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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
The Classic Film Collective: 7 Amazing Facts from Sidney Poitier’s Memoir The Measure of a Man
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.The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiographyby Sidney PoitierHarperOnePaperback ISBN: 9780061357909272 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's “You don't have to become something you're n read more
Hollywood Hates Hitler! by Chris Yogerst
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Hates Hitler!
Jew-baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures
by Chris Yogerst
University Press of Mississippi
Paperback ISBN: 9781496829764
September 2020
208 pages
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
“Those skeptical of mo read more
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"For 43 years I covered up this very dark spot of my life. I carried this grudge against myself. After all these years, I'm here and I'm lost. What have I done?" - director Peter Medak
Peter Sellers developed a reputation for being difficult. By the time he started filming Ghost in the Noonday Sun read more
My memories of Robert Osborne (1932-2017)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival
I don’t think there was a nicer guy on the planet than Robert Osborne. He was a true gentleman. The world lost someone truly special when the long time host of TCM passed away yesterday. He had been missing from the channel for quite a whi read more
Silent Movie (1976)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix
"What's the matter with you? Don't you know who I used to be?"
Once celebrated film director Mel Funn is working on his comeback project. With the help of his best buds Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman) and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) they set out to make his drea read more
Robert Mitchum Video #3 ~ Calypso is Like So... Playlist
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
If you are not at least somewhat amused by this album, you have no soul. My favorites are "Coconut Water" and "From a Logical Point of View". Some lyrical gems include:
from a logical point of view
better marry a woman uglier than you
from a logical point of view
always marry a woman uglier than yo read more
Desire (1936)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Car engineer Tom Bradley (Gary Cooper) is a Detroit transplant working at the Bronson 8 plant in Paris. He's dreamt of visiting Spain ever since he was a child and when he finally gets some time off for vacation, he takes a new Bronson 8 model car on a roadtrip to the Spanish countryside. There he m read more
A Star is Born Book Review and Giveaway
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
A Star is Born
Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away
by Lorna Luft and Jeffrey Vance
Running Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762464814
248 pages
September 2018
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells
I'm doing things a little different this time with a video book review! Thank you to TCM read more
#SymphonyofHorror The Boston Pops and the Berklee College of Music team up to give Nosferatu (1922) a new score
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
What: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror #SymphonyofHorror
Where: Symphony Hall in Boston, MA
Who: Keith Lockhart, The Boston Pops and eight student composers from Berklee College of Music
When: October 30th, 2015 at 8 PM (blood drive from 2-7 PM)
How: Tickets available at Bostonpops.org. $37-$4 read more
These Amazing Shadows at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Some weeks ago, I received an email from director Kurt Norton about These Amazing Shadows. I've been in kind of a classic movie slump and I was really hoping that this documentary (read/watch more about it here and read my review here) would help bring me out of it. And boy it did!
Carlos an read more
Finding Zsa Zsa: The Gabors Behind the Legend by Sam Staggs
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Finding Zsa Zsa
The Gabors Behind the Legend
by Sam Staggs
Kensington Books
July 2019
448 pages
Hardcover ISBN: 9781496719591
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells
Before the Kardashians there were the Gabors. Zsa Zsa, Eva, Magda and the queen of the tribe Jolie, the Gabors were a force t read more
2016 Classic Film Holiday Gift Guide
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Is your loved one a bonafide classic film nut? Do you have absolutely no idea what to get them for the holidays? Look no further! I have some excellent ideas for you. These gifts range in price and fit any budget and will be guaranteed to please.
For the classic film fan who thinks they've see read more
On the Making of River of No Return (1954)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Tommy Rettig and Robert Mitchum in River of No Return (1954)
River of No Return (1954) was supposed to be a small picture; a simple B Western shot on the cheap in Idaho with a small cast and a skeleton crew. Writer Louis Lantz had the idea of taking Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief and turning read more
A Third, a Second and a First
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
A Third
June 15th, 2010 marked the Third Blogiversary for Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog. I really wanted to do something big. A giveaway, a contest, a competition, blogathon, something, but life got in the way and so the blogiversary quietly passed me by. However, I want to take the op read more
5th Anniversary Extravaganza!
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer on their wedding day.
The month of June marks 5 years, count 'em 5 years, since I started Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog. In June 2007, I had a desperate urge to start writing about classic movies. If I truly love something, I have to talk about it! I just h read more
Interview with Sloan De Forest, author of Must See Sci-Fi
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Sloan De Forest. Photo credit: Manoah Bowman
I've had the privilege of interviewing Sloan De Forest, author of Must See Sci-Fi: 50 Movies That are Out of This World (TCM/Running Press). She's an actress, writer and film historian and has written about film for Sony, Time Warner Cable, the Mar read more