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Proceed With Caution! Wheeler & Woolsey Ahead!

Jul 3, 2019 Wade Sheeler 2

I’ve written before about my unhealthy predilection for comedy teams of the 30s and 40s, and not just good comedy teams. I revel in the weird and woefully misguided teams that were just plain bad. […]

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Freeing the Soul: Dr. Jekyll’s First Transformation in DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931) 

Oct 31, 2018 Jill Blake 0

Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) is the definitive film version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It’s also a stunning piece of cinema featuring innovative […]

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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, […]

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Eleanor and Kay and Carole and Cary: Must Watch Warner Archive Instant

Jun 5, 2015 The Retro Set 0

We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! This week our Must Watch Warner Archive picks has our Creative Director Wade Sheeler fan-boying on Tiki culture with Honolulu (1939), Senior Editor Jill Blake swooning over […]

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Minnie the Moocher (1932)

May 30, 2015 Brandie Ashe 2

“Folks, now here’s a story ’bout Minnie the Moocher … she was a red-hot hoochie-coocher …” With her somewhat inauspicious debut in 1930’s Dizzy Dishes, Betty Boop became the most unlikely of stars. Initially drawn as a […]

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Silent Satire and Social Commentary: Must Watch Warner Archive Instant

Apr 3, 2015 The Retro Set 1

We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! Where else can you find Marion Davies skewering the Hollywood star machine with a cavalcade of silent film cameos and William Wellman declaring war on the American justice […]

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