Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 11, 2019

This month's From the Archive photo isn't really from our archives but it was such a great shot we could not resist sharing it: James Franciscus and Gila Golan were captured in this candid snapshot on the set of The Valley of Gwangi ( 1969 ). This adventure film is...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on July 5, 2019

Hello Down There is a family comedy. Its target audience is families who want to see a sexy mom Janet Leigh and sexless teenagers. I think it’s for dads who somehow got stuck taking their tweens to the movies in the late sixties? When the movie starts, it almost seems...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on July 5, 2019

Hello Down There is a family comedy. Its target audience is families who want to see a sexy mom Janet Leigh and sexless teenagers. I think it’s for dads who somehow got stuck taking their tweens to the movies in the late sixties? When the movie starts, it almost seems...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on July 5, 2019

Hello Down There is a family comedy. Its target audience is families who want to see a sexy mom Janet Leigh and sexless teenagers. I think it’s for dads who somehow got stuck taking their tweens to the movies in the late sixties? When the movie starts, it almost seems...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on July 5, 2019

Hello Down There is a family comedy. Its target audience is families who want to see a sexy mom Janet Leigh and sexless teenagers. I think it’s for dads who somehow got stuck taking their tweens to the movies in the late sixties? When the movie starts, it almost seems...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on April 22, 2019

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Goodbye, Mr....   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on February 16, 2019

Tintin, the beloved comic book creation of Belgium illustrator Herge, was transferred to the big screen as a fabulous full-length feature film in 1969 - Tintin et le Temple du Soleil. It was based upon one of Tintin's most famous escapades, his search for the missing Professor Calculus and a...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on February 13, 2019

The First Annual Valentine's Day Meet-Cute Blogathon is the brainchild of Phyllis Loves Classic Movies. Click HERE for all the wonderful movie moments. The cliches of even the finest westerns lend themselves to kidding, and fans are always up for a laugh. Writer/director Burt Kennedy (Seven Men   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on February 2, 2019

US / 54 minutes / bw and color / Unit 10, Bernhard Dir & Pr: John Donne (i.e., Donn Greer) Scr: Gertrude Steen (yeah, right) Cine: uncredited Cast (according to IMDB): Sheri Jackson, Julia Blackburn, Roger Gentry, Janice Kelly, Donn Greer (voice). Others may tell you that Alice in Acidland...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 29, 2019

Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on January 29, 2019

Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on January 29, 2019

Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 29, 2019

Jean Simmons doesn’t smile until over halfway through The Happy Ending. The movie runs almost two hours and has a present action of like eighteen years. The first eight minutes are a mostly wordless summary of John Forsythe courting Jean Simmons in the early fifties. The time period’s n   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on December 23, 2018

I’m on a constant quest for new-to-me Christmas movies. I search for them like I have a job in it with benefits. And that’s how I found Terence Young’s “A Christmas Tree” (1969), also titled “L’arbre de Noël” and “When Wolves Cry.” Starring William Holden, Virna Lisi, Bourvil and Brook...   read more

Stardust and Shadows Posted by Terry on December 3, 2018

Holidays are times that people love to watch the staple films of the season.  Every generation has their favorites they put on and quite frankly watch without thinking. The films can become like the poinsettia plant that someone brings you each year for no apparent reason other than they to ...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 31, 2018

Captain Voyeur starts better than it finishes, which is too bad since it gets better as it goes along. Writer and director Carpenter opens the short with a long tracking shot of some boring workplace. Excellent black and white photography from Joanne Willens (save two shots later on) makes the...   read more

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on July 24, 2018

Carole Lombard loved Hollywood Boulevard -- heck, she even lived on the street for several years (the photo above was taken in the house she called home in the mid-1930s). So I have a feeling she'd appreciate the work being done to recapture the spirit of the street by this...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 9, 2018

It's Lassie Down Under! .... ....only he jumps... and clucks! Some may say that a dog is a man's best friend, but Skippy the kangaroo can best a dog any day - especially in a boxing match. Skippy premiered as a television series in March 1968, in Australia, and quickly...   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on March 14, 2018

Um Golpe à Italiana (1969) / The Italian Job (1969) Charlie Croker (Michael Caine) acaba de sair da cadeia e já está envolvido em um novo plano de roubo. Cabe a Charlie encontrar um novo “patrocinador” para o golpe, e isto não é muito difícil: Mr. Bridger (Noel Coward), companh   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on December 31, 2017

A Boy Named Charlie Brown gets by on a lot of charm. It takes writer and creator Charles M. Schulz forever to get to the story. It takes Schulz so long to get to the story–Charlie Brown, spelling bee champ–it seems like there isn’t going to be a story. Schulz...   read more