Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 31, 2023

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios always had a flair for making period films, especially those with a Victorian setting.....and they made quite a number of them, too. Being quite a savvy production company, they also discovered that a good script is worth repeating. Hence, many of the Victorian-era thrill   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 26, 2023

Each year along with the approach of Halloween comes the bombardment of Hammer Horror films on television. Blood, gore, and buxom babes are splattered onscreen in brilliant Eastmancolor, while sanguinary counts and grimly ghoulish characters lurk stealthily in dark corners of seedy districts intent   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 23, 2023

Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic The Birds is back in theaters for one day (this evening, October 23rd) to honor its 60th anniversary. Check out Fanthom event's website to see if it is showing in a theater near you.   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 21, 2023

That bewitching holiday is approaching, so we are getting in on the spooky spirit of the season! This month's Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game is a deluxe Boo-nanza Edition with not one, not two, but three eerie screenshots from mystery/horror films of the golden age. We'll give you one...   read more

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

Treguna Mekoides and Trecorum Satis Dee...."I don’t want locomotionary substitution or remote in transitory convolution, only one precise solution is the key…. substitutionary locomotion it must me!"Yes, Eglantine Price was searching, not for locomotionary substitution, nor for remote in   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 11, 2023

On September 13, 1959, an entertaining new television series called "Riverboat" set sail on the small screen, taking viewers on a journey into the American frontier of the mid to late 1840s. This one-hour show, produced by Revue/Universal, aired on NBC on Sunday nights.Week after week, little kiddie   read more

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

Watch out!! Don't touch that cobweb! Props like that don't grow on trees. The spiders at William Castle Productions were working overtime to produce all of the webs seen throughout the Pritchard house in House on Haunted Hill and Carolyn Craig stepped through quite a few of them during her...   read more

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

All those Godzilla films look alike to me so I would like some help to a puzzle that has been stumping me. A year or two ago, my dad and I caught the beginning of an episode of Svengoolie (the MeTV horror TV program) and there was a Godzilla film...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on October 3, 2023

Every few months, the film and television show selections that streaming services offer change. The shows you have been watching on Tubi may suddenly disappear and are now available on Pluto or Peacock, or they have been replaced with five other shows and 15 new titles that you cannot possibly...   read more

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

Did you order a beer? No? Well, you're about to get one...and this one is heading right for your lap! It's a busy bar scene so get your mind busy (or boozy) and see if you can remember what film this screenshot is from. As always, if you are not...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 22, 2023

It's quiz time! And since we just hosted The 100 Years of Disney Blogathon, this quiz will be all about Disney.....with a special focus on the "classic" years (pre-1990). So dust off your thinking caps and give yourself a little test to see how well you know your Disney films....   read more

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

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney Studios and we are joining in on the celebration by hosting the 100 Years of Disney Blogathon! There is a fantastic selection of posts from classic film bloggers across the web covering everything from Disney's humble beginnings to his television   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 14, 2023

When my sister and I decided to write a post about our 7 Favorite Disney TV movies, I didn't realize just how many television films Walt Disney Studios had made....or how many I enjoy! A good sign of a "favorite" is how often you watch the movie so, using that...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 13, 2023

This year, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our blog Silver Scenes. Looking back on all of the posts my sister Diana and I (Constance) have made over the years, we discovered that Walt Disney films were a common theme....in fact, we reviewed quite a large number of Disney...   read more

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

Walt Disney Studios produced a number of live-action feature films in the 1970s, most of which were comedies. One of the less memorable of these comedies was The Cat from Outer Space, released in 1978.Ken Barry, in his pre-Mama's Family days, stars as Frank Wilson, a young scientist who is...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on September 2, 2023

Usually, for our Film Albums series, we feature a single album relating to movies in some way or another, but this time around we have a bunch of albums all featuring the music of The Happiest Millionaire (1967), a delightful - although rather long - musical from Walt Disney Studios....   read more

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

It's not old Gus in this screenshot, it's old Pete...and he is unloading the daily mail. But where is he taking it to and what film is this anyway? As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize,...   read more

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

"A fortune in treasure....waiting to be discovered!"Walt Disney Studios made a number of television movies in the 1960s and 1970s to air on their television series The Wonderful World of Disney...most of which have been forgotten now except among Disney fans. Secrets of the Pirate's Inn is one such   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 13, 2023

Today we have a real treat to share! A few months ago I stumbled upon a great website called Mockingbird Lane where a cinema-loving woman named Marina Coates shares her love of architecture and design....especially set designs found in films and television series. Two great features of the site are   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on August 13, 2023

Dean Jones is sharing a cup of beer with his pal Aspercel after a successful competition at the International Horse Show in Washington D.C. in this still photo from Walt Disney's The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit ( 1967 ).From the Archives is our latest series of posts where...   read more