Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 17, 2021

His close friends call him "Chuck". But to filmgoers all over the world he is known as Charlton Heston, a six-foot two-inch giant of a man and the star of such mighty epics as The Greatest Show on Earth, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, and El-Cid. Heston was recently asked why...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on August 29, 2020

Forever Ben. When many people think of Charlton Heston’s film career, they think of his biblical epics, like Ben Hur or The Ten Commandments or El Cid. But Heston produced a body of work that encompassed a wide range of roles in a variety of films, from noir to westerns,...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on April 22, 2020

Dark City, 1950 opens with Charlton Heston leaving a store with a boxed gift in hand. The sign on the shop window reads "Remember her at Easter." Aha, we have another movie to add to our Easter/Passover Heston perennials, The Ten Commandments, 1956 and Ben-Hur, 1959. Danny Haley (Charlton Heston)...   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on January 27, 2019

Charlton Heston fires at a window. The Cafe staff recently conducted a poll on Twitter asking film fans to select their favorite adaptation of Richard Matheson’s sci fi-horror novel I Am Legend. To our surprise, the overwhelming choice was The Omega Man (1971), which starred Charlton Heston a   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on April 30, 2018

I find it hard to believe that in all the time that I’ve been writing this blog I’ve not written about one of my all-time favorite movies.Fortunately this 1968-fest gives me a chance to rectify that. I can’t remember how young I was when I first saw Planet of the...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on January 8, 2015

Share This!Three Violent People seems like an intriguing film at its surface- and the collateral promotional material supports this thinking. On viewing, however, you get the sense that it is really a ‘B’ picture with an ‘A’ cast. True, or no? By the standards of the day, the   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on January 8, 2015

Share This!Three Violent People seems like an intriguing film at its surface- and the collateral promotional material supports this thinking. On viewing, however, you get the sense that it is really a ‘B’ picture with an ‘A’ cast. True, or no? By the standards of the day, the   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on May 8, 2014

Compared to Jane Wyman's other "women's pictures" of the 1950s, Lucy Gallant is neither as good as All That Heaven Allows nor as bad as Magnificent Obsession. It also wasn't made by Douglas Sirk, though director Robert Parrish clearly intended to imitate Sirk's glossy melodramas. Wyman stars as t   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on May 7, 2014

On April 11th I attended the USPS/TCM Charlton Heston Stamp Dedication Ceremony. I thought it was going to be a small ceremony but much to my surprise it was an epic event! Held during the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival this ceremony was free and open to the public. It...   read more

Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on February 20, 2011

As one last thought before Judah (Charlton Heston) leaves, the Shiek reminds him, “There is no law in the arena. Many are killed. I hope to see you again.” Ben Hur, the 1959 MGM epic classic starring Charlton Heston, was the most expensive film ever made up to it’s time....   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on October 4, 2010

Charlton Heston, was a bigger than life actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is best known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, El Cid, and Judah Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on April 6, 2008

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Soylent Green Is People!!! We'll miss you Charlton.   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

On April 11th I attended the USPS/TCM Charlton Heston Stamp Dedication Ceremony. I thought it was going to be a small ceremony but much to my surprise it was an epic event! Held during the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival this ceremony was free and open to the public. It...   read more