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Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life by Peter Ackroyd
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life
by Peter Ackroyd
Hardcover, 304 pages
ISBN: 9780385537377
October 2014
Nan A. Talese (Knopf - Doubleday, an imprint of Penguin Random House)
Barnes and Noble
Powell's
IndieBound
“Like a dancer he needed the full revelation of his art. He seemed to have a speed read more
Warner Archive Wednesday ~ Death of a Soundrel (1956)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"Business is the art of getting something for nothing" - Clementi Sabourin (George Sanders)
Death of a Scoundrel (1956) is a wonderful B movie directed by Charles Martin and starring my beloved George Sanders. Sanders, known for playing rapscallions and cads very well, was a perfect fit to play the read more
Warner Archive Wednesday ~ Dr. Kildare Movie Collection
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The good folks at the Warner Archive Collection have released a stupendous 9-film, 5-Disc Collection of all of the Dr. Kildare films starring Lew Ayres as Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie. I was knew very little of the Dr. Kildare films so listening to George, Matt and D.W. talk a read more
The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935
by James Layton and David Pierce
448 pages - 9780935398281
February 2015
George Eastman House
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells
Technicolor wasn't just a technology. It was a vision, a company, an aesthetic and a movement. Film scholars James Layton and David Pi read more
Out of the Past - 2012 Classic Movie Gift Guide
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
It's that time of year again! If you have a classic movie fanatic in your life, you know the know who has everything and is impossible to shop for, here are some cool gift ideas. I have not included DVDs or Blu-Rays because we are all familiar with that trepidation that precedes gift buying, when yo read more
Old Hollywood at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A Columbus Day visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston cost us nothing but gave us many riches in return. Two exhibits in particular made this classic-film-loving-gal's heart sing.
The first exhibit was a collection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh entitled Karsh Goes H read more
Obit. Life on a Deadline (2016)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"Obits have next to nothing to do with the death and absolutely everything to do with the life." - Margalit Fox
Classic film enthusiasts are well-acquainted with obituaries. The deaths of our beloved stars are a common occurrence. When someone dies we take the time to reflect on their life. read more
Young Man With a Horn by Dorothy Baker
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Young Man With a Horn
by Dorothy Baker
New York Review of Books
Paperback, 192 pages
Originally Published 1938
ISBN 9781590175774
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Powell's
Young Man With a Horn by Dorothy Baker is considered to be the first ever Jazz novel. It was published in 1938 and was a cri read more
Book Review: Conversations with Classic Film Stars
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era
by James Bawden and Ron Miller
9780813167107 - 440 pages
The University Press of Kentucky
April 2016
“We possessed a treasure trove of rare interviews with some of the greatest stars of Hollywood’s golden ye read more
TCM Classic Film Festival 2018: Recap #1
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
My trip to California started off at lightning speed and I'm only now just able to catch my breath. I'm here in Hollywood for the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival. This is my sixth fest and it's always a surreal feeling when I'm actually here. I take a moment to appreciate it when I'm standing in line read more
Stars & Their Hobbies ~ Harold Lloyd
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Harold Lloyd, Great Danes
The great silent screen actor Harold Lloyd really loved dogs, especially Great Danes. His favorite was “Prince” who often appeared in family photographs and home videos. Lloyd had as many as 65 Great Danes, maybe even more, in his kennel on his Greenacres estat read more
Panique (1946) with Pierre Simenon at #TCMFF
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Pierre Simenon and Bruce Golstein at TCMFF Based on Georges Simenon's novel Les Fiançailles de M. Hire, Panique (1946) is a thrilling French Noir directed by the great Julien Duvivier. This rarely seen film was screened at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival . Last year I had attended the scr read more
The Prize (1963)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Directed by Mark Robson, The Prize (1963) stars Paul Newman as Andrew Craig, a celebrated novelist with a penchant for booze and women. Having just won the Nobel Prize in literature, Craig is whisked away to Stockholm, Sweden to accept the honor and fraternize with his fellow laureates. Li read more
#30in30FavoriteStars
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
During the month of September I did a series on Twitter called 30 in 30 Favorite Stars. Each day I shared a photo of one of my favorite stars and used the hashtag #30in30FavoriteStars so folks could follow along. I encouraged other classic film fans to participate and it got a great response! I had read more
My Cinema Shame Statement for 2018
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
In 2018 I will embrace my Cinema Shame! What exactly is Cinema Shame you ask? It's the regret you feel for not having watched that big movie everyone has seen, or the one that's won all the awards or that film you meant to get to but haven't... for years. There are numerous shades of cinema shame. I read more
The New Deal for Artists (1981)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"One of the horrors of a society... is the break with the past, a lack of continuity. Young people know nothing of the past. For that matter even people who lived in the past have forgotten it... the New Deal, The Arts Project, is a good case in point. It's as though it never existed." — Studs read more
I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story.” – James Baldwin
In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent with an idea for a book. He was going to tell the story of America through the lives of three important and tra read more
2018 Classic Film Holiday Gift Guide
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Another holiday season is upon us and if you're looking for a gift for the classic film lover in your life you've come to the right place. Today I present to you my 2018 Classic Film Holiday Gift Guide. Here you'll find a variety of gift ideas that would make for great stocking stuffers or wrapped p read more
Classic Movie Books I've Been Reading (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
In my latest YouTube video I discuss the books and reviewing so far this year. Check it out!Mentioned in the video: Charles Boyer: The French Lover by John BaxterDervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the read more
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing..."
Barbara Stanwyck stars in The Miracle Woman (1931) as Florence Fallon, the daughter of a preacher. Her father dies of heartbreak when his parish replaced him with a younger man. The disillusioned Florence lashes out at the parish. read more