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On the Making of River of No Return (1954) (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Tommy Rettig and Robert Mitchum in River of No Return (1954)
River of No Return (1954) was supposed to be a small picture; a simple B Western shot on the cheap in Idaho with a small cast and a skeleton crew. Writer Louis Lantz had the idea of taking Vittorio De Sica's The Bicycle Thief and turning read more
A Third, a Second and a First (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
A Third
June 15th, 2010 marked the Third Blogiversary for Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog. I really wanted to do something big. A giveaway, a contest, a competition, blogathon, something, but life got in the way and so the blogiversary quietly passed me by. However, I want to take the op read more
5th Anniversary Extravaganza! (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer on their wedding day.
The month of June marks 5 years, count 'em 5 years, since I started Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog. In June 2007, I had a desperate urge to start writing about classic movies. If I truly love something, I have to talk about it! I just h read more
Interview with Sloan De Forest, author of Must See Sci-Fi (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Sloan De Forest. Photo credit: Manoah Bowman
I've had the privilege of interviewing Sloan De Forest, author of Must See Sci-Fi: 50 Movies That are Out of This World (TCM/Running Press). She's an actress, writer and film historian and has written about film for Sony, Time Warner Cable, the Mar read more
Sound of Music (1965) Red Carpet Event at the 2015 TCM Classic Film Festival (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
On March 26th, 2015 TCM held a special 50th Anniversary screening of The Sound of Music (1965) complete with a red carpet event and an interview with stars Julie Andres and Christopher Plummer. While I didn't attend the screening I did get to sit in the bleachers for an excellent view of the red car read more
Beat the Devil (1954)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Beat the Devil (1954) or 1953 according to some sources, is a Bogie adventure movie that is just plain bad. Available on Netflix Instant, Carlos and I watched this film last night and we are still not sure what it was about. I'll try my best to give you a synopsis. Bogie plays Billy Dannreuther, a m read more
New Year's and Bachelor Mother (1939) (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
For Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) in Bachelor Mother (1939), the New Year is off to a bad start before it even began. Around Christmas time she gets a note from her employer John P. Merlin & Son, a New York City department store, that her services will no longer be needed after the holiday read more
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016) (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Ten Commandments (1923)
In 1923, Cecil B. DeMille and his crew headed to the Nipomo Dunes of Guadalupe, California, a small town 160 miles north of Hollywood. DeMille brought with him carpenters, electricians, sculptors, painters, set decorators and many more to build a giant set for his new f read more
2011 In Review (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Another year has come and gone and 2012 is just around the corner. This year was definitely a year of reading. I was fed up with having a superficial knowledge of classic cinema that I started diving into many biographies in search of more background information and context to add to my current ment read more
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Filming Locations ~ Part 3 Cambridge Cemetery (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
After finding the filming locations in Downtown Boston and Beacon Hill for The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Carlos and I headed to Cambridge, MA to find the cemetery from the film. Finding specific locations in cemeteries is more difficult than it seems. I personally have tried to find the grav read more
It (1927) with Clara Bow (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
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Clara Bow was one of those mega-watt stars whose light
burned bright in the silent film era. What makes an actress like Clara Bow a
star? The x-factor and she had “it”. Now the x-factor isn’t one solitary thing.
It’s a combination of things including personal read more
The Sport Parade (1932) (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The Sport Parade (1932) was directed by Dudley Murphy and produced by David O. Selznick for RKO. It stars Joel McCrea, Marian Marsh, William Gargan and Robert Benchley. The screenplay was adapted from a story by Jerry Corwin and depending on the source Corey Ford, Francis Cockrell and Robert B read more
2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge: First Roundup (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
We are past the first month mark so I'm sharing some entries for the 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge.
Everyone can chose to read up to 6 books but if you read a total 6 and review them by September 15th, you are eligible to win a prize. The prize in question is your choice of any si read more
2016 Summer Reading Challenge - Second Round-Up (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I'm so proud of all of you for getting your read on this summer! There have been lots of great reviews and I'm impressed how participants are deviating from traditional bios and trying out some interesting books. Memoirs, self-help books, novels and more. Kudos to Danny of Pre-Code.com for his dedic read more
New & Upcoming Classic Film Books (1) (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book." - Groucho Marx
I've been on a reading frenzy lately and with so many good biographies and film books coming out I don't think I'll ever stop. It's so important for classic fil read more
National Dance Day: Interview with Norma Miller and Susan Glatzer (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Norma Miller and Susan Glatzer on media day in April 2017
Today is National Dance Day and I’d like to share with you two interviews I did with dancer Norma Miller, the Queen of Swing, and Susan Glatzer, director of the swing dancing documentary Alive and Kicking which I reviewed back in Apri read more
TCM Classic Film Festival Press Conference (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Left to right: Tabesh, Dorian, Mankiewicz & McGillicuddy
On Wednesday April 27th, TCM held a press conference before the start of their classic film festival. The conference panel consisted of Charles Tabesh, senior VP of programming, Jennifer Dorian, Ben Mankiewicz, host of TCM and Genevieve M read more
TCM Classic Film Festival 2018: Recap #3 (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
On the start of Friday of the TCM Classic Film Festival, I was more than ready for some movies. I met up with my good friend Carley of Married at the Movies (she also recently started a new podcast) and we headed over to the Chinese Multiplex for Intruder in the Dust (1949).
Carley an read more
The China Syndrome (1979) and Michael Douglas at #TCMFF (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Michael Douglas and Ben Mankiewicz at the 2017 TCMFF. Publicity Photo courtesy of Getty & TCM
Timing is everything. Michael Douglas's nuclear thriller The China Syndrome (1979) debuted on March 16th, 1979 and twelve days later a nuclear meltdown occurred on 3 Mile Island. The fictional event read more
Seven Days in May (1964) (3)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"It was a time of tremendous tension and tremendous fear." - John Frankenheimer
Cold War stories are endlessly fascinating. There is something about the fear of nuclear annihilation and how it alters our perspectives on the future and guides our actions that became the perfect fodder for storytelli read more