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Hollywood Beach Beauties by David Wills (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Beach Beauties
Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style 1930-1970
by David Wills
Dey Street Books
May 2018
Hardcover ISBN:978008284255
224 pages
Amazon — Barnes and Noble —
Powells
"The women, and some of the men, were painstakingly lit and strictly posed for ma read more
The Man Who Seduced Hollywood by B. James Gladstone
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Man Who Seduced Hollywood
The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown's Most Powerful Lawyer
by B. James Gladstone
ISBN 9781613745793
Hardcover 352 pages
Chicago Review Press
May 2013
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Powell's
“... Bautzer’s legacy is the way he created a public image read more
Hollywood Divided by Kevin Brianton (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Divided
The 1950 Screen Directors Guild Meeting and the Impact of the Blacklist
by Kevin Brianton
University Press of Kentucky
October 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 9780813168920
174 pages
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powell's
On October 22, 1950, more than 500 directors met at the Beverly Hills H read more
Book Review--Mean..Moody...Magnificent! Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 30, -0001
Mean..Moody..Magnificent Christina Rice University Press of Kentucky, 2021 I’ve been eagerly anticipating Mean...Moody…Magnificent, because I couldn’t put down Christina Rice’s first biography, about Ann Dvorak. While this book is not the passion projec read more
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Phantom Lady
Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison
The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock
by Christina Lane
Chicago Review Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9781613733844
400 pages
February 2020
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
"Alfred Hitchcock would not have become 'Hitchcock' without her." — read more
Old Hollywood at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A Columbus Day visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston cost us nothing but gave us many riches in return. Two exhibits in particular made this classic-film-loving-gal's heart sing.
The first exhibit was a collection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh entitled Karsh Goes H read more
#Errolivia Errol & Olivia: Ego and Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood by Robert Matzen
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
When I finished the book, I didn't know whether to kiss it or throw it across the room. In the end, I kissed it because I enjoyed the journey, frustrations and all.
Errol & Olivia: Ego & Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood
by Robert Matzen
October 2010
$39.95 US
Paladin Commun read more
Lembranças de Hollywood, de Dulce Damasceno de Brito (4)
Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001
Lembranças de Hollywood, de Dulce Damasceno de Brito Quando “A ponte do rio Kwai” ganhou sete Oscars, ela estava lá. Quando Elizabeth Taylor deixou as marcas de suas mãos no cimento, ela estava lá. Quando Carmen Miranda, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable e James Dean morreram, ela estav read more
Hollywood Victory by Christian Blauvelt (1)
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
Louella Parson’s ‘In Hollywood’, with Katharine Hepburn.
Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog Posted by Amber S. on Nov 30, -0001
NEW YORK, March 18th, 1950.
Curled up in a big chair, dressed in slacks and comfortably eating a light supper after the theater, Katharine Hepburn told me how she happened to play Rosalind in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.”“When the Theater Guild first approached me, read more
Hollywood Victory by Christian Blauvelt (2)
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
Hollywood in Kodachrome: 1940-1949 (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood in Kodachrome: 1940-1949
by David Wills
November 2013
It Books (Now Del Street Books)
Hardcover - 9780062265548
352 pages
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Powell's
While perusing the gift shop at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston recently I came across a copy of Hollywood in K read more
Classic Hollywood Style by Caroline Young
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Classic Hollywood Style
by Caroline Young
October 2012
224 pages
Hardcover ISBN 9780711233751
Frances Lincoln
I cannot tell you how many times someone has come up to me to tell me that my outfit looks like something from an old movie. Or they point out something I would like because it's old Hollyw read more
George Hurrell's Hollywood by Mark A. Vieira
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
George Hurrell's HollywoodGlamour Portraits 1925-1992Revised Editionby Mark A. VieiraForeword by Sharon StoneRunning PressSeptember 2023Paperback ISBN: 9780762484607406 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmunds — Powell's"The dreamlike world of silent pictures had created read more
Interview with John Stangeland, author of Aline MacMahon: Hollywood, the Blacklist, and the Birth of Method Acting (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I'm thrilled to be joined by writer and biographer John Stangeland. We chatted over a decade ago about his Warren William biography (review here and interview here). Now he is back with an excellent new biography on the much-beloved character actress Aline MacMahon, out now from the University Press read more
Hollywood Enlists!: Propaganda Films of WWII (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Enlists! Propaganda Films of World War II
by Ralph Donald
Rowman and Littlefield
Hardcover ISBN: 9781442277267
March 2017
274 pages
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells
Over the years the term "propaganda" has developed a negative connotation. It suggests the brainwashing of its subjects read more
Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Room 1219
The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood
by Greg Merritt
Hardcover - 440 pages
ISBN 9781613747926
Chicago Review Press
September 2013
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound
Powells
"He is forever the life of the party, forever read more
Press Release: Jane Russell at Hollywood Heritage Museum (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
If you live in the Hollywood area, you are a lucky SOB because you have an opportunity to see Jane Russell in person! Here is the press release:
Jane Russell To Appear June 23 at Hollywood Heritage MuseumIconic Hollywood sex symbol Jane Russell, who starred in “The Outlaw,” “Gent read more
Hollywood Black by Donald Bogle (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Black
The Stars, The Films, The Filmmakers
by Donald Bogle
TCM and Running Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762491414
264 pages
May 2019
Amazon — Barnes and Noble —Powell's
“Hollywood Black presents a gallery of important talents, both in front of the camera and behind it R read more
Old Hollywood at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A Columbus Day visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston cost us nothing but gave us many riches in return. Two exhibits in particular made this classic-film-loving-gal's heart sing.
The first exhibit was a collection of photographs by Yousuf Karsh entitled Karsh Goes H read more