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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
Another Actor with Puppies
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
John Stangeland, the author of the upcoming book Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-code Hollywood, sent me this picture of Warren William with his wire-haired terriers. Great picture! This is what Stangeland has to say about William and his love of dogs:
Warren William was a great read more
Hollywood Victory by Christian Blauvelt
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood VictoryThe Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War IIby Christian BlauveltForeword by Dr. Robert M. CitinoHardcover ISBN: 978076249992TCM and Running Press240 pagesNovember 2021Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“By the end of the war, motion pictures, having become the read more
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
In 1955, Thomas E. Gaddis, a prison consultant, psychologist and writer, profiled the remarkable story of prisoner Robert Stroud in his book Birdman of Alcatraz. A few years after its publication, 20th Century Fox was interested in adapting the biography into a movie. They received pressure by the F read more
He Made Me Watch It ~ Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombThis is the first installment in a new short series called He Made Me Watch It. "He" refers to my beau Carlos who is coercing... errr I mean, encouraging me to watch some of his favorite films. Most notably, these are films that I have had no inter read more
IOU: Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Person I Owe: Frank. Frank is a good friend of mine, a co-worker and an enthusiast of many many things including Charlie Chan films. I let him borrow my Charlie Chan boxed set and in exchange he let me borrow Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) and a couple other films too. Now that was a lon read more
Xanadu (1980)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix.
When I was crafting my Cinema Shame list for 2019 Xanadu (1980) was the first film that came to mind. A roller skating disco fantasy? Yes, please! If you're unfamiliar with Cinema Shame make sure you visit the official website for details. Cinema Shame is 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
Sadie McKee (1934)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Franchot Tone, Akim Tamiroff, Joan Crawford and Edward Arnold in Sadie McKee (1934)
On the heels of Dancing Lady (1933), MGM teamed up off screen couple Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone for another on screen romance in Sadie McKee (1944). But it seems like Hollywood wouldn't let Crawford be the app read more
DVD Boxed Set Review: Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 5
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 5 (Cornered / Desperate / The Phenix City Story / Deadline at Dawn / Armored Car Robbery / Crime in the Streets / Dial 1119 / Backfire)
The tagline should read: Scraping the bottom of the film noir barrel: the worst of the worst all in one boxed set.
This boxed set read more
'Til Death Do Us Part ~ Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin
Married 60 years
Cyd was a dancer and actress and Tony a singer and actor. They met as a result of having the same talent agent. It was a second marriage for both of them. They went on to perform on TV and night clubs together. What a match! Thanks to @averybliss f read more
Love, Cecil
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"I started out with very little talent but I was so tormented with ambition."
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
Cecil Beaton was many things. He was a photographer, a writer, a painter, a set decorator, a costume designer and a socialite. But if we were to put him in one master category it would have read more
TCM Classic Film Festival 2015: Day Two Recap
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Christopher Plummer's hand and footprints in cement.
Sleep? Who needs sleep? I got up early on Friday to attend the Christopher Plummer Hand and Footprint Ceremony at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre courtyard. Last year's event with Jerry Lewis was so much fun so I was looking forward to this one. B read more
Fireball (1950) and thank you to @WarnerArchive
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Fireball (1950) is pure novelty! From the campy plot, to Marilyn Monroe's supporting role, to Mickey Rooney on roller skates. It's a film I've been waiting years to see, ever since I had plotted to watch every Marilyn Monroe film known to man. And I've seen a lot. The good, the bad and the downright read more
I Do and I Don't by Jeanine Basinger
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies
by Jeanine Basinger
9780307269164
Hardcover
Alfred A. Knopf (Random House)
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Find the book on:
Powells
Indiebound
Barnes and Noble
Amazon
“... the traditional role for both the marriage movie and the divorce movi read more
Beggars of Life (1928)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
1928 is one of the most fascinating years in film history. Hollywood was in a state of transition, quickly trying to learn how to match visuals with sounds to deliver talking pictures to an eager public. The industry had already mastered the silent film making process and were churning out good qual read more
Son of Harpo Speaks by Bill Marx
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Son of Harpo Speaks!
by Bill Marx
February 2007
Applause Books – Hal Leonard
Paperback
$19.99
315 pages
My dad’s wonderful impact on people’s lives had given me an entree into a world I’m sure I would have otherwise never known.- Bill Marx
Whenever I think of classic fil read more
The Kitty Corner Interview
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The lovely Carley of The Kitty Packard Pictorial has a series called The Kitty Corner in which she interviews classic film bloggers. She asked me to participate and I was absolutely thrilled to do so. It was such a fun interview and Carley was a gracious interviewer.
Check out the interview here. read more
Catching Up with Quelle (6)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Celebrities in my town - I helped break a local news story that a scene from the HBO movie Clear History (2014) was being filmed in my town. Not only that the location was a block away from where I live. The film will star Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Jon Hamm (OMG), Kate Hudson and more. It's being read more
TCM & Starline Movie Locations Tour - Hollywood
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Cue the Gilligan’s Island theme song! We’re going on... a three hour tour... a three hour tour.
On the morning before the TCM festival, members of the media hopped on board the TCM & Starline bus for a three hour tour of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We saw roughly 50 movie locations a read more