Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 4, 2021

The lovely Ann Sothern had completed her 10-film run as the tough-talking Maisie and was cast as Frances in Nancy Goes to Rio, MGM's colorful remake of the 1940 Universal Deanna Durbin film It's a Date. Here she is seen posing within a giant lifebuoy. From the Archives is our...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on May 23, 2016

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 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Nancy Goes...   read more

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on July 15, 2015

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1696/Nancy-Goes-to-Rio/#tcmarcp-411474 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Jane Powell conquered the backwoods in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) or got in trouble with the Navy in Hit the Deck (1955), she played a series of adorable teenag   read more

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on July 15, 2015

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1696/Nancy-Goes-to-Rio/#tcmarcp-411474 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Before Jane Powell conquered the backwoods in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) or got in trouble with the Navy in Hit the Deck (1955), she played a series of adorable teenag   read more