'Til Death Do Us Part ~ James Cagney and Frances Cagney

James Cagney and Frances "Bill/Billie" Cagney

Married 63 years

While a lot of actors strayed, James Cagney never once cheated on his wife in the 6+ decades they were together. Not even Merle Oberon's advances could persuade him. In his autobiography which was published in 1976, he says 

"I married her in 1922, absolutely the smartest thing I ever did in the whole course of my life, and I am still crazy about this lady."

'Til Death Do Us Part ~ Bob Hope and Dolores Hope

Bob Hope and Dolores Hope

Married 69 years

Not only is it incredible that they were married for nearly seven decades, they both became centenarians! Bob Hope died at the age of 100 and Dolores at the age of 102. What was in the water they drank?

5th Anniversary Extravaganza!

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 have to! This blog has been a wonderful little nook for me to express my thoughts and share classic films with you all. I've met lots of great people online and offline because of this blog and for that I'm truly grateful.

I wanted to celebrate my 5th blog anniversary with some fun stuff for June. In July, I'll be marrying the love of my life Carlos. To get me in the wedding mood I decided to do some wedding related posts:

Weddings in Film series will be featuring the following movies:

Seven Chances (1925)
The Catered Affair (1956)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Double Wedding (1937)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

'Til Death Do Us Part series will highlight real life classic Hollywood couples whose marriages stood the test of time.

5th Anniversary Wedding Giveaway!

You can enter for a chance to win an awesome Wedding-themed prize pack (US & Canada only please!). The prize includes:


1 4X6 Eccolo Art Deco Silver-Plated Frame - As part of my reception table centerpieces, I will be placing images of real-life classic Hollywood couples in these frames. Each table will have it's own couple. Also Art Deco is my main wedding theme and my wedding colors are Pink and Grey/Silver.

1 grey silk fan - This will be given out at my wedding as a favor. Since it's in July and it'll be hot hot hot, my guests can cool themselves down with an ice cold beverage and their silk fan!

1 copy of Father of the Bride (1950) on DVD

To enter the contest fill out the form below. Good luck and stay tuned for all sorts of Wedding goodness. UPDATE: Contest is now over.