Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on March 13, 2021

In this publicity photo for The World of Henry Orient ( 1964 ), pianist Henry Orient ( Peter Sellars ) is surrounded by his two greatest fans Val and Gil ( Tippy Walker and Marrie Spaeth ) and is not pleased at all about it! Especially since he thinks they...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 28, 2018

The World of Henry Orient Directed by George Roy Hill Written by Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson from Nora Johnson’s novel 1964/USA Pan Arts Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant I first saw this in the theater as a pre-teen.  This coming-of-age comedy holds up well into adulthood. Thirteen-year-   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on September 9, 2015

It’s not often a film focusing on teenagers doesn’t devolve into two young girls bickering about finding romance. Romance blooms in George Roy Hill’s The World of Henry Orient, but it’s that heady, semi-obsessive first crush on an impossible man that nearly every teenage girl   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on May 8, 2014

The line to get into The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival was a bit hectic but well worth the temporary chaos. I knew nothing about the film except that Paula Prentiss was in it and that she would be at the screening. It...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

The line to get into The World of Henry Orient (1964) screening at the TCM Classic Film Festival was a bit hectic but well worth the temporary chaos. I knew nothing about the film except that Paula Prentiss was in it and that she would be at the screening. It...   read more