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Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
HaroldandLillian.com - #HaroldandLillian
“They were the heart of Hollywood.” – Bill Krohn, film critic
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015) will have its US premiere today at DOC NYC. From director Daniel Raim and executive producer Danny DeVito comes a touching a read more
TCM Road to Hollywood - Jane Powell and Leonard Maltin present Royal Wedding (1951)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Yesterday we had the pleasure of attending the TCM Road to Hollywood event at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. Presented by Turner Classic Movies, hosted by Leonard Maltin and featuring special guest Jane Powell, last night’s event was nothing short of spectacular.
I have been excited ab read more
Designing Hollywood: Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age by Christian Esquevin
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Designing HollywoodStudio Wardrobe in the Golden Ageby Christian EsquevinHardcover ISBN: 9780813197913August 2023University Press of Kentucky 256 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's"Modern glamour was born in Hollywood, where the combination of beautiful stars dresse read more
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin
A Hollywood Memoir
by Victoria Riskin
Pantheon
Hardcover ISBN: ISBN 9781524747282
February 2019
416 pages
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells
"My mother had a pioneer resilience, a vulnerability, a need for admiration... she never expected life to magically read more
Hollywood Tiki: Film in the Era of the Pineapple Cocktail
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood TikiFilm in the Era of the Pineapple Cocktailby Adam Foshko and Jason HendersonThe History PressPaperback ISBN: 9781467149907208 pagesAugust 2022Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“Tiki Culture was never about a real place but about the escape to imaginary places—n read more
Hollywood Beach Beauties by David Wills
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 Tiki: Film in the Era of the Pineapple Cocktail
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood TikiFilm in the Era of the Pineapple Cocktailby Adam Foshko and Jason HendersonThe History PressPaperback ISBN: 9781467149907208 pagesAugust 2022Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's“Tiki Culture was never about a real place but about the escape to imaginary places—n read more
Hollywood Cemetery Tour
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
On the last day of my California trip in March, Laura of Laura's Miscellaneous Musings generously offered to take Carlos and I to two Hollywood cemeteries: Hollywood Forever and Westwood Village Memorial Park. It's been a dream of mine to pay my respects to those fr read more
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
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
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
Old Hollywood at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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
Hollywood in Kodachrome: 1940-1949
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
Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane
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
Mean... Moody... Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend by Christina Rice
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Mean... Moody... Magnificent!
Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend
by Christina RiceUniversity Press of KentuckyISBN: 9780813181080June 2021392 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells “The movie star turned out to be devastatingly human. read more
Hollywood Godfather: The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Godfather
The Life and Crimes of Billy Wilkerson
by W.R. Wilkerson III
Chicago Review Press
352 pages
Hardcover ISBN: 9781613736609
September 2018
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
"All his life Billy was in love with the impossible." — Joe Paster read more
Kirk and Anne: Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Kirk and Anne
Letters of Love, Laughter, and a Lifetime in Hollywood
by Kirk and Anne Douglas with Marcia Newberger
foreword by Michael Douglas
TCM and Running Press
May 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762462179240 pages
Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells
In March when I visited Boston University' read more