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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
New & Upcoming Classic Film Books (21)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hoo boy! Do I have a list of new classic film books for you! It took me a few weeks to gather this list and its finally here. I'm very impressed with what TCM/Running Press and University Press of Kentucky have coming up in their Fall catalogs. There are lots of good paperback editions of some big r read more
The Great McGinty (1940)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Dan McGinty's (Brian Donlevy) life had a meteoric rise and fall and now he finds himself on the other side of things. Working as a bartender in a banana republic he entertains a drunk American banker Tommy (Louis Jean Heydt) and his gal pal (Steffi Duna) with his life story. Told in a flashback, we read more
Happy Thanksgiving!
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
(Robert Mitchum with his sons Chris and James)
I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with lots of family and friends and good home-cooked food. And classic movies of course! read more
Sundance: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Director Luchino Visconti spent months traveling to Russia, Hungary, Poland, Finland and elsewhere in search of the most beautiful boy in the world. When he traveled to Stockholm, Sweden in February 1970, Visconti found him. Björn Andrésen had just turned 15 years old when his grandmother encouraged read more
Cop-Out (1967)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Former barrister John Sawyer (James Mason) drowns his sorrows in liquor. He lives with his daughter Angela (Geraldine Chaplin) in a decrepit old mansion. The two have a strained relationship brought on by two major factors: the abandonment of the family by the matriarch and their age gap. Angela spe read more
Does Watching Classic Films Make You Anti-Social?
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I've been asking myself this question a lot lately and I've come up with two answers: Yes and No.
YES - During my days as an undergrad and the year or so before I started grad school, I was a loner. I had very few friends, and those friends lived quite a distance away and I only saw them maybe onc read more
Stars & Their Hobbies ~ Hedy Lamarr
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hedy Lamarr, inventions
"Heddy invented as a hobby. Since she made two or three movies a year, each one taking about a month to shoot, she had spare time to fill. She didn't drink and she didn't like to party, so she took up inventing. When she was a girl, her father, a Viennese banker, had enco read more
Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Dervish DustThe Life and Words of James Coburnby Robyn L. CoburnPotomac BooksHardcover ISBN: 9781640124059424 pagesDecember 2021Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“I take in all the impressions and information [about the character]. And when the time comes for action, I just let i read more
I Heart Jack Klugman: Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Day of Wine and Roses (1962) was directed by Blake Edwards and stars Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick. Lemmon plays Joe Clay, a public relations man whose job is to make rich clients happy. Even if that means providing them with lots of liquor and hot girls. He meets Kirsten Arnesen (Remick), the secretar read more
The Black Windmill (1974)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Two young boys are kidnapped. The men hired to do the job are blown up as they drive away. Corruption runs deep as two IRA arms smugglers, Celia (Delphine Seyrig) and Mckee (John Vernon), plot against undercover MI6 agent John Tarrant (Michael Caine). Tarrant soon discovers that one of the boys kidn read more
TCM Classic Film Festival 2016: Day #3 Recap
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Thursday was the opening day of the TCM Classic Film Festival but day number 3 in my festival adventures. I spent the morning locked in my hotel room anxiously studying my notes, writing down questions, doing my hair and make-up and generally getting ready for my first red carpet event as a member o read more
San Quentin (1937)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The 1930s were a great time for prison dramas. Films such as 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), The Big House (1930) and I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) graced the screens satisfying the taste buds of movie-goers who wanted a taste of the clink. San Quentin (1937) is exac read more
Kino Lorber Studio Classics: Arise, My Love (1940) and No Time for Love (1943)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Check out my latest YouTube video where I review two Kino Lorber Studio Classics Blu-rays: Arise, My Love (1940) and No Time for Love (1943). Both are Paramount films directed Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert. Arise, My Love (1940) is a light romantic drama set in WWII starring R read more
Lightning Flash Giveaway ~ The Birds (1963) on the Big Screen
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
It's time for another Lightning Flash giveaway hosted by Turner Classic Movies and NCM Fathom Events! I'm giving a way 3 pairs of tickets (total # to be confirmed) for The Birds (1963) showing on September 19th Wednesday in select US theaters. Check out NCM Fathom Events' official page on The Birds read more