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About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. "I certainly admire people who do things." - BrunoMy second viewing of this film went really well. It was great to see it on the big screen in a proper theatre with good friends close by. read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. My well-loved copy of the Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide (ISBN-13: 978-0-4522-8620-7) is a familiar sight in my apartment. Unlike most books in my personal library, it is not shelved read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The time has come for me to come to terms with this movie. My first viewing happened during a very difficult time in my life, in which I was struggling with the impending deaths of two lo read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I had so much fun compiling a list of what I thought were some of the sexiest scenes in film history that I thought I'd come up with 8 more sizzling scenes to share. These are scenes that read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I just had the pleasure of watching Private Lives (1931) which recently aired on TCM and I had managed to tape it. It's so difficult to find Norma Shearer films to watch (see my previous r read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I had never put much thought into it but when I recently did a repeat viewing of The Asphalt Jungle (1950) for my film noir class, I kept thinking about the various publicity pictures and read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I didn't quite have the time before my first class to watch Double Indemnity (1944) two more times, but was lucky enough to be able watch it once in an interactive manner. By which I mean, read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. In preparation for my first Film Noir class next week, I will be watching the classic, Double Indemnity (1944). I have already seen this film but it was some months ago and a refresher see read more

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About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Boston is my town. I love it here and always have. Yet, the Boston in classic films is not the Boston I know and love. It's very different. My Boston is made of many different shades: mode read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Why is it, that on this good, green earth there has yet to exist a boxed set of DVDs of Norma Shearer films? It seems shameful that there are legions of classic film fans out there that ar read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Many folks say that the famous beach shot of Burt Lancaster and a blonde Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity (1953) is one of the sexiest scenes in film history. I had that in mind when read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The virtues of a blonde Bette Davis are many and go largely unacknowledged. Most know Bette Davis as a wide-eyed brunette; fiesty and domineering. The films she's best known for are all i read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I must share my love for Bobby Darin with you... with the world. When most people hear his name, they automatically think "Splish, Splash", "Dream Lover" and Sandra Dee. My mind's image o read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. If you haven't watched The Dick Cavett Show yet, shame on you! For the classic film fanatic, it is absolutely essential to watch. Where else will you see amazing one-hour interviews with read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Welcome to my classic film blog. This is a new venture for me, as my devotion to films started just as a budding interest and has now developed into a full-fledged passion. This won't be y read more

Oops! I forgot to do one of these last week. Business Cards - New design, new domain and now I have new business cards! The design is by the talented Julianna Rose and they were made using Moo.com. Poll - Please consider filling out the Poll below. I'd love to know what you would like to read more

Ann-Margret, Motorcycles "There are two types of motorcycle riders: ones who have had an accident and ones who will." - Ann-Margret  Ann-Margret looks damn good on a motorcycle. A lifelong enthusiast, she was introduced to motorcycles by her Uncle Carl in her home country of Sweden. Once she read more

My Lunches with Orson Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles Edited by Peter Biskind July 2013 Hardcover 9780805097252 Metropolitan Books (MacMillan) Amazon Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's There have been many classic film biographies published in the last decade but none quite l read more

Little Elbert Coplen Jr. went on to make a splash in Hollywood that didn’t last past the toddler stage. At the tender age of 8 months, Elbert Coplen Jr. played John ("Johnnie") in the hilarious RKO comedy Bachelor Mother (1939). His father, Elbert Coplen Sr., was a mechanical engineer at the read more