Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 22, 2015

If you are not an unabashed Allyn Joslyn fan then the first thing you will be thinking as you look to the right at this profile would be "Oh yes, that guy. He always plays unscrupulous fellows or pompous bores." And d'you know what? It's true, he often did...so if...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 21, 2015

The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger have developed a cult following in recent decades due to the increased exposure of their work through revival showings and the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray releases. Powell and Pressburger societies,fan clubs, tribute blogs and other websites devoted t   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 21, 2015

The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger have developed a cult following in recent decades due to the increased exposure of their work through revival showings and the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray releases. Powell and Pressburger societies,fan clubs, tribute blogs and other websites devoted t   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 21, 2015

The films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger have developed a cult following in recent decades due to the increased exposure of their work through revival showings and the Criterion DVD and Blu-ray releases. Powell and Pressburger societies,fan clubs, tribute blogs and other websites devoted t   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 20, 2015

A lone astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth. In the not too distant future, a two-manned spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Probe 1, nearly avoids a collision with an asteroid on its route to the red planet. The ship cannot hold altitude after altering its trajectory so the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 20, 2015

A lone astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth. In the not too distant future, a two-manned spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Probe 1, nearly avoids a collision with an asteroid on its route to the red planet. The ship cannot hold altitude after altering its trajectory so the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 20, 2015

A lone astronaut pitted against all the odds beyond this earth. In the not too distant future, a two-manned spacecraft, the Mars Gravity Probe 1, nearly avoids a collision with an asteroid on its route to the red planet. The ship cannot hold altitude after altering its trajectory so the...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 14, 2015

"You would come. I didn't want to show it to you, but, oh, no, no, you just had to see it!" Mr. Coombes, who uttered these words in the beloved 1947 classic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, was just one of many characters portrayed by English actor Robert Coote. Like...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 14, 2015

"You would come. I didn't want to show it to you, but, oh, no, no, you just had to see it!" Mr. Coombes, who uttered these words in the beloved 1947 classic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, was just one of many characters portrayed by English actor Robert Coote. Like...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 14, 2015

"You would come. I didn't want to show it to you, but, oh, no, no, you just had to see it!" Mr. Coombes, who uttered these words in the beloved 1947 classic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, was just one of many characters portrayed by English actor Robert Coote. Like...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 12, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock had just wrapped production on Rear Window when he plunged into his next film To Catch a Thief. This picture would unite Cary Grant, whom he coaxed away from retirement, and his favorite leading lady, Grace Kelly. Hitchcock had purchased the rights to David Dodge's Cannes caper in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 12, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock had just wrapped production on Rear Window when he plunged into his next film To Catch a Thief. This picture would unite Cary Grant, whom he coaxed away from retirement, and his favorite leading lady, Grace Kelly. Hitchcock had purchased the rights to David Dodge's Cannes caper in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 12, 2015

Alfred Hitchcock had just wrapped production on Rear Window when he plunged into his next film To Catch a Thief. This picture would unite Cary Grant, whom he coaxed away from retirement, and his favorite leading lady, Grace Kelly. Hitchcock had purchased the rights to David Dodge's Cannes caper in...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 9, 2015

Movies Silently is hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive film adaptation of Anthony Hope's novel of the same na   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 9, 2015

Movies Silently is currently hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. This post is our contribution to the event. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 9, 2015

Movies Silently is currently hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. This post is our contribution to the event. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 7, 2015

After the immense critical and box-office success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney Studios was bombarded with requests from his fans to show how these cartoons were created. The brass at RKO Pictures were also keen to see how the cartoons that they were distributing...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 7, 2015

After the immense critical and box-office success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney Studios was bombarded with requests from his fans to show how these cartoons were created. The brass at RKO Pictures were also keen to see how the cartoons that they were distributing...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 7, 2015

After the immense critical and box-office success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney Studios was bombarded with requests from his fans to show how these cartoons were created. The brass at RKO Pictures were also keen to see how the cartoons that they were distributing...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on November 6, 2015

This installment of The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game features one of the most beautiful screenshots we ever posted. For those who saw this film recently, it's fairly easy to recognize... ....but if you haven't seen the film in awhile, then it may be a challenge! As usual, if   read more