Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 24, 2017

Every Christmas season for the past ten years, ABC has been airing The Sound of Music ( 1965 ), which has sparked a new holiday-viewing tradition for many. Well, nine years before Julie Andrews portrayed the real-life nun-turned-governess Maria von Trapp in the famous musical, Ruth Leuwerik took on   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 17, 2017

Some character actors have such larger-than-life personalities that they literally seem to step out of the screen and walk among you. To me, Connie Gilchrist has always been that type of an actress. She is instantly recognizable and, even for the briefest uncredited appearance, she would give it her   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 15, 2017

Once Upon a Screen, Outspoken and Freckled, and Paula's Cinema Club have once again teamed up to host the fabulous What a Character! Blogathon giving us film fans a chance to gush about those unsung heroes of the silver screen - character actors. What would classics such as Gone with...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 14, 2017

TCM and Fanthom have teamed up for another year-long celebration of classic film with their Big Screen Classics which will be screened in theaters across the nation. This year, they have a few particularly juicy titles mixed in with some questionable "classics" in their line-up of films : January:   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 10, 2017

Alas, there be no golden nuggets among this batch of films, but some of these movies are mighty entertaining nonetheless. Can't Help Singing ( 1944 ) 14k A senator's daughter joins a wagon train en route to California in the hopes of meeting up with the lieutenant she wants to...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 7, 2017

Doris Day offers Tony Randall some candy during a break in between filming scenes from Pillow Talk ( 1959 ) in this "candid" publicity photo. This was the first of three films Day and Randall would make together. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 3, 2017

In 1968, the adorable English-Argentinian born actress Olivia Hussey was chosen from among 500 actresses to play Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet after Zeffirelli had spotted her in a theater production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" two years earlier. This role launched her into i   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 29, 2017

"There is only one special friend here in this house for any of us. 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind'. This is the first and greatest commandment." In 1975, Diana Rigg starred in the two-hour GE...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 26, 2017

When my sister and I first started watching some of the German/Austrian "Heimatfilms" we were unfamiliar with any of the main or supporting actors that starred in these films, but the more of them we watched the more familiar the faces became and now there are always one or two...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 24, 2017

Little Lady Jessica ( Margaret O'Brien ) is whispering secret words to her pal Sir Simon of Canterville ( Charles Laughton ) the ghost of Canterville Castle in this scene from The Canterville Ghost, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's charming 1944 adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic. From the Archives is our   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 22, 2017

Bomb expert and research scientist Sammy Rice ( David Farrar ) is recruited by Army captain Dick Stuart ( Michael Gough ) during the height of World War II to investigate a dangerous new bomb that the German's are scattering throughout Britain's beaches. Sammy struggles with alcoholism and a sense...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 17, 2017

HTV, an independent British production company, released a number of memorable children's television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s....one of which was The Doombolt Chase, a six-part adventure serial that aired in March 1978. Don Houghton, a writer who contributed to several Doctor Who and S   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 16, 2017

Oh, now doesn't this scene look familiar! You may not know the name of this actress, but you know the film. Look at all that sheet music....and yet, she doesn't even look at it when she plays. As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 11, 2017

JOAN FONTAINE comes close to her famous one-picture-to-stardom Rebecca role in her currently releasing Suspicion with Cary Grant. And so, the great question of whether Miss Fontaine - or Mrs. Brian Aherne, if you prefer - was a flash in the pan is definitely settled. She's not. She is an...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 9, 2017

Our latest entry in the British Pathé series spotlights a 1958 newsreel about an artist who worked with an unusual medium - fabric. Her name is Eugenie Alexander and her artwork was famous enough to warrant the publication of a book "Fabric Art" published just a year after this short...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 6, 2017

Van Johnson and Jane Wyman tenderly embracing in a scene from Miracle in the Rain ( 1956 ), a touching World War II romance film. In this scene, Johnson's character was about to be called away overseas and he had a feeling it would be the last time he would...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 31, 2017

Mike Morgan ( Robert Young ) is a skeptic. He was a former magician who now makes his living selling his magic tricks to other New York City magicians. "Miracles for Sale" is his tagline, and creating illusions is his racket. So, when he comes across a real-life mystery he...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 25, 2017

Armchair Thriller, a short-lived British television horror series of the 1970s, featured a number of genuinely creepy serials guaranteed to cover your skin with goosebumps. One of their best was Quiet as a Nun, a six-part serial that aired between April 18th and April 27th, 1978. This episode center   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 21, 2017

There is such a wealth of visual material to be found online and delving into it on a daily basis is as refreshing as taking a swim in a cool pool. One of the most interesting fountains in the Youtube stream of entertainment is the British Pathé Collection, an archive...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 16, 2017

This is such a sweet film. Most of the Deutsche Heimatfilms are sweet as apple strudel, but Der Schönste Tag Meines Lebens is especially wholesome and delicious. It centers around a little orphan Hungarian boy named Toni, portrayed by that talented youngster Michael Ande ( The Trapp Family ). He...   read more