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TCM Classic Film Festival Day Two Recap
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
TCM 20th Anniversary Photo Booth and Interview Back Drop
Day two at the TCM Classic Film Festival was the first day of festival activities. It was such a whirlwind! The day started off at the Chinese Multiplex theater. TCM staff was setting up the lobby with an anniversary photo booth and a charg read more
Cry Terror! (1958)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Cry Terror! (1958) has a plot so taut with tension that I watched it wide-eyed at the edge of my seat in wonder and a bit of terror. Based on an original story by director Andrew L. Stone, this fantastic Film Noir from MGM benefits from a brilliant cast, a fast-moving storyline, great editing, excel read more
Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hope: Entertainer of the Century
by Richard Zoglin
Simon & Schuster
Hardcover - ISBN: 9781439140277
576 pages
November 2014
Barnes and Noble
Powell's
IndieBound (your independent bookstore)
"He was the most popular entertainer of the twentieth century; the only one who achieved success. read more
Classic Film Bookshelf Tour
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I don't know about you but I love browsing other people's book collections. If you're the same way then I have a treat for you. I filmed a long and super in-depth tour of my classic film bookshelves. I showcase each of my classic film books with a brief description of each. These include biographies read more
Red Carpet Interviews at the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
On the red carpet at the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival
Chalk it up to being a newbie but I'm still on cloud nine after my first red carpet interviews. It was a nerve-wracking yet thrilling experience. I studied all the TCM Classic Film Festival guests for weeks beforehand, came up with a lengthy read more
6 Questions with Alicia Malone on TCM's Mad About Musicals
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This month TCM in conjunction with Ball State University is hosting a free online course and month long programming called Mad About Musicals. The course started on June 3rd but they've extended the deadline for signing up to 6/17!
If you're participating in the course or just tuning in on Tuesda read more
On Blogging for a Decade: Three Bloggers Share Their Journeys
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This month I'm celebrating 10 years of blogging. Before I share the story of my own journey I thought it would fun to highlight some other classic film bloggers who've been blogging for close or more than a decade. A big thank you to Jessica, Laura and Terry for participating.
Jessica at Robert read more
The Alice Howell Collection
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Distilled Love (1920)
Ben Model's Undercrank Productions has released The Alice Howell collection, a two DVD set featuring 12 short films from master silent film comedienne Alice Howell. A mix of screwball and slapstick comedies, Howell knew how to entertain audiences with her knack for phy read more
I Like Your Nerve (1931)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"Why must you always be so unsociable in motor cars?"
Rich people behaving badly always makes for good comedy. The Pre-Code I Like Your Nerve (1931) stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Larry O'Brien, an American causing mayhem in Central America. He gets booted out by the local read more
How I Budget for the TCM Classic Film Festival
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
There are two common complaints about the TCM Classic Film Festival: 1) it's too expensive and 2) it's too far away. For those who live near L.A. the expense isn't nearly as great as it is for someone who is traveling internationally or from the east coast.
I made these same complaints online in 20 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
The Unconscious Actor by Darryl Hickman
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Unconscious Actor: Out of Control, In Full Command
by Darry Hickman
312 pages
April 2007
Small Mountain Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780977680924
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells
At the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival, I had the wonderful opportunity to talk to actor Darryl Hickman on the red carp 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
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 pagesNovember 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
The Arrangement (1969) @ the Harvard Film Archive
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Ever since I've known Kevin, I've been bugging him to watch Elia Kazan's The Arrangement (1969). We both missed watching the film before Kevin's Kazan lecture in November of '07, but finally I pulled the DVD out of the Netflix sleeve and sat down to watch this strange and alluring film a month later 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
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
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher were two peas in a pod. They were also as different as a mother and daughter could possibly be. In December 2016, the world suffered a tragic loss when Fisher died at the age of 60 and her mother Reynolds died one day later at the age of 84. Their fates were inextri read more
TCM iPhone App
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Turner Classic Movies came out with an iPhone app a few months ago and I was super excited to get it. It would be a little TCM that I could take with me everywhere I go. So I shelled out the $2.99 for it as soon as it hit the App Store and downloaded it on to my iPhone. What I thought would be a por 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