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From the Archives : Ralph Forbes in Beau Ideal ( 1931 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 27, 2017
The handsome Ralph Forbes posing in desert regalia for a publicity photo from "Beau Ideal" ( 1931 ).
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, and others may still be available for pur read more
The Valley of Gwangi ( 1969 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 26, 2017
In the late 1960s, adventure and sci-fi films weren't all too popular in the theaters. The younger generation preferred films that portrayed gritty realism; films that dealt with problems they could relate to. The older generation were wondering what became of the musicals and noirs they loved and p read more
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 21, 2017
Pile up! Pile up! This fellow is heading right into a mob of bicyclists that aren't looking down at the road like they should be. If you are a fan of one of the actors in this film, you'll recognize this scene right away.... otherwise it might be impossibly difficult to remember just what film you s read more
Scaramouche ( 1952 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 15, 2017
"He was born with the gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad"
Raphael Sabatini's classic 1921 novel "Scaramouche" was made into three film adaptations over the years, including a 1956 television series, but hands down this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer version starring the engaging English act read more
Yellow Jack ( 1938 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 9, 2017
For hundreds of years people on the island of Cuba - and throughout other parts south of the equator - were dying of yellow fever, a disease that many doctors believed was unpreventable and, if not caught in time, incurable. What baffled these men of medicine the most was the fact that they were una read more
From the Archives : Old Yeller ( 1957 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 8, 2017
Dorothy McGuire is spending a little bonding time off the set of Old Yeller with her leading player, Spike, in this rare candid photo. Spike portrayed "Old Yeller" in the 1957 Walt Disney classic. He later moved on to television work, appearing as a regular in The Westerner and a few episodes of Las read more
Nugget Reviews - 23
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 2, 2017
Johannisnacht ( 1956 ) 14k
An opera singer divorces her husband shortly after an extended performing tour in America. Years later, she returns to Germany to see her daughter whom her husband hid away in a chalet in the valley. Willy Birgel, Hertha Feiler, Erik Schumann, Sonja Sutte read more
The Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 28, 2017
Back in 1958, Hugh O'Brian, the handsome star of the popular western television series Wyatt Earp received a cable from Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a renowned humanitarian who was currently working in a hospital he built on the banks of the Ogooue River in French Equatorial Africa. The message simply rea read more
Summer Magic ( 1963 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 24, 2017
Kate Douglas Wiggin's popular 1911 novel "Mother Carey's Chickens" was an ideal bit of literary property for Walt Disney Studios. It featured genteel characters, old-fashioned humor, a sweet story line, and a healthy dose of gaps in the plot ideal for musical intervals.
The story centered around a read more
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 23, 2017
"Mangiare, Mangiare!" This family is getting ready to sit down for a hearty supper and if you look closely you may recognize Mama and Papa. They both made many great films!
As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click he read more
Bill Bixby and Fatherhood
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 17, 2017
"Reach out for your child. Reach out and touch him, because I didn't and my father didn't. I couldn't even talk to my parents. Maybe that's why this show ( The Courtship of Eddie's Father ) is so important to me. It probably represents a lot of things I didn't have."
Actor Bill Bixby spoke th read more
From the Archives : Bon Voyage! ( 1962 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 13, 2017
Deborah Walley bids farewell to Michael Callan in this charming scene from Walt Disney's Bon Voyage! ( 1962 ). One year later Walley would team up with Callan's look-a-like, James Stacey, in Disney's Summer Magic.
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from read more
Listen, Darling ( 1938 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 9, 2017
For many years Freddie Bartholomew was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's biggest box-office drawing child actors but, like most child stars, he found his popularity waning as he grew into adolescence. In 1938, he was no longer a wide-eyed little aristocratic tyke, but had matured into a handsome - if a t read more
Fred Astaire and his Long Lost Hair
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 6, 2017
A bald Fred in 1944
Fred Astaire has always been more famous for his fancy feet than for his hair, but if one was to take a closer examination of his hair style one would notice that it was quite unique. So unique that even as a Rankin/Bass puppet ( in The Easter Bunny is Coming to Town ) he was re read more
Tim Considine - A Disney Legend
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 3, 2017
Tim Considine was one of Disney’s most popular television actors and was in fact one of the very first of TV’s teen idols in 1955.
Born Dec. 31, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, Tim grew up not very much unlike his first screen roles – the restless son from a wealthy family. His read more
From the Archives : Dolores Hart and Carl Boehm
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 27, 2017
Carl Boehm and Dolores Hart take a break from filming Come Fly With Me ( 1963 ) to have some lovely publicity photos taken....one of which is this shot. They are posing in front of a beautiful schloss in Vienna, Austria.
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos fr read more
Sir Roger Moore - An Endearing Bond
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 23, 2017
Today we witnessed the passing of Sir Roger Moore, at the ripe age of 89 years. As the media notes, this marks the first death of a Bond actor.....but, for me, Roger Moore was so much more than 007. He was one of the most manly and charismatic personalities since Errol Flynn leaped onto the big scre read more
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 21, 2017
There's nothing quite so memorable as an evening of dinner and dancing...especially in such a beautiful location as this. A few of these characters remembered this evening well, but how sharp are your memory skills? Does this scene look familiar? If it does, tell us the title of the film you think i read more
A Majority of One ( 1961 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 17, 2017
“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one”
Leonard Spigelgass’ poignant story of racial prejudice, A Majority of One, focuses on emphasizing the truth of the above quotation as well as teaching a gentle and humorous lesson on the folly of judging o read more
Five Stars Blogathon - National Classic Movie Day
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on May 16, 2017
In celebration of National Classic Movie Day, The Classic Film and TV Cafe is hosting the Five Stars Blogathon, an event that lets bloggers share their top five favorite actors and actresses.....undoubtedly a tough decision for any avid film fan to make, but I'm giving it the old college try. & read more