Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on February 9, 2024

After ten years of writing posts for Silver Scenes, I have finally decided to publish a book! It is called "Classic Films - Famous and Forgotten Films" (Volume 1). This has long been a pet project that I kept putting off working on but now the gears are in motion...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on February 6, 2024

An ancient Egyptian mummy is stolen from The British Museum and young Jeff (Graham Fletcher) witnesses the criminals carrying the mummy case to their hiding place at the railyards. He wants to go to the police but is afraid to since it would mean confessing that he trespassed on railway...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 27, 2024

These days, you rarely come across an album that includes a selection of popular television themes, especially not one performed by an orchestra! But albums like this were quite common in the 1960s and 1970s, and one rare gem is "T.V. Themes" by the 101 Strings Orchestra, released by Alshire...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 24, 2024

This is not a family film. This is not a movie you would see on a date-night or enjoy with friends. This is a movie you would most likely watch by yourself when you are in the mood for a docudrama ...or if you just happened to catch it late...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 20, 2024

British Pathe released a number of entertaining short pieces on arts and crafts and some of the best featured talented model-makers. One of these was Harold Gough, a 16-year-old (in 1941) whose hobby was building mansions made of matchsticks. The rainy season in England must indeed be long! Never mi   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 19, 2024

This month's Impossibly Difficult screenshot is quite colorful! And there are a few clues in this shot that might help you guess which film it is from. (Yes, sometimes we can be kind... )As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 13, 2024

This month, the Tubi streaming app has posted a number of really good films. There is a focus on musicals and comedies of the 1940s as well as a great selection of Bette Davis classics including Jezebel and Mr. Skeffington. We've perused their offerings and picked out some of the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 12, 2024

TCM has announced the line-up for their Big Screen Classic series for 2024 and there is quite a nice selection of films that are well-worth seeing on the big screen. First off, the series is no longer called "TCM's Big Screen Classics" but is now going by the name "Fathom's...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on January 5, 2024

Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker co-star as warring half-brothers in the western drama Vengeance Valley (1951). In this scene, one can clearly see who the "baddie" is by his dark-colored shirt! From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collec   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 29, 2023

A wintry street in a bygone era. We are fast approaching the end of another year so we thought we would share an easy screenshot for this month's contest..... but for those who haven't seen the film it may pose a little challenging. ;-)As always, if you are not familiar...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 25, 2023

Back in 1962, the popular singer Andy Williams, released a special Christmas edition of his usual weekly series The Andy Williams Show. It was an hour-long production filled with wonderful Christmas songs and visits from Bette Davis, the New Christy Minstrels, Debbie Reynolds, and the Osbond brother   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 19, 2023

We're hosting the 100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon this weekend and to celebrate this special occasion we have gathered together some behind-the-scenes photos from Warner Bros. rich history. The studio had great success shortly after it launched in 1923 and really hit its stride in the 1940s.   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 15, 2023

Kick up your heels and sound the music, the 100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon has begun!Warner Brothers Pictures, founded in 1923, is one of the oldest film studios in Hollywood and one of the finest. They have been celebrating their 100th anniversary all-year long and Silver Scenes is doing...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 10, 2023

We are quickly heading into the Christmas holiday season and that's always a good time to pull out the classic holiday film favorites to watch. Some of the old-time favorites (Little Women, A Christmas Carol) are not available for free viewing on any streaming service but there are a handful...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on December 7, 2023

Bette Davis and Errol Flynn are looking darling together in this publicity photo from The Sisters (1938), one of three films they made together at Warner Brothers studios where each was the reigning star for many years. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 30, 2023

"The game is afoot!" It is the summer of 1887 and Sherlock Holmes is lamenting the lack of any decent crime that might stimulate his brilliant mind. "There are no great crimes anymore, Watson! The criminal class has lost all enterprise and originality." In his morning mail, he receives a...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 25, 2023

Bandleader Lawrence Welk was always keeping in musical step with the current generation and he loved to play music from the latest films on his weekly television show The Lawrence Welk Show. Many of these tunes appeared on the 1962 album "Lawrence Welk's Baby Elephant Walk". It may not be...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 19, 2023

One hundred years ago, in 1923, Warner Brothers Pictures was founded by the four Warner Brothers: Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack. They started in the silent picture business but, by the 1930s, WB Studios became one of the giants of the industry. Silver Scenes is celebrating the legacy of this...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 15, 2023

Here's an interesting-looking group of people... and they seem to be staring at something. If you have seen the film that this screenshot came from you may remember what it is. It's not a bird, or a plane, or even Superman but something much more commonplace. As always, if you...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 10, 2023

The Classic Movie Blog Association is hosting the Blogathon and the Beast blog event this week. This theme gives us bloggers a chance to write about a film character who has a beast within themselves. All of us have a sleeping beast within who, hopefully, never awakens in our lifetime....   read more