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Extra Late Edition of The Retro Set Minutes: Who Ya Gonna call?

Mar 4, 2016 The Retro Set 0

Hi all! It’s late. It’s Friday. It’s time for the Retro Set Minutes. Let’s do this.

Movies

Love at First Sight: Jean Harlow

Mar 3, 2016 The Retro Set 2

If you’ve followed the Retro Set over the past few years, you’re probably aware of the individual (and mutual) obsessions that consume our editorial team. Aside from a shared love of all things classic Hollywood, […]

Books

“Ronald Colman Can’t Dance The Charleston”: Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary

Nov 9, 2015 The Retro Set 0

[pullquote cite=”Valeria Belleti” type=”center”]Dear Irma: …Ronald Colman was trying to do the Charleston and couldn’t—he looked awfully funny…”[/pullquote] So reads an excerpt from one of the more permanent fixtures on my bookshelf: a sweet little […]

Opinion

Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, & Hitchcock’s REBECCA

May 22, 2015 The Retro Set 0

Today is Sir Laurence Olivier’s birthday, and The Retro Set would be remiss in not paying tribute to one of the 20th century’s finest actors. We love you, Larry!  Early in the summer of 1939, when […]

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