Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 24, 2024

One of the many distinctive factors about Double Indemnity is the look of the film. It’s brought to you courtesy of cinematographer John Seitz. Today’s post shines the light on this talented and innovative cameraman. Seitz was born in Chicago in 1892 and started his career as a lab assistant...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on February 20, 2024

George Sanders is looking as affable as ever in this still from the 1951 thriller The Light Touch starring Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. Pier looks like she is falling in love with Stewart..which is a shame because the film's poster foretells: "If she knew what he was, she'd never...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on November 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on November 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on November 4, 2019

What’s not clear about Blinded by the Light is how much of the film’s success is because of lead Viveik Kalra or because about ninety straight minutes of soundtrack consists of The Best of Bruce Springsteen. The film, based on an actual British Pakistani Springsteen stan, is about teenager Kalra...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on November 13, 2018

What would Orson Welles have thought of his meticulously crafted final flick The Other Side of the Wind making its debut on Netflix? That’s been on my mind ever since the streaming service announced that the long anticipated film would finally be making its debut on the platform, over forty...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on December 18, 2017

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: By the...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on September 11, 2015

After all melodrama I sniffled through in the pair of Francis flicks I reviewed earlier in the week, I needed something lighter, and I got it with The Feminine Touch. Francis takes a supporting role in this comedy about jealousy in romantic relationships now available on DVD from Warner Archive....   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on January 25, 2014

Share This! Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred: “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns,” he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. —opening of The Charge of the Light Brigade by...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on September 2, 2013

The Charge of the Light Brigade Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Michael Jacoby and Rowland Leigh inspired by the poem by Tennyson 1936/USA Warner Bros. First viewing The war film is not a favorite genre of mine, but there is no question that this is an expertly made film...   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on February 8, 2012

Made the same year as Wellman’s great Beau Geste, this lesser-known drama, sadly not on DVD as yet, is another wildly noble and compelling period melodrama adapted from a novel by an imperialist author, Kipling.  There was clearly a demand for such films in 1939, in the early days of the...   read more