Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 21, 2016

Hollywood in the early 1930s was a bustling vibrant work environment filled with aspiring screenwriters and directors, ambitious young actors, and seasoned professionals from various fields, all riding on a glorious wave of excitement over the fame and fortune to be found within the land of make-bel   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 17, 2016

Speakeasy and Silver Screenings are hosting the What I Learned from the Movies blogathon, a grand event that gives us film fans a chance to gush about why movies are more to us than simple escapist fare. For my sister and me, classic films have taught us so much that,...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 14, 2016

He puffed meditatively at his briar pipe. C. Aubrey Smith, like most Britishers, smokes a briar. He has his own pet mixture, compounded after the English trick to blending tobacco that Hollywood has never quite mastered. To hear him lecture on it is like reading a chapter of “My Lady...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 11, 2016

Effervescent silent screen actress Colleen Moore, star of Flaming Youth ( 1923 ) and The Perfect Flapper ( 1924 ), had a lifelong love for dollhouses and miniatures which led her to create the "Fairy Castle". Based on a design by her father and painstakingly built by more than one...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 10, 2016

In this original CBS press photo from the Los Angeles Examiner archives, Sir Cedric Hardwicke is pictured with Joan Tetzel in a scene from an episode of Climax! entitled "Strange Death at Burnleigh" ( 1957 ). The caption reads : "Sir Cedric Hardwicke portrays Dr. Martin Crandall, who is accused...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 6, 2016

Abracadabra, ala kazam! Look into my crystal ball....watch closely as beloved films of the golden age suddenly change before your very eyes, and sparkling new imaginary films rise before you. Poof!! With a wave of Madame Lasagna's hand and a generous sprinkling of pixie dust tossed into your face y   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 30, 2016

Marc Davis was a veteran animator and storyteller whose career at the Walt Disney Studios spanned over 45 years. He is probably one of the most famous of the "Imagineers" at the studio and justly so, because he contributed greatly to Disney’s animation classics as well as to many of...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 23, 2016

In January 1977, the BBC aired the first episode of an engrossing seven-part children's miniseries entitled Children of the Stones. This program, destined to become one of the most highly regarded British television series ever made, gave its audience gigantic goose-pimples, and inspired decade-last   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 22, 2016

Whoa! That first seat is a doozy. This man evidently did not enjoy having his bottom hit bottom. But audiences enjoyed seeing him go down......now the question is, who is he, and what film is this from? As usual, if you saw the movie you'll know the scene, otherwise....good luck...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 20, 2016

This featured photo from the archives depicts that real-life cowboy Joel McCrea with his wife Frances Dee bedecked in rancher's apparel. McCrea and Dee were both box-office drawing actors when they met on the set of The Silver Cord ( 1933 ). The McCreas owned a 3,000 acre spread in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 17, 2016

"Mrs. Kendell had a knife??" Why was Mrs. Kendell walking around with a knife? Mrs. Kendell herself certainly could not say. Indeed, the poor woman did not even realize that during one of her recent blackout spells a body had been discovered stabbed to death. This is just one of...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 15, 2016

" The person in question is just the last person anyone would suspect. And so long as no one suspects you...murder is easy " Who would dream that an English respite could lead to danger and romance? That is exactly what happened for Luke Williams in the television adaption of...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 13, 2016

The British Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as the BBC, is one of the oldest television stations in the world and, since their beginning in the 1930s, they have created some of the best television programs ever made. What most Americans don't realize is there is not one BBC station...not t   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 9, 2016

A few weeks ago, Quiggy, of The Midnite Drive-In, kindly nominated Silver Scenes for a Liebster Award. For those not familiar with the Liebsters, they are awards given in the form of a chain letter. One blogger nominates 5-11 other bloggers for the award who, in turn, nominate 5-11 more....   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 7, 2016

The Story of Ace Eli...when planes were young and the world was innocent....except for Ace's son Rodger. Eli ( Cliff Robertson ) was a WWI flying ace who now flies around the countryside as a barnstormer. After his wife passes away, Eli takes his young son Rodger ( Eric Shea...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 3, 2016

Stanley Holloway is looking chipper in this candid press photo because he has the lead in his very own series Higgins. It was obviously a chance for ABC to have their own successful "domestic" themed sitcom, just like NBC was having with Hazel. In the background of the photo you...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 31, 2016

"Boldly going where no coward has gone before!" Buck Fleming's boy is an astronaut. He's the pride of his father, mother, sweetheart, and the entire town of Sweetwater, Missouri. "A credit to his town, to the nation, and now the entire universe," they proclaim. What Buck ( Arthur O'Connell )...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 27, 2016

In a recurring feature of Photoplay magazine, "We Cover the Studios," columnist James Reid meanders around the various studio lots seeing what film productions are in progress and keeping his ears and eyes open to anything that may be of interest to the readers of his column. In this March...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 25, 2016

Colossus of New York ( 1958 ) Elct. A little boy sends his dad, a scientific genius, to his death ad then the grandfather preserves his son's brain for humanity's sake, later putting it in the head of a 10 foot tall robot. John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Otto Kruger, Charles...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 20, 2016

"Mike, let me tell you something. The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it. The way the sun goes down when you're tired, comes up when you want to be on the move. That's real magic. The way a leaf grows. The song of...   read more