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And while Privilege is billed as a fantasy, again, for me, it reads more like an averagely written period-piece.
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I thought Leatherheads showed he could pull off the period-piece, dashing, clean-cut All-American look that an actor would need to play Captain America.
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It may be the lemon-soufflé period-piece that is Where's Charley? takes a certain amount of getting used to now, because even 60-plus years ago, it was deliberately old-fashioned, even something of an operetta.
David Finkle: First Nighter: City Center Encores! Series Where's Charley? All-Singing, All-Dancing, All-Lovable David Finkle 2011
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It's a period-piece of writing about English Fairy.
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It may be the lemon-soufflé period-piece that is Where's Charley? takes a certain amount of getting used to now, because even 60-plus years ago, it was deliberately old-fashioned, even something of an operetta.
David Finkle: First Nighter: City Center Encores! Series Where's Charley? All-Singing, All-Dancing, All-Lovable David Finkle 2011
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It may be the lemon-soufflé period-piece that is Where's Charley? takes a certain amount of getting used to now, because even 60-plus years ago, it was deliberately old-fashioned, even something of an operetta.
David Finkle: First Nighter: City Center Encores! Series Where's Charley? All-Singing, All-Dancing, All-Lovable David Finkle 2011
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There are also contemporary designers who have made a name for themselves with 1920s-inspired styling that doesn't stray into period-piece territory, like Herr von Eden 14 Neue Schönhauser Strasse, herrvoneden.com with its retro Amelia Earhart, vamp and banker looks.
Come to the Cabaret Charles Runnette 2012
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The 22-year-old actress also shared which of her co-stars she thinks looks best wearing their period-piece wig.
VIDEO: Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev Dishes on Her Co-stars 2011
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Also, this might be one of the only times where a hard-rock score was used effectively in a period-piece film.
TRAILER: Clash of the Titans « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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It may be the lemon-soufflé period-piece that is Where's Charley? takes a certain amount of getting used to now, because even 60-plus years ago, it was deliberately old-fashioned, even something of an operetta.
David Finkle: First Nighter: City Center Encores! Series Where's Charley? All-Singing, All-Dancing, All-Lovable David Finkle 2011
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