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Sound of Music (1965) Red Carpet Event at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
On March 26th, 2015 TCM held a special 50th Anniversary screening of The Sound of Music (1965) complete with a red carpet event and an interview with stars Julie Andres and Christopher Plummer. While I didn't attend the screening I did get to sit in the bleachers for an excellent view of the red car 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
Finding the beach from From Here to Eternity (1953)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Carlos and I recently went to Oahu, Hawaii for our Honeymoon. We mostly took it easy on our trip but we also had a lot of fun finding filming locations. One of the ones we searched for was the beach in the famous kissing-crashing-waves scene from the film From Here to Eternity (1953).
The famous read more
God Speed Eli Wallach (1915-2014)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
What’s not to love about Eli Wallach? He could play despicable characters and still be utterly charming. And over the years his charisma grew and as an old man he was just adorable in both a sweet way and one that just lent itself to adoration. Eli Wallach is one of my favorite actors and I read more
Stars & Their Hobbies ~ Greer Garson
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Greer Garson, racehorses
“All of a sudden I found myself in a race to get the sports pages in the morning.” – Greer Garson
In 1948 Greer Garson met Buddy Fogelson, a man of many trades including horse and cattle breeding. They married in 1949 and were together until FogelsonR read more
I Loved Her in the Movies
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I Loved Her In the Movies
Memories of Hollywood's Legendary Actresses
by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman
9780525429111 -272 pages
November 2016
Viking Books
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"There's something in the nature of the movie-going experience itself that approximates the reverie tha read more
TCM Classic Film Festival Day #2 Recap
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Thursday was the first full day of the TCM Classic Film Festival. For those of you at home, if you saw the intros last night on TCM for Bite the Bullett (1975) or The Great Race (1965), you may have spotted me in the background of the actor interviews conducted by Ben Mankiewicz. This is the intro w read more
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) with Millie Perkins & Diane Baker at #TCMFF
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Scene from The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day and I thought it fitting to share with you the details of a special screening of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF). When I initially saw this screening listed on the TCMFF schedul read more
Cinema Shame: Rocky
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Before this year I had never seen a single movie in the Rocky franchise. Not one.
My friend Jay hosts a Cinema Shame podcast in which he invites a cinephile to watch a big film they've never seen before and come on to the show to discuss. On Twitter Jay challenged me to watch Rocky.
Did you jus read more
Who I Met, Who I Saw and My Thoughts on the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This year's festival theme was Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind. While the movies screened fit this theme, this idea of family goes beyond just the schedule. The people who attended the festival are like one big family and the tie that binds us is classic movies. When you go to the TCM Class read more
The Carey Treatment (1972)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Dr. Peter Carey is too cool for school. This pathologist from northern California just landed a new job at a Boston hospital. He saunters into this new life dressed in hip clothes, with a swanky Beacon Hill apartment to live in and a gorgeous dietician to showcase on his arm. But he also means busin read more
Summer Reading Challenge - Second Round-Up
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Recent addition to my home library. Sterling Hayden's Wars by Lee Mandel
Andy W. of Journeys in Darkness and Light
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
The Jaws Log by Carl Gottlieb
Erica of Film Exodus
Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream by Ronald L. Davis
James of Da read more
Why Be Good? (1929) by Jonas Nordin
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The late silent film Why Be Good? (1929) was considered lost for many years. Not only has it been found but also restored and released on DVD much to the delight of classic film fans across the globe. The film stars Colleen Moore as Pert Kelly. She’s a shopgirl by day and a wild flapper by nig read more
William Cameron Menzies by James Curtis
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come
by James Curtis
November 2015
432 pages
Pantheon
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"His name is William Cameron Menzies, whose name wouldn't cause a ripple among the screen's cash customers, but he is certainly one of the most important creat read more
Cursed Films: Review by Ally Russell
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Review by Ally Russell
Cursed Films is a five-part documentary series about some of Hollywood’s most troubled horror movie productions. From real skeletons on the set of Poltergeist (1982) to The Omen (1976) star Gregory Peck’s airplane being struck by lightning, Cursed Films examines t read more
Profiles in History's Auction & My Top Four Picks
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Profiles in History's Hollywood Auction 83, hosted by Invaluable, is a 3-day online auction starting tomorrow June 29th.
Collectibles up for bids include: portraits, production shots, lobby cards, press books, autographed photos, posters, TV and Film negatives, production and costume sketches, shoo read more
The Gay Bride (1934)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
1934 was a transitional year in the film industry. The Hays Code, which had been in effect for years but not strictly enforced, was now the law of the land. Hollywood got away with a lot in those few years between the advent of talking pictures and the enforcement of the Code. Pre-Code films went on read more
Camera Man: Buster Keaton by Dana Stevens
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Camera ManBuster Keaton, The Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century By Dana StevensAtria BooksHardcover ISBN: 9781501134197432 pagesJanuary 2022Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“I think I have had the happiest and luckiest of lives. It would be ridiculous of read more
Showman of the Screen: Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Showman of the Screen
Joseph E. Levine and His Revolutions in Film Promotion
by A.T. McKenna
Hardcover ISBN: 9780813168715
September 2016
296 pages
University Press of Kentucky
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"I love this business which is not really a business. The film industry is co read more
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"Here is a woman who helped invent cinema, and there is a silence around her. It's absolutely intolerable and even stupid that we can't see these films." - Nicole Lise Bernheim, circa 1975
I’ve heard it said many times that we must preserve Alice Guy-Blache’s legacy. I didn’t f read more