Definitions for Out of the Past
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1. Out of the Past

   Out of the Past (billed in the United Kingdom as Build My Gallows High) is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring (using the pseudonym Geoffrey Homes) from his 1946 novel Build My Gallows High (also written as Homes), with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M. Cain.Its complex, fatalistic storyline, dark cinematography, and classic femme fatale garnered the film critical acclaim and cult status. In 1991, the National Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress added Out of the Past to the United States National Film Registry of “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” films.

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1. Out of the Past

   Out of the Past is a 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas. The film was adapted by Daniel Mainwaring, with uncredited revisions by Frank Fenton and James M. Cain, from his novel Build My Gallows High. Film historians consider the film a superb example of film noir due to its convoluted, dark storyline, dark cinematography and classic femme fatale. The film's cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca also shot Tourneur's Cat People. In 1991, Out of the Past was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

How to pronounce Out of the Past?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Out of the Past in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Out of the Past in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Out of the Past in a Sentence

1. Athena Athena:

   People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

2. Wendell Anthony:

   Detroit Branch NAACP president grows out of( the) past and a recognition that often is linked to buffoonery and to less than, we are outraged by this former employee's actions and condemn the behavior she chose to engage in. These type of incidents are disgusting and will never be tolerated or pushed aside at Oakland County.

3. Jack Graham:

   It helped me to … get out of the past and go forward, going forward is a huge deal.

4. Vic Shayne:

   No decision or action is made without a thought, and a thought , no matter how subtle, is generated out of the past. All thoughts and actions arise out of predisposing influences of myriad sorts; and the self is manufactured out of thoughts.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Past
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Out of the Past