Their Own Desire (1929)

There has been a lot of blogging about this lesser known Norma Shearer - Robert Montgomery vehicle.

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So I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and share a few thoughts about Their Own Desire (1929).

1) Style - Art deco at it's finest. Also, rich people at play. Complete with polo playing, swimming and adultery. I want to steal all of Norma Shearer's clothes, as I do with pretty much any film she does that isn't a period piece.

2) Divorce - Today, films about people getting divorced would probably involve one party moving on and finding love with someone else. But I noticed in films from 20's to the 40's, it usually involves the divorcees getting back with each other. Interesting.

3) Lewis Stone - He is the spitting image of one of my favorite toll collectors, Mike. And otherwise, I think he was very elegant and graceful. While he didn't quite fit with either of his two love interests (his wife and his mistress), he and Norma Shearer went together beautifully as father and daughter.

New Discovery - Young Leslie Nielsen

I have made a new discovery. Well not, exactly new, since it's about 50 years ago, but "new" to me at least. Leslie Nielsen was HOT. Yes, I have a humongous crush on the young Leslie Nielsen after seeing him in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) (see my previous post about the Tammy movies). Wow! And he's half-naked in at least two scenes. And water is involved. Either from swimming or from rain. Move aside hunka Kirk Douglas, young Leslie Nielsen is giving you a run for your money!

Don't believe me? Still think he's just that old guy with great hair from all those spoofs? Well get over it. I know I had to, since I still think about him as the narrator of one my favorite kids' show Katie & Orbie as well as Mr. Magoo! But I was willing to put that all aside and embrace the hotness. I bring to you evidence in the form of pictures. And sorry, I didn't include any of him fully-clothed. That would defeat the purpose.

My heart beats so joyfully
To think of hot Leslie Nielsen
Dripping wet in swim trunks
Raquelle, Raquelle,
Raquelle's in Love

Blog News

June is guest blogger month. I have recruited several people to submit a piece to me and I will post their submissions over the next few weeks. They have free reign to submit anything their heart desires on whatever subject as long as it's classic film related. In fact, depending on when the submissions come in, I will probably be posting into July as well.

If you are interested in being a guest blogger, please e-mail me your submission (my e-mail link is to your right). Feel free to include photos. You can come up with a pen name if you so desire.

Also, I have joined The Golden Age of Hollywood (as some of you friends who were coerced... ahem encouraged to join already know). It's a social networking site for fans of classic films. It's a great way to meet other like-minded people as well as share your interests in films. If you join, please make sure to add me as a friend.

I've added some links to other cool new blogs. Check them out.

Finally, Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog has received a rating of 9.1 on Blogged.com. My blog was critiqued based on 4 categories: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style.

Raquelle's Favorite Genres

I got to thinking about genres and types of movies I like to watch. And I have to say, I have a very unique taste. Very specific things excite my wonderment and curiousity. I have talked about a few on here, but there are others, some of which I made up terms for, that I haven't really delved into. Do you have any very specific types of films that you enjoy? Please feel free to share!

Here is my list (some genres overlap with each other). Each category links to one of my favorite films in that given genre.


Contemporary French Films

Pre-Codes

'60's Sex Comedies & Romantic Comedies

Film Noir

'40s Romances

Screwball Comedies

Mormon Cinema

Controversial '50s Films

'90s Period Pieces

Visually Stylized Films

Contemporary Romantic Comedies

Office/Workplace-based Comedies

Book Industry-related Films

Literary Adaptations

Dating/Relationship Movies

Sweltering Deep-South Dramas

Americans Abroad - Comedies