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Nugget Reviews - 24

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 10, 2017

Alas, there be no golden nuggets among this batch of films, but some of these movies are mighty entertaining nonetheless.  Can't Help Singing ( 1944 )  14k  A senator's daughter joins a wagon train en route to California in the hopes of meeting up with the lieutenant she w read more

From the Archives : Pillow Talk ( 1959 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 7, 2017

Doris Day offers Tony Randall some candy during a break in between filming scenes from Pillow Talk ( 1959 ) in this "candid" publicity photo. This was the first of three films Day and Randall would make together. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Si read more

Olivia Hussey in Japan

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 3, 2017

In 1968, the adorable English-Argentinian born actress Olivia Hussey was chosen from among 500 actresses to play Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet after Zeffirelli had spotted her in a theater production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" two years earlier. This role launched read more

In This House of Brede ( 1975 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 29, 2017

"There is only one special friend here in this house for any of us. 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy mind'. This is the first and greatest commandment." In 1975, Diana Rigg starred in the two-hour GE Theater production In This House of Brede read more

Das Schweigen im Walde ( 1955 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 26, 2017

When my sister and I first started watching some of the German/Austrian "Heimatfilms" we were unfamiliar with any of the main or supporting actors that starred in these films, but the more of them we watched the more familiar the faces became and now there are always one or two recognizable characte read more

From the Archives : A Canterville Ghost ( 1944 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 24, 2017

Little Lady Jessica ( Margaret O'Brien ) is whispering secret words to her pal Sir Simon of Canterville ( Charles Laughton ) the ghost of Canterville Castle in this scene from The Canterville Ghost, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's charming 1944 adaptation of the Oscar Wilde classic.  From the read more

The Small Back Room ( 1949 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 22, 2017

Bomb expert and research scientist Sammy Rice ( David Farrar ) is recruited by Army captain Dick Stuart ( Michael Gough ) during the height of World War II to investigate a dangerous new bomb that the German's are scattering throughout Britain's beaches. Sammy struggles with alcoholis read more

The Doombolt Chase ( 1978 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 17, 2017

HTV, an independent British production company, released a number of memorable children's television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s....one of which was The Doombolt Chase, a six-part adventure serial that aired in March 1978. Don Houghton, a writer who contributed to several Doctor Who read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 16, 2017

Oh, now doesn't this scene look familiar! You may not know the name of this actress, but you know the film. Look at all that sheet music....and yet, she doesn't even look at it when she plays. As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the p read more

Joan Fontaine - A Rising Star

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 11, 2017

JOAN FONTAINE comes close to her famous one-picture-to-stardom Rebecca role in her currently releasing Suspicion with Cary Grant. And so, the great question of whether Miss Fontaine - or Mrs. Brian Aherne, if you prefer - was a flash in the pan is definitely settled. She's not.  She is an read more

Fabric Pictures by Eugenie Alexander - British Pathé ( 1958 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 9, 2017

Our latest entry in the British Pathé series spotlights a 1958 newsreel about an artist who worked with an unusual medium - fabric. Her name is Eugenie Alexander and her artwork was famous enough to warrant the publication of a book "Fabric Art" published just a year after this short 2-minute newsre read more

From the Archives : Miracle in the Rain ( 1956 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 6, 2017

Van Johnson and Jane Wyman tenderly embracing in a scene from Miracle in the Rain ( 1956 ), a touching World War II romance film. In this scene, Johnson's character was about to be called away overseas and he had a feeling it would be the last time he would see his sweetheart.  From the Archiv read more

Devilry and Magic in Miracles for Sale ( 1939 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 31, 2017

Mike Morgan ( Robert Young ) is a skeptic. He was a former magician who now makes his living selling his magic tricks to other New York City magicians. "Miracles for Sale" is his tagline, and creating illusions is his racket. So, when he comes across a real-life mystery he naturally attempts to pick read more

Quiet as a Nun ( 1978 ) - Armchair Thriller

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 25, 2017

Armchair Thriller, a short-lived British television horror series of the 1970s, featured a number of genuinely creepy serials guaranteed to cover your skin with goosebumps. One of their best was Quiet as a Nun, a six-part serial that aired between April 18th and April 27th, 1978. This episode center read more

British Pathé - Masks

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 21, 2017

There is such a wealth of visual material to be found online and delving into it on a daily basis is as refreshing as taking a swim in a cool pool. One of the most interesting fountains in the Youtube stream of entertainment is the British Pathé Collection, an archive of 85,000 clips dating fro read more

Der Schönste Tag Meines Lebens ( 1957 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 16, 2017

This is such a sweet film. Most of the Deutsche Heimatfilms are sweet as apple strudel, but Der Schönste Tag Meines Lebens is especially wholesome and delicious. It centers around a little orphan Hungarian boy named Toni, portrayed by that talented youngster Michael Ande ( The Trapp Family ). He bef read more

Shields and Yarnell - Living Toys

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 12, 2017

Is it possible to make a career of playing a mime? Robert Shields and Linda Yarnell proved that it is not only possible but quite a lucrative business.  Without a spoken word, Shields and Yarnell made a name for themselves displaying mime acts of "controlled insanity" in over 400 television ap read more

The Unidentified Flying Oddball ( 1979 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 8, 2017

The title says it all. This 1979 Walt Disney comedy is certainly an oddball. While the Disney films of the 1970s are generally considered sub-par to the films the studio outputted in the 1950s and 1960s, most of them were still very amusing. The Unidentified Flying Oddball ( UFO ) simply f read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 5, 2017

A scientist examining a substance in a vile.....is he a mad scientist?? Possibly. Possibly not. If you know the film this screenshot is from you would know how sane this man is. As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click her read more

The High Commissioner ( 1968 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 3, 2017

Espionage films were all the rage in the mid-1960s, a fever that had been ignited by Ian Fleming's James Bond spy series. George Segal investigated neo-Nazis in The Quiller Memorandum ( 1966 ), Michael Caine had starred in the Harry Carter films ( Funeral in Berlin, The Ipcress File ), Rock Hudson w read more
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