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The Clinging Vine (1926)
The Clinging Vine (1926)
In the 1920s feminine standards of beauty were being redefined. One actress took it a step further.
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Sep 4, 2015
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Patricia Neal originated the archetype of “Sci-fi Mom”– a single mother who discovers her son is spending too much time with an alien….
wetcircuit
Sep 3, 2015
My Geisha (1962)
My Geisha (1962)
Kimono my house — Shirley MacClaine does yellowface, but is this the BLACK LIKE ME of Asian exotica?
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Sep 3, 2015
Topkapi (1964)
Topkapi (1964)
Melina Mercouri stars as Elizabeth Lipp, an uninhibited fetishist who’s found a way to smuggle a priceless gem-encrusted dagger out of…
wetcircuit
Sep 3, 2015
Xanadu (1980)
Xanadu (1980)
Xanadu exists firmly in it’s own girly space-time continuum. An era of blousy peasant skirts slit to the waist, rollerskates, leg warmers…
wetcircuit
Sep 3, 2015
Rock & Rule (1983)
Rock & Rule (1983)
The Coolest Glam-Rock New Wave Post-Apocalyptic Animated Musical You’ve Never Seen.
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Sep 4, 2015
Star! (1968)
Star! (1968)
Julie Andrews attacks the role of Gertrude Lawrence, scandalous star of Broadway and the London stage, in this moneypit of a musical.
wetcircuit
Sep 3, 2015
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