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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 […]

Pantages Never Won an Oscar
Photographic Evidence

Never Won an Oscar: The Actors

Feb 18, 2015 Jill Blake 3

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, […]

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Books

Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood

Feb 3, 2015 Jill Blake 1

Have you ever heard anyone speak harshly of Myrna Loy? In fact, just the mere mention of her name elicits such a positive response it is hard not to crack a smile. My first encounter with […]

Libeled Lady
Opinion

“Baby” Takes a Bow: Jean Harlow in LIBELED LADY

Jan 27, 2015 Brandie Ashe 0

In the mid-1930s, the screwball comedy was still a relatively new subgenre of film. Many critics label It Happened One Night, released in 1934, as the first “screwball” picture ever produced, and subsequent films such as Twentieth Century (also […]

Events

THE RETRO SET PRESENTS: LIBELED LADY

Nov 3, 2014 The Retro Set 0

ANNOUNCING THE RETRO SET’S INAUGURAL SCREENING EVENT! Limited Seating Available! Set your calendars, film fans and friends! On January 30th, 2015, in Los Angeles, California, The Retro Set will present a special screening of the 1936 comedy […]

Listicles

10 Classic Movie Gifs You Need In Your Life

Jul 24, 2014 The Retro Set 2

As a highly-skilled, professional procrastinator, I am always on the look out for new ways to waste valuable time. And, like a good friend, I would like to take this opportunity to share the love so […]

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