Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 10, 2020

Leave it to the Brits to re-invent and improve upon something that seems perfectly suitable already. That's exactly what Dr. Alex Moulton did with the bicycle. Moulton was dissatisfied with the large wheels and diamond frame of traditional bicycles and decided to create his own. His new creation - t   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 4, 2020

Who said you can't kiss with a mask on? Van Johnson and June Allyson prove that it can be easily done in this photo from a scene from High Barbaree ( 1947 ). From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 31, 2020

"Is it Whitewood you seek?" A tall distinguished-looking man asks this of Nan Barlow ( Venetia Stevenson ) when she comes to a crossroads one dark, foggy evening searching for an old village. It is indeed Whitewood that Nan seeks. After hearing her college professor Alan Driscoll ( Christopher Lee...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 30, 2020

It has been a long, long time since we have featured a TV/Movie set article, so to bring the series back to life, my sister and I selected a house design that we have loved for years - the Bedknobs and Broomsticks manor. It's so fitting for this time of...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 27, 2020

Today's game features a spooky scene from a film that is very fitting to watch on Halloween. A front view of this character would have been too easy for our readers, so in keeping with the title of the game we hope this is "impossibly difficult"! Have no idea what...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 25, 2020

The old story of a phantom haunting a Hollywood sound stage was brought to television in a number of episodes of various series throughout the 1970s-1980s ( most notably in the two-part "The Hollywood Phantom" episode from The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries ) but did you know that this plot...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 18, 2020

This 1956 British Pathe newsreel takes us to the workshop of Alban Adams and Christopher Crockett who are building 1/16th scale race cars modeled after authentic Formula 3 automobiles. Adams claimed to have been the inventor of slot cars ( check out this website for more details about that )...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 12, 2020

Rex Harrison performed with a number of different actresses throughout his long career but he probably never expected to act with this fine lady. In this scene from Doctor Dolittle ( 1967 ), Sophie is posing as a baby in order to be smuggled out of the circus so that...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 10, 2020

Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride made their fifth film appearance as country yokels Ma & Pa Kettle in Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm ( 1951 ). This delightful comedy had the pair returning to their old ramshackle home in the country and discovering uranium on the property....   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 3, 2020

There are so many great articles online and everyday we come across some that have facts and trivia that are too tempting not to share. So, today, we are beginning a new series of passing along these links so you can enjoy our finds, too. "Check it Out!" is the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 30, 2020

Nancy Drew and her friend George take to the skies in a glider in "The Diamond Triangle", the fourth episode in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 1977 ). While soaring high above River Heights, Nancy witnesses an antique Auburn Cord plunge off a dirt road. Once back on the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 25, 2020

Now here is a group of happy partygoers enjoying their fancy dress ball. There were a number of films made with a scene like this, so don't be surprised if your first guess is not the right guess! If you have no idea what this game is about, simply click...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 21, 2020

This month's British Pathe newsreel takes us high up at the Carlton Tower Hotel in London, where a bevy of beauties are displaying the latest fashion in hats....on a very windy day! These designer creations are quite fetching to look at and have very appealing names, too: Coach and Horses,...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 3, 2020

Telly Savalas was at the height of his fame from his starring role in the television series "Kojak" that CBS gave him his own television special in February 1976 - "Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby?" Barbara Eden, Diahann Carroll and Cloris Leachman acted as co-stars in this singing/dancing/comedy specia   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 26, 2020

Rosemary Barton takes one sip of champagne at her wedding anniversary dinner party and then suddenly collapses dead. "Cyanide poison", the doctor exclaims. Was it suicide or murder? Rosemary certainly had her fair share of enemies. Her husband George believes it to be murder and so he gathers togeth   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 15, 2020

Here's a juicy screenshot. "What on earth is it?!" you're probably thinking. It is a bit difficult to make out, but this was the best screenshot I could take. There aren't many clues here, but if you saw this film you'll probably remember this scene!Aren't familiar with the Impossibly Difficult...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 10, 2020

Wow, look at Grace Jones! I don't know if Bond met his match in Mayday but he certainly did with Zorin ( Christopher Walken ). This has always been one of my favorite James Bond films. It was Roger Moore's last appearance as Bond and one of his best. Lobby...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 1, 2020

American actress Lynda Carter is best known for playing the beautiful Diana Prince, an Amazonian princess, on the television series Wonder Woman ( 1975-1979 ). For four years she entertained television audiences with her superhuman powers, deflecting bullets with her golden bracelet and capturing cr   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 23, 2020

Grey's Anatomy 1934. Well, not quite. But if you want to see what a 1930s style version of a hospital melodrama looks like ( they really haven't changed much over the years ) then it is well worth checking out Once To Every Woman. This Columbia Pictures quickie is quite...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 18, 2020

Look at all those bicyclists! The young and old alike are enjoying a good pedal around town. Can you remember which film this screenshot is taken from? If you can, then drop the title in the comment box below and, if you guess correctly, you win a prize! Want to...   read more