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An Outback Diversion: STINGAREE

Oct 30, 2018 Jeremy Carr 0

Supposedly, the Australian outback of 1874 is a desperado wilderness, a land that, as one complaint has it, is filled with too many English crooks and not enough sheepherders. But from what we see in […]

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Wayne in the Water: Two Nautical Adventures with The Duke

Oct 4, 2017 Nathanael Hood 0

By the mid-50s, John Wayne had long abandoned playing characters in his movies. Instead—with very rare exceptions like John Ford’s The Searchers (1956)—John Wayne was content with playing John Wayne. Tough, authoritative, and incalculably charismatic, […]

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Mr. & Mrs. Norman Maine (aka A STAR IS BORN)

Aug 12, 2016 The Retro Set 0

“A Star Is Born is a Hollywood story of, by, and for its people. It has the usual preface, attesting to the fictional quality of the characters and incidents depicted, but it is nonetheless the […]

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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 […]

Must Watch Warner Archive Instant Picks: 10.16.14
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Must Watch Warner Archive Instant: 10.16.14

Oct 16, 2014 The Retro Set 0

Need help figuring out what to watch this week on Warner Archive Instant? The Retro Set has you covered with our must watch Warner Archive picks! Each week, we select a small handful of must watch […]

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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Double Feature: LOVE IS A RACKET (1932) and PARACHUTE JUMPER (1933)

Nov 13, 2013 Wade Sheeler 0

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. never intended to go into picture making, but the environment he was born into, his good looks and innate charismatic nature somewhat “impressed” him into the industry. He was not an immediate […]

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