Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 17, 2021

If you ever wondered how a world is made, then you have to check out this British Pathé news clip that gives you the scoop on just how one goes about creating a globe. A tabletop globe, that is. “While the rest of the mankind does its best to blow...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 11, 2021

Debbie Reynolds starred as Molly Brown in one of her favorite films - The Unsinkable Molly Brown ( 1964 ). Her character transformed from a wild country girl into a tough high society dame....and all along the way she had her true love, her husband Johnny Brown ( Harve Presnell...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 31, 2021

This young lady is simply aghast about something... or someone. We're not asking you to guess who or what it is, your task is just to identify the film that this screenshot came from. We'll give you three guesses..or four...or five. In fact, there's no limit to the number of...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 29, 2021

Terror in the Sky....beyond known flight!Just when you thought you explored all the sci-fi films of the 1960s, "new" titles appear in a book or while browsing online. For us, it was The Flight that Disappeared that magically appeared. If the title is new to you, too, it is probably...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 25, 2021

"There are no good girls gone wrong...just bad girls found out"This sounds like the lyrics of a rock song, but instead, these are words from the tongue of Mae West, one of the most famous actresses of the 1930s. This sassy bombshell certainly knew how to play the bad girl,...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 21, 2021

Last month my sister and I bought ourselves a Roku and we have just begun to explore the classic movie and TV treasures to be found with this device. We first discovered the apps and then started unearthing all the channels within the Live TV stations....there are hundreds of them!...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 14, 2021

He's six foot two, fair-haired, and fabulously handsome. He's one of the world's best-dressed men and he's tough. He drives a racy, 100 mile-an-hour-plus sports car and travels internationally. He's outside the law, but he always gets his man - and his girl. He's The Saint. The man who plays...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 10, 2021

Ronald Reagan was not only a great president but a great actor, too. His most recognized film is King's Row ( 1942 ) but we think The Hasty Heart ( 1949 ) ranks up there right along with it. Ronald gave a standout performance as a dying soldier in this...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 31, 2021

Clark Gable and Constance Bennett, two of the biggest stars in Hollywood in the early 1930s, teamed up only once for a fast-paced mystery/drama called After Office Hours ( 1935 ). This MGM release featured the King of Hollywood in a typical Gable-like role as Jim Branch, a hard-hitting New...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 25, 2021

For the latest post in our new series covering movie memorabilia, we are putting the spotlight on a wonderful issue of the Boys' and Girls' Film Book from 1952. Unlike most American magazines that released issues monthly, Great Britain had a number of publishing companies that issued "annuals". The   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 23, 2021

This looks like a fun group of people. You don't have to guess who they are or what they are doing, just tell us which film this is a screenshot from and you can win a prize! As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the game...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 17, 2021

Captain Gort ( Bernard Lee ) has just been on trial for crashing one of the new Pheonix jets on takeoff. The verdict was pilot's error. Gort is in disbelief, as is his daughter Charlotte ( Elizabeth Seal ) who knows that her father always flies "by the book" and...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 10, 2021

Since the Wimbledon tennis finals are taking place this weekend, what better time to share this fascinating clip from the 1964 Wimbledon tournament? In this 5:09 minute British Pathé newsreel we see highlights from the men's, doubles, and women's competitions.Fred Stolle and Roy Emerson ( both from   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 8, 2021

Betty MacDonald ( Claudette Colbert ) is looking surprised at the hen perched on Pa Kettle's shoulder in this photo from a deleted scene from The Egg and I. Pa ( Percy Kilbride ) explained that his pet hen took a fancy to him and "been followin' me ever since,...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 27, 2021

Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson were great pals off-screen and they had the good fortune to play together on-screen in 11 films released throughout the 1940s. Most of these were simple comedies in the vein of the popular Bob Hope and Bing Crosby Road pictures that Paramount was issuing. In...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 22, 2021

After Indiana Jones retired, he manned the switches. That is....it looks like the old explorer but what can he be doing? If you've seen the film this screenshot is from, you may be able to recognize it right away - or you may not! Give it a try anyway and...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 17, 2021

His close friends call him "Chuck". But to filmgoers all over the world he is known as Charlton Heston, a six-foot two-inch giant of a man and the star of such mighty epics as The Greatest Show on Earth, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, and El-Cid. Heston was recently asked why...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 9, 2021

Now here's a good-looking foursome...Rosemary Lane ( or is that Lola Lane? ) is standing with Jeffrey Lynn while Eddie Albert and Priscilla Lane have a seat on the bench. In this sequel to Four Daughters ( 1938 ), Priscilla was still grieving the death of her lover ( John...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 27, 2021

Buckle up for danger in this delightfully entertaining children's adventure film from Walt Disney Studios! Three teenagers embark on a 24-hour road rally but the fun turns into danger when they discover that a group of criminals is chasing after them!Peter Firth stars as young mechanic/racer Bobby S   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 20, 2021

The Classic Movie Blog Association is hosting the Hidden Classics Blogathon giving film bloggers a chance to share a little-known or underrated gem with other film buffs. As some of you already know, underrated classics are what I love to write about most. There are hundreds of little-known treasure   read more