Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on April 13, 2014

On the third day and the first full day of the festival, I headed over to the TCL Chinese IMAX (aka Grauman's) to wait in line for the Charlton Heston Stamp Dedication Ceremony. The ceremony was spectacular. It was co-hosted by TCM and USPS and Ben Mankiewicz was the master...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on April 12, 2014

TCM 20th Anniversary Photo Booth and Interview Back Drop Day two at the TCM Classic Film Festival was the first day of festival activities. It was such a whirlwind! The day started off at the Chinese Multiplex theater. TCM staff was setting up the lobby with an anniversary photo booth...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on April 10, 2014

Wednesday was the start of my TCM Classic Film Festival activities. Carlos and I headed over to the Warner Bros. lot to meet up with Robby from Dear Old Hollywood. Robby was just as kind, friendly, generous and easy-going as I thought he would be. Robby works for Warner Bros....   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on April 9, 2014

The 5th annual TCM Classic Film Festival kicks off Thursday evening but for me the festivities start early! Today I'll be hanging out at the Warner Bros. lot with Robby from Dear Old Hollywood, shopping at Larry Edmunds Bookshop and attending a Tweet-up. I'm so excited to meet some folks...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on April 2, 2014

Frank at his wedding This week's Warner Archive Wednesday is a little different. We have a guest blogger in the form of my good friend Frank! He's a co-worker and a good friend. I love chatting with him about classic film and anything related to pop culture. I'm very honored...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on March 26, 2014

Vintage Books (an imprint of Penguin Random House) has recently launched a new book series called Vintage Movie Classics. With this series they will bring back into print classic novels that inspired Hollywood movies. This month they launch the series with four paperback and e-book releases and will   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on March 21, 2014

The highly coveted full shedule for the 2014 TCM Film Festival was posted yesterday. You can find it here and they also posted the full list of special guests here. I also have TCM’s official press release about the new updates on my Google+ page (As a side note, I’m...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on March 18, 2014

Thank you to Lê of Crítica Retrô for the heads up about this! Wesleyan University is offering a free 5-week course called Marriage and the Movies: A History taught by professor Jeanine Basinger, author of I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies. I reviewed the...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on March 12, 2014

Source Many moons ago I caught the tail end of the film Brother Rat (1938) on TCM. I was particularly drawn by the film's youthful cast, the collegiate setting and the slapstick humor. When I went to search for a way to watch this film in its entirety I discovered...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on March 5, 2014

Stanley Rubin (1917-2014) Producer and Screenwriter Stanley Rubin passed away on Sunday at the age of 96. According to his wife of 59 years, actress Kathleen Hughes, he died in his sleep of natural causes. The news of his death made me very sad but I'm glad to know he...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on February 19, 2014

The good folks at the Warner Archive Collection have released a stupendous 9-film, 5-Disc Collection of all of the Dr. Kildare films starring Lew Ayres as Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie. I was knew very little of the Dr. Kildare films so listening to George, Matt and D.W....   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on February 14, 2014

The 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival is fast approaching which means TCM has been releasing a lot of very exciting news about the different appearances, special events and screenings that will take place during the festival. This year's theme is Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind and yesterday...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on February 5, 2014

It’s no secret that I’m completely enamored with mid-20th Century Las Vegas. If I could take a time travel vacation, one of my top choices would be a late 1950s or early 1960s Las Vegas. So it was inevitable that I watch Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) so I...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on January 14, 2014

Hey there, did you miss me? I spent most of December stressed out and on the verge of an anxiety attack so I took some time off from blogging (and from other things) to recuperate. However, my blogging break did not keep from working on a blog project. I've been...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on December 6, 2013

I've had the pleasure of interviewing author B. James Gladstone, the author of The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown’s Most Powerful Lawyer. Gladstone’s book is not only fascinating and informative, it’s also endlessly entertaining. Who needs   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on December 4, 2013

This year's holiday gift guide is exclusively made up of items that I own and love plus a couple of extras. I think these will make great gifts for classic film lovers of all kinds. My guide does include some affiliate links. You don't have to shop with them but...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, 2013

Source On November 17th, Carlos and I headed to the Somerville Theatre to watch the silent film Peter Pan (1924) on the big screen with live music performed by my favorite accompanist, the talented and tireless Jeff Rapsis. Watching this film was a treat considering how special it is. Pete   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 13, 2013

The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries was a B-movie detective serial from RKO. It consists of six films each of which follow busybody schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers as she assists the disgruntled Inspector Oscar Piper in various murder investigations. They are based on the popular Hildegarde Withers nove   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on November 11, 2013

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The lovely Carley of The Kitty Packard Pictorial has a series called The Kitty Corner in which she interviews classic film bloggers. She asked me to participate and I...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on October 28, 2013

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) is a charming movie, adapted from the 1915 novel by Harry Leon Wilson which also became a popular Broadway show. Directed by Leo McCarey, a fine director who explored many social issues in his films, this Paramount movie has a superb cast including Charles Laughton,...   read more