Charles Edward Chambers. And Marland Stone. And Charles Gates Sheldon. And all of the other […]

Movies

Nuanced Desperation: Katharine Hepburn in ALICE ADAMS

Jul 30, 2014 Kyle Turner 0

Prior to being labeled “box office poison” the mid-1930s, Katharine Hepburn’s career was looking up. And George Stevens’ 1935 romantic drama Alice Adams had become one of the most successful of her career thus far. There was […]

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