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

Margaret Perry is hosting The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon for the second year in a row and for our participation in the event we chose to write about one of Hepburn's greatest and most overlooked films - Alice Adams ( 1935 ). Katharine Hepburn had made a successful start of...   read more

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

Margaret Perry is hosting The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon for the second year in a row and for our participation in the event we chose to write about one of Hepburn's greatest and most overlooked films - Alice Adams ( 1935 ). Katharine Hepburn had made a successful start of...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 11, 2015

Yes, they certainly knew what they wanted, and if you can't tell what they wanted from this picture then you'll just have to see They Knew What They Wanted ( 1940 ) to find out what they wanted, for we certainly don't know what they wanted. However, we would want...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 11, 2015

Yes, they certainly knew what they wanted, and if you can't tell what they wanted from this picture then you'll just have to see They Knew What They Wanted ( 1940 ) to find out what they wanted, for we certainly don't know what they wanted. However, we would want...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 11, 2015

Yes, they certainly knew what they wanted, and if you can't tell what they wanted from this picture then you'll just have to see They Knew What They Wanted ( 1940 ) to find out what they wanted, for we certainly don't know what they wanted. However, we would want...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 11, 2015

Yes, they certainly knew what they wanted, and if you can't tell what they wanted from this picture then you'll just have to see They Knew What They Wanted ( 1940 ) to find out what they wanted, for we certainly don't know what they wanted. However, we would want...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 4, 2015

"You will come back!" In Ireland in 1953, while on a financially-enforced recess from filming Othello, Orson Welles portrayed himself in a short, but effective, little ghost story entitled Return to Glennascaul. This two-reeler was inspired by the haunted land of Ireland itself, "haunted I say, bec   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 4, 2015

"You will come back!" In Ireland in 1953, while on a financially-enforced recess from filming Othello, Orson Welles portrayed himself in a short, but effective, little ghost story entitled Return to Glennascaul. This two-reeler was inspired by the haunted land of Ireland itself, "haunted I say, bec   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 4, 2015

"You will come back!" In Ireland in 1953, while on a financially-enforced recess from filming Othello, Orson Welles portrayed himself in a short, but effective, little ghost story entitled Return to Glennascaul. This two-reeler was inspired by the haunted land of Ireland itself, "haunted I say, bec   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 4, 2015

"You will come back!" In Ireland in 1953, while on a financially-enforced recess from filming Othello, Orson Welles portrayed himself in a short, but effective, little ghost story entitled Return to Glennascaul. This two-reeler was inspired by the haunted land of Ireland itself, "haunted I say, bec   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 28, 2015

"I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men and strike a blow for Richard and England!" Never has there been a more joyous swashbuckler filmed than Warner Brothers' The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ). The centuries old legend of the bold outlaw...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 28, 2015

"I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men and strike a blow for Richard and England!" Never has there been a more joyous swashbuckler filmed than Warner Brothers' The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ). The centuries old legend of the bold outlaw...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 28, 2015

"I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men and strike a blow for Richard and England!" Never has there been a more joyous swashbuckler filmed than Warner Brothers' The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ). The centuries old legend of the bold outlaw...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 28, 2015

"I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men and strike a blow for Richard and England!" Never has there been a more joyous swashbuckler filmed than Warner Brothers' The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ). The centuries old legend of the bold outlaw...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 24, 2015

Less than ten years ago non-cable-television subscribers had very little chance of catching any classic TV programs over the airwaves via analog signals, let alone seeing any pre-1975 films on television. For classic TV coach potatoes, the cancellation of analog broadcasting in 2009 and the arrival   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 24, 2015

Less than ten years ago non-cable-television subscribers had very little chance of catching any classic TV programs over the airwaves via analog signals, let alone seeing any pre-1975 films on television. For classic TV couch potatoes, the cancellation of analog broadcasting in 2009 and the arrival   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 24, 2015

Less than ten years ago non-cable-television subscribers had very little chance of catching any classic TV programs over the airwaves via analog signals, let alone seeing any pre-1975 films on television. For classic TV couch potatoes, the cancellation of analog broadcasting in 2009 and the arrival   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 24, 2015

Less than ten years ago non-cable-television subscribers had very little chance of catching any classic TV programs over the airwaves via analog signals, let alone seeing any pre-1975 films on television. For classic TV couch potatoes, the cancellation of analog broadcasting in 2009 and the arrival   read more

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

The devil in disguise. That is the only phrase that can be used to describe George Brougham, portrayed with admirable ferociousness by Kirk Douglas in John Huston's overlooked dark thriller The List of Adrian Messenger ( 1963 ). He is the most vile of villains for he has no conscience...   read more

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

The devil in disguise. That is the only phrase that can be used to describe George Brougham, portrayed with admirable ferociousness by Kirk Douglas in John Huston's overlooked dark thriller The List of Adrian Messenger ( 1963 ). He is the most vile of villains for he has no conscience...   read more