Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 22, 2018

Joan Crawford in a western? If that sounds incredulous, Ms.Crawford must have thought so, too, because it was not until 1954 that she starred in her first spurs-and-guns picture - Johnny Guitar. Unlike Barbara Stanwyck, Joan seemed out of place in the desert locale sporting jeans - but she gave...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 20, 2018

Oh, just look how Nancy Olson is being mesmerized by John Wayne's gaze! This still photo is not in very good condition but the image captured is wonderful. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 19, 2018

Bernard de Voto's book "Across the Wide Missouri" became a surprise best-seller in 1947, earning the Pulitzer Prize for History. The brass at MGM quickly purchased the rights to the book in order to use the title and then pondered, 'what are we going to do with this?' For, you...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 16, 2018

It seems to be a common thing for a film blog to have its own Facebook page. I never quite understood why considering a blog is a place to share reviews, books of interest and such....and so, for years my sister and I put off starting a Facebook page. But...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 12, 2018

"There comes a time when a man wants to change...belong to something, or maybe someone." The pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte had warehouses of stolen loot, a beautiful house on the private island in Barataria Bay, and freedom to do as he pleased, but he lacked respect from the one...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 8, 2018

It's time for another Impossibly Difficult screenshot and this one we think is not so impossibly difficult. Clues abound but don't be too fooled by the surroundings of these characters! As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 3, 2018

Some films have a way of drawing you into the story within the first ten minutes. Perhaps it is a practice that screenwriters learned from newspaper journalists who know how to "hook" the audience with the first lead line. Hollywood productions had this act down pat. German productions were not...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 23, 2018

Put Dick Van Dyke on a deserted island with a bevy of Polynesian beauties and a space chimp and you'd think you would have a winning comedy. Walt Disney certainly thought so. He liked the idea of remaking Robinson Crusoe as a comedy vehicle for Dick Van Dyke so much...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 21, 2018

In this scene from Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), Sister Clodagh ( Deborah Kerr ) works on a lovely needlepoint while in the convent of St. Faith high up in the Himalayan mountains. This is one of her few moments of relaxation before havoc breaks loose at...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 14, 2018

Wowee! Look at this monkey gal! She really knows how to bend. If you saw her move, you wouldn't easily forget her....but perhaps you did forget which film she appeared in. It's time to put your thinking cap on and try to remember which movie this screenshot is taken from....   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 5, 2018

"London, the biggest city in the world... and it's all yours" Three women are being released from Holloway Prison on the same morning. They come from vastly different backgrounds and each has plans for what they want to do on their first day of freedom, but they have all agreed...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 3, 2018

"You can't separate us! We love each other!" Lonely upper-class English schoolgirl Janette Grant ( Janette Scott ) falls in love with handsome Mike Pritchard ( Vernon Gray ), a poor mechanic from the local village. Janette's mother believes the courtship to be unsuitable and puts a stop to it...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 31, 2018

The Walt Disney Company today are pros when it comes to knowing how to promote their latest films but, back in the day, they had the marketing game pretty well in hand, too. In 1964, without the aid of the internet or a bombardment of television commercials, they promoted Mary...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 26, 2018

At some point in their career, most actresses feel the need to write an autobiography, but while there are many actresses who penned one of these personal books of praise, there are very few who put a quill in hand to write something more than an autobiography - to write...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 21, 2018

Tomorrow night, beginning at 8pm EST, Silverbanks Pictures will be hosting its third annual Hollywood Auction on eBay. For those of you who are not regular readers of Silver Scenes, Silverbanks Pictures is my sister and my home-based business, specializing in classic movie photos and other memorabil   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 18, 2018

Get a look at this pretty gentleman! He seems to be in shock wearing such a frock. If you look beneath the soot on his face you'll recognize this actor, who appeared in many, many, many movies...this film being a bit later in his career. As always, if you are...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 15, 2018

The Private Eyes ( 1980 ) 14k Scotland Yard detectives, Inspector Winship and Dr. Tart, are hired to investigate the death of Lord and Lady Morley at their English mansion. One by one all of their suspects die off, leaving Winship and Tart to face the real killer. Don Knotts,...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 9, 2018

What wild beast could be lurking in the African bush? George Montgomery ( the "Great White Hunter" ) is on a safari with Taina Elg and David Farrar and a bevy of native carriers when they encounter a dangerous animal in MGM's Watusi ( 1959 ). This film gave the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on July 4, 2018

George Stevens and Frank Capra were two directors who really knew how to capture onscreen the essence of what being an American is all about. They made films about the love of one's hometown, one's family, about freedom and about helping one's neighbor. But when it comes to making films...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 30, 2018

After the Hollywood Home Tour bus broke down last season due to mechanical errors, the tour was canceled until further notice, but I'm happy to report it has been repaired and is ready to set off once again. Our bus driver, Al, will tell you more about where the Greyhound...   read more