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Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
1939 was a good year for David O. Selznick. While in the midst of working on what would become recognized as one of the greatest movies of all time, Gone with the Wind, Selznick was also making strides at his studio Selznick International Pictures. He had his talent scout Katharine Brown (aka Kay B. read more
Levada à Força / The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Levada à Força / The Story of Temple Drake (1933) Esta crítica contém spoilers. Pre-Code é o termo usado para descrever os filmes falados feitos entre 1929 e 1934, quando o Código Hays de “decência” entrou em vigor. Estes filmes apresentavam insinuações sexuais, silhuetas read more
Anne Bancroft: A Life by Douglass K. Daniel
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Anne Bancroft: A Life
by Douglass K. Daniel
University Press of Kentucky
408 pages
September 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 9780813169682
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"Personally and professionally, she was determined to live by her own terms." - Douglass K. Daniel
If ever there was a w read more
O Oscar e a surpreendente década de 1950
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
O Oscar e a surpreendente década de 1950 Quem não gosta de uma boa surpresa? Com certeza, quem depende de apostas. Sejam aquelas feitas com dinheiro, ou apenas entre amigos, ninguém gosta de perder uma aposta. E quando a aposta em questão é um bolão do Oscar, um palpite errado pode gerar read more
A ascensão e queda de Clara Bow / The rise and fall of Clara Bow
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A ascensão e queda de Clara Bow / The rise and fall of Clara Bow A vida de Clara Bow durou 60 anos. Sua carreira meteórica, 11 anos e 58 filmes. Ela teve em 1927 seu melhor ano, quando participou de dois clássicos: o primeiro ganhador do Oscar de Melhor Filme “Asas” e o icônic read more
A Wacky Warner Bros. Tour in Pictures
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
It's become an annual tradition to go on a tour of the Warner Bros. lot every time we go to the TCM Classic Film Festival. So far we’ve done three different tours. Our first was an official Warner Bros. VIP tour, our second was with Rob of Dear Old Hollywood (read about it here) and thi read more
Myra & Anna Karenina: de Tolstoi à Ponte de Waterloo
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Myra & Anna Karenina: de Tolstoi à Ponte de Waterloo Recentemente, assistindo à versão de 1997 de “Anna Karenina”, reportei-me a dois filmes clássicos. Um deles foi “Doutor Jivago / Dr. Zhivago” (1965), devido à paisagem russa coberta de neve. O outro foi “A read more
These Amazing Shadows on PBS and a Blu-Ray Giveaway
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"All these people who worked on these things, who are all gone now, but they've left behind these amazing shadows for us to enjoy." - George Willeman
Back in May, I had the amazing opportunity to watch the documentary These Amazing Shadows (2011) at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA (you read more
Ella Fitzgerald, a picture book and Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
It was very common back in the day for established musicians to grace the silver screen with a cameo in a motion picture. There are a few notable appearances among Jazz greats in classic films. Examples include Louis Armstrong in High Society (1956) and Pennies from Heaven (1936), Duke Ellington in read more
Theater Streaming: Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland Fight the Power in Vietnam-era Documentary F.T.A. (1972)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 30, -0001
Over the past few years of intensifying chaos in our world, I’ve often thought about the interviews Donald Sutherland gave to promote The Hunger Games, the first film in a franchise for which he portrayed the insidious President Snow. It was 2014 and he hoped that the film’s message woul read more
My History with DVD Netflix and a Giveaway
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
One service that has been integral to my life as a classic film enthusiast is DVD Netflix. Over the years I’ve come to rely on the DVD rental service to enrich my life with classic movies but also contemporary, indie and foreign ones too. (And TV shows, lots of TV shows!) Before I share my own read more
A Sétima Cruz (1944) / The Seventh Cross (1944)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Sétima Cruz (1944) / The Seventh Cross (1944) ESTA CRÍTICA TEM SPOILERS THIS ARTICLE HAS SPOILERS A guerra mais violenta, degradante e mortal de todas começou em 1939, mas os horrores já estavam acontecendo há anos na terra de Hitler. Os nazistas chegaram ao poder na Alemanha em read more
The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic
by Richard Sandomir
Hachette Books
304 pages
Hardcover ISBN: 9780316355056
June 2017
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942) is considered one of the greatest sports films of all time. It se read more
Forbidden Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Forbidden Hollywood
The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934)
When Sin Ruled the Movies
by Mark A. Vieira
TCM and Running Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762466771
April 2019
252 pages
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"Pre-Code refers to the four-year period before the Production Cod read more
A Conquista da Beleza (1934) / Search for Beauty (1934)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Conquista da Beleza (1934) / Search for Beauty (1934) O verão sempre foi sinônimo de beleza e também de saúde. Muitas pessoas começam a malhar na primavera em busca de um “corpo de verão” ideal. Quando pensamos no verão, pensamos em belos corpos na praia, e também read more
A Montanha dos Sete Abutres / Ace in the Hole (1951)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A Montanha dos Sete Abutres / Ace in the Hole (1951) Esqueça por um momento “Sabrina” (1954), “Quanto Mais Quente Melhor / Some Like it Hot” (1959), “Se meu Apartamento Falasse / The Apartment” (1960) e “Cupido não tem Bandeira / One, Two, Three” read more
Into the Dark by Mark A. Vieira
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950
by Mark A. Vieira
336 pages - 9780762455232
May 2016
Running Press and TCM
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“When I walk onto a set, I never have the slightest idea what I’m going to shoot. Then I sit in a chair for a few minu read more
A dança não pode parar
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
A dança não pode parar O musical é um gênero cinematográfico sem meio-termo: ou você ama ou odeia. A cantoria e as longas sequências de dança que surgem do nada não agradam a todos. Para os fãs mais apressadinhos, mesmo a dança em excesso cansa. Essa é uma seleção de números musicais read more
Robert Osborne interviews Ann Blyth at a screening of Mildred Pierce (1945)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Ceiling of the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre
Press Photo
I had the privilege of attending a special screening of Mildred Pierce (1945) at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival. This event was #1 on my list of all the events and screenings I wanted to attend. read more
Into the Dark by Mark A. Vieira
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950
by Mark A. Vieira
336 pages - 9780762455232
May 2016
Running Press and TCM
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's
“When I walk onto a set, I never have the slightest idea what I’m going to shoot. Then I sit in a chair for a few minu read more