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Forbidden Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Forbidden Hollywood
The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934)
When Sin Ruled the Movies
by Mark A. Vieira
TCM and Running Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762466771
April 2019
252 pages
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"Pre-Code refers to the four-year period before the Production Cod read more
Not as a Stranger (1955)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"It isn't enough for you to have a brain. You have to have a heart."
Producer Stanley Kramer had staked his claim in Hollywood. After a string of successful films, he was ready to tackle being a director. For his directorial debut, he set his sights on Morton Tompson's bestselling novel Not as a S read more
Catching Up with Quelle (13)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Happy Sunday! How are all of you? I am finally getting around to another edition of Catching Up with Quelle.
TCM Classic Film Festival - It looks almost certain that Carlos and I will be attending the TCM Classic Film Festival in April. We have our tickets and our hotel booked. All we need is read more
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Stefan is a tortured artist. A once celebrated composer, he has abandoned his craft for a transient life of excess. He leaves a trail of broken hearts behind him. A wealthy man has challenged him to a duel, one Stefan doesn't plan to go through with. When he arrives at his home, his butler John pres read more
Flirtation Walk, Hawaii, Escape and Gettin' No Respect
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I’m just going to preface this by saying that this is going to be a very strange post.
Flirtation Walk (1934) arrived to me as a rental from ClassicFlix. While I have an ordered queue on ClassicFlix, I often forget what I put on there or the next title shipped to me is something much further read more
The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Ice Cream Blonde
The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd
by Michelle Morgan
9781613730386 - 288 pages
Chicago Review Press
November 2015
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How will you be remembered after you die? If you’re like me you dre read more
The Female Gaze by Alicia Malone
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Female Gaze
Essential Movies Made by Women
by Alicia Malone
Various Contributors
Hardcover ISBN: 9781633538375
Mango
November 2018
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“I think there is still a misconception that all directors are Cecil B. De Mille types with a loud voice and read more
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) @ the Park
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
On Thursday, I went to go see Rebel Without a Cause (1955) outdoors on the big(ish) screen. The film was screened at Nathan Tufts Park in Somerville, MA and it was part of the town's SomerMovie Fest where they show different films at different parks each Thursdy during the summer. The only classic f read more
Peter Pan (1924) with Live Musical Accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
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On November 17th, Carlos and I headed to the Somerville Theatre to watch the silent film Peter Pan (1924) on the big screen with live music performed by my favorite accompanist, the talented and tireless Jeff Rapsis.
Watching this film was a treat considering how special it is. Pete read more
Mary Astor's Purple Diary by Edward Sorel
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Mary Astor's Purple Diary
The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936
by Edward Sorel
Liveright (W.W. Norton & Co)
October 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 9781631490231
165 pages
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It was the 1960s. Edward Sorel and his new bride had just moved into their apartment on the Up read more
Seduced by Mrs. Robinson by Beverly Gray
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Seduced by Mrs. Robinson
How The Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation
by Beverly Gray
Algonquin Books
304 pages
November 2017
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No movie studio would touch it. Producer Lawrence Turman had shopped around Charles Webb's quirky novel The Graduate without m read more
Warner Archive Wednesday - College Coach (1933)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
College Coach (1933) is a film that combines two of my favorite themes in early films: sports and collegiate culture. Calvert College is in trouble. They just put some money into their science department and now they are on the brink of bankruptcy. They get the idea to hire Coach Gore (Pat O'Brien), read more
Robert Mitchum Video #6 ~ Mitchum on What's My Line?
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Robert Mitchum was known amongst his drinking buddies as a great impersonator. He had an art for doing impressions and various accents and voices (although he couldn't quite master the Irish accent or the Boston accent in movies such as Ryan's Daughter and The Friends of Eddie Coyle, respectively). read more
Stars & Their Hobbies ~ Humphrey Bogart
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Humphrey Bogart aboard his yacht "Santana" circa 1945.
Source: LIFE Magazine
Humphrey Bogart, Sailing
“Unless you really understand the water and understand the reason for being on it and understand the love of sailing and the feeling of quietness and solitude, you don't really belond on a read more
TCMFF Book Haul
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
My TCMFF Book Haul
In this video I discuss the books I acquired during my trip to the TCM Classic Film Festival. Books are the best souvenirs!
Books mentioned in the video:
Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital 1928-1937 by Darrell Rooney and Mark A. Vieira
Into read more
The Kinetophone: A Fact! A Reality!: Talking Pictures from 1913!
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Jack's Joke (1913)
Photo Credit: courtesy Undercrank Productions/Library of Congress
Before there was the Vitaphone there was Thomas Edison's Kinetophone. Over a decade before Al Jolson proclaimed "you ain't heard nothing yet" in The Jazz Singer (1927), Kinetophone brought talking pictures to audi read more
The Classic Film Collective: Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This was originally published in the former The Classic Film Collective Patreon.Double Indemnityby James M. CainVintage Crime/Black LizardPaperback ISBN: 9780679723226128 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell'sWhen asked to define film noir, one movie often comes to mind as the m read more
Warner Archive Wednesday ~ The Tall Target (1951)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Tall Target (1951) is a historical detective story based on the disputed Baltimore Plot; a conspiracy to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln on his scheduled train stop in Baltimore, Maryland. The year is 1861 and President Lincoln was on a whistle stop tour that would take him to Washin read more
Hollywood Divided by Kevin Brianton
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Divided
The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist
by Kevin Brianton
University Press of Kentucky
October 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 9780813168920
174 pages
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On October 22, 1950, more than 500 directors met at the Beverly Hills H read more
There is a reason why Janet Leigh's sweater was so tight...
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Holiday Affair (1949)
Janet Leigh's film career began when retired actress Norma Shearer saw a photograph of the young Leigh dressed in ski-wear. Shearer was so impressed with the picture that she used what persuasive powers she had left with MGM and helped get Leigh a contract. Some years later, MG read more