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WINCHESTER ’73

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Tags: Anthony Mann, Borden Chase, bullet, Calvary, cliche, dance hall, disillusioned, edgy, floozy, guns, heroic, horsemanship, Indians, James Stewart, marksmanship, menace, rage, revenge, rifle, shootout, sidekick, stock, sweat-stained hat, toughness, vindication, virility, vulnerable, Western, Wyatt Earp
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THE MAN FROM LARAMIE

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Tags: accent, anger, Anthony Mann, Apache, Athenian, brutal, cattle, craftsman, drawl, frustration, Greek tragedy, gruff, James Stewart, John Ford, judgement, King Lear, manic energy, mettle-testing, mules, mythically, New Mexico, old west, patriarch, revenge, Shakespearean, vengeful, villain, violent, western noir, westerns
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Nick and Nora’s Infinite Guest List: THE THIN MAN

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Tags: 1930's, apartment, characters, Christmas, cocktails, Comedy, detective, distress, Drama, drinking, gigolo husband, Hollywood, Julia, Loy, melodrama, mistress, money-grubbing, murder, mysteries, Nick, Nora, policemen, Powell, pre-code, reporters, screwball, shady, sidekicks, sinister, sophisticates, thin man, thug
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A Sex Symbol Named Fred: TOP HAT

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Tags: Adele Astaire, asexuality, Audrey Hepburn, babelicious, censorship, Charles Bronson, Clark Gable, courtship, dance, desire, duet, Edward Everett Horton, erotic, expressive, firecracker feet, flirtation, footwork, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Irving Berlin, Lee Marvin, macho, Mark Sandrich, Marlon Brando, masculinity, musical, Musicals, pantomime, romance, seduction, sex, sex symbol, sublime, Valentino, Venice, wooing
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MY MAN GODFREY

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Tags: Alice Brady, Ann Dvorak, art deco, Billie Burke, Boston, Brian Aherne, butler, California, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, chauffeur, Christine Bamberger, Clarence Kolb, Clark Gable, class restraints, Claudette Colbert, Comedy, Constance Bennett, East River, Ed Sikov, Eugene Pallette, Gail Patrick, Great Depression, Gregory La Cava, Hal Roach, heiress, Jean Dixon, Jerry Kilbourne, Katharine Hepburn, madcap, Marjorie Kane, MGM, Mischa Auer, New York, Paramount, Patsy Kelly, romance, Roosevelt, screwball comedy, servant, sexual spark, shower, slapstick, social conscience, Universal, water, wealthy, William Powell
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