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Discovering Oahu, Hawaii with Charlie Chan - Part 2 - The Black Camel (1931) and Kailua Beach
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Black Camel (1931)
"In May 1931, a small, wrinkled old man visited the production set of a film on Oahu's Kailua Beach...the man... was none other than Chang Apana."Yunte Huang - Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History.
When I read the read more
5 Questions with Ben Mankiewicz on FilmStruck's new TCM Select
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
If you haven't already signed up for TCM's streaming service FilmStruck now is the best time. FilmStruck, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Digital, will be adding hundreds of classic movies to the service. And to celebrate beloved movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood, TCM Select will offer stre read more
Tuesday Weld ~ Lord Love a Duck (1966)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This is one bizarre film. There is no other way around it, this film is very weird. And if you hear Tuesday Weld stars as Barbara Ann, a high school teen that aspires to be a movie star. She was named after Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Sheridan. Her mother, Marie (Lola Albright) is a cocktail waitress w read more
Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan
800 pages
Hardcover November 2010 9780385518048 $35.00
Paperback November 2011 9780767924238 $18.95
also available in ebook and audio book formats
Anchor (an imprint of Random House)
Before I say anything else, let me warn you that this 700+ page tome stops at 195 read more
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin
A Hollywood Memoir
by Victoria Riskin
Pantheon
Hardcover ISBN: ISBN 9781524747282
February 2019
416 pages
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells
"My mother had a pioneer resilience, a vulnerability, a need for admiration... she never expected life to magically read more
Who I met, Who I saw and My Thoughts on the TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
One of the best things about the TCM Classic Film Festival was getting to meet so many of the great classic film bloggers who I talk to on a regular basis online but hadn't met in real life. Here are some I subjected to my iPhone selfies.
Me and Laura of Laura's Miscellaneous Musings read more
Zaza (1923)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
In 1923, Gloria Swanson was a bonafide star. She had over 40 films under her belt and a few more years of silent film fame ahead of her before the industry transitioned to talking pictures. Then there is her fabulous comeback with Sunset Blvd. (1950) which is a completely different story.
Hollywood read more
Summer Movie Blog-a-Thon ~ I was NOT a movie-watching child
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
That's right. I admit it. As a child I did not watch movies. It was a pretty rare occasion. And when I did, it usually meant a trip to the Cinema 1 and 2 back in the old Shoppers World in Framingham, MA.
(sidenote: check out Brandon Schaefer's fabulous art work, especially the art w read more
'Til Death Do Us Part ~ Jack Lemmon and Felicia Farr
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Photo Credit: Classic Film Scans
Jack Lemmon and Felicia Farr
Married 38 years
This was the second marriage for both Lemmon and Farr. They married in Paris while Lemmon was filming Irma La Douce (1963). read more
Fail-Safe (1964)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The year was 1963 and Columbia Pictures was in a pickle. They had two Cold War movies currently in production that basically told the same story but in very different ways. One was Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a farce based on the otherwise read more
Robert Osborne interviews Kim Novak at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Press Photo
Press Photo
A screening of Bell, Book and Candle (1958) was held at the historic Grauman’s Egyptian theatre as part of the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival. This was a real treat because actress Kim Novak was in attendance. When the event started, Robert Osborne introduced Nov read more
America, America (1963)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
When you give someone a glimmer of hope, they will do anything to make that hope a reality.
Inspired by the uncle who brought the Kazan family from Turkey to the United States, America, America (1963) is Elia Kazan's tribute not only to his family but to all of those other families who have le read more
Love With the Proper Stranger (1963)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) is a darling film. Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen star as Angie and Rocky two Italian-Americans living in New York City who are in a bit of a quandary. Their recent passionate rendezvous has resulted in an unwanted pregnancy. Angie, a Macy's shop girl, searches f read more
King of Jazz by James Layton and David Pierce
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
King of Jazz: Paul Whiteman's Technicolor Revue
by James Layton and David Pierce
foreword by Michael Feinstein
November 2016
304 pages
Media History Press
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's
King of Jazz (1930) was an ambitious project. The darling of Carl Laemmle's heir Carl Laemmle Jr., it so read more
Upcoming Festival Coverage: Cinefest 35 and TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Next month I will be attending back-to-back film festivals. I’m starting with Cinefest 35 in upstate New York and then heading out almost immediately to Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. I’ll be reporting here on this blog about the events I attend at both festivals. I foresee read more
The Artist (2011) wins the Academy Award for Best Picture and a Rant
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Wiz Pleazuuure
I hadn’t intended to watch the Oscars last night but I got swept up in the glamour of the red carpet, the glitz of the show and all the love for The Artist. I cheered on as I saw The Artist win for Best Picture, Best Score (take that Kim Novak!), Best Actor (Jean DuJardin, YAY!) read more
J'accuse (1938)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"I dedicate this film to the dead of the war of tomorrow, who will no
doubt watch it skeptically without recognizing in it their own image." -
Abel Gance
Yesterday my husband and I had a lovely conversation with a 93 year old WWII veteran who fought on D-Day in 1944. He told us about the time whe read more
TCM Classic Film Festival Day #3 Recap
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Friday was the second official day of the TCM Classic Film Festival but my third day. As I had predicted, I didn't wake up early enough to go see Libeled Lady (1936). I wish I had more energy and a personal driver to take me everywhere I need to go.
I spent the day with my husband which was nice read more
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 Andrews 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 ca read more
Hangover Square (1945) #Noirvember
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"But Mr. Middleton, music is the most important thing to me."
"No Mr. Bone. The most important thing is your life."
Obsession can destroy a person. In the 1940s, venerated actor Laird Cregar was making strides in Hollywood. He had success in films such as Blood and Sand (1941), I Wake Up read more