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I Am Not Your Negro (2016) (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
“The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story.” – James Baldwin
In 1979, author James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent with an idea for a book. He was going to tell the story of America through the lives of three important and tra read more
2018 Classic Film Holiday Gift Guide (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Another holiday season is upon us and if you're looking for a gift for the classic film lover in your life you've come to the right place. Today I present to you my 2018 Classic Film Holiday Gift Guide. Here you'll find a variety of gift ideas that would make for great stocking stuffers or wrapped p read more
Classic Movie Books I've Been Reading (2) (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
In my latest YouTube video I discuss the books and reviewing so far this year. Check it out!Mentioned in the video: Charles Boyer: The French Lover by John BaxterDervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the read more
The Miracle Woman (1931) (2) (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep's clothing..."
Barbara Stanwyck stars in The Miracle Woman (1931) as Florence Fallon, the daughter of a preacher. Her father dies of heartbreak when his parish replaced him with a younger man. The disillusioned Florence lashes out at the parish. read more
The Classic Film Collective: 7 Amazing Facts from Sidney Poitier’s Memoir The Measure of a Man
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This was originally published in the former The Classic Film Collective Patreon.The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiographyby Sidney PoitierHarperOnePaperback ISBN: 9780061357909272 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's “You don't have to become something you're n read more
Hollywood Hates Hitler! by Chris Yogerst (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hollywood Hates Hitler!
Jew-baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures
by Chris Yogerst
University Press of Mississippi
Paperback ISBN: 9781496829764
September 2020
208 pages
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's
“Those skeptical of mo read more
The Ghost of Peter Sellers (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
"For 43 years I covered up this very dark spot of my life. I carried this grudge against myself. After all these years, I'm here and I'm lost. What have I done?" - director Peter Medak
Peter Sellers developed a reputation for being difficult. By the time he started filming Ghost in the Noonday Sun read more
My memories of Robert Osborne (1932-2017) (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival
I don’t think there was a nicer guy on the planet than Robert Osborne. He was a true gentleman. The world lost someone truly special when the long time host of TCM passed away yesterday. He had been missing from the channel for quite a whi read more
Silent Movie (1976) (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix
"What's the matter with you? Don't you know who I used to be?"
Once celebrated film director Mel Funn is working on his comeback project. With the help of his best buds Marty Eggs (Marty Feldman) and Dom Bell (Dom DeLuise) they set out to make his drea read more
Robert Mitchum Video #3 ~ Calypso is Like So... Playlist (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
If you are not at least somewhat amused by this album, you have no soul. My favorites are "Coconut Water" and "From a Logical Point of View". Some lyrical gems include:
from a logical point of view
better marry a woman uglier than you
from a logical point of view
always marry a woman uglier than yo read more
Desire (1936) (2)
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
A Star is Born Book Review and Giveaway (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
A Star is Born
Judy Garland and the Film That Got Away
by Lorna Luft and Jeffrey Vance
Running Press
Hardcover ISBN: 9780762464814
248 pages
September 2018
Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells
I'm doing things a little different this time with a video book review! Thank you to TCM read more
#SymphonyofHorror The Boston Pops and the Berklee College of Music team up to give Nosferatu (1922) a new score (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
What: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror #SymphonyofHorror
Where: Symphony Hall in Boston, MA
Who: Keith Lockhart, The Boston Pops and eight student composers from Berklee College of Music
When: October 30th, 2015 at 8 PM (blood drive from 2-7 PM)
How: Tickets available at Bostonpops.org. $37-$4 read more
New & Upcoming Classic Film Books (21)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Hoo boy! Do I have a list of new classic film books for you! It took me a few weeks to gather this list and its finally here. I'm very impressed with what TCM/Running Press and University Press of Kentucky have coming up in their Fall catalogs. There are lots of good paperback editions of some big r read more
The Great McGinty (1940) (4)
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
Happy Thanksgiving! (6)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
(Robert Mitchum with his sons Chris and James)
I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with lots of family and friends and good home-cooked food. And classic movies of course! read more
Sundance: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021) (1)
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
Cop-Out (1967) (1)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Former barrister John Sawyer (James Mason) drowns his sorrows in liquor. He lives with his daughter Angela (Geraldine Chaplin) in a decrepit old mansion. The two have a strained relationship brought on by two major factors: the abandonment of the family by the matriarch and their age gap. Angela spe read more
Does Watching Classic Films Make You Anti-Social? (2)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
I've been asking myself this question a lot lately and I've come up with two answers: Yes and No.
YES - During my days as an undergrad and the year or so before I started grad school, I was a loner. I had very few friends, and those friends lived quite a distance away and I only saw them maybe onc read more
Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn (2)
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 pagesDecember 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