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From the Archives : Octopussy ( 1983 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 6, 2016
"It's all in the wrist."
Bond proves that Kamal Khan's luck with dice is more than mere wrist action in the action packed James Bond classic Octopussy.
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these read more
Agnes Moorehead - Truly One of the Best
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 2, 2016
Agnes Moorehead has long been one of the most beloved supporting actresses of the golden era, and so, to pay tribute to this wonderful talent, In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is hosting The Agnes Moorehead Blogathon running from December 4-6th.
Agnes was truly one of the best. read more
The Iron Maiden ( 1962 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 30, 2016
Meet The Iron Maiden....vital statistics 28ft - 8ft - 12ft, weight 16 tons....and he loved every inch of her!
This clever tag line from the poster of The Iron Maiden perfectly captures the true passions of British men. They love cheeky humor and a shapely bird, but when it comes to a finely c read more
George O'Brien - A Heroic Man
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 28, 2016
"Gorgeous George" and "The Torso" were just a few of the many nicknames of hunky actor George O'Brien throughout the 1920s and 1930s. And very fitting titles these were. Not only was George a charismatic actor, but he boasted one of the finest physiques in Hollywood. Clothing looked unnatural on him read more
Miracle on 34th Street ( 1955 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 24, 2016
My sister and I were planning on watching the perennial television airing of Miracle on 34th Street this morning but a quick look at the TV guide revealed to us that the film is no longer being aired on Thanksgiving morning....it looks like it hasn't been for over a decade ( I knew it was a while si read more
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 22, 2016
Ouch! This fellow just hit his head - HONK! - against the steering wheel. Doesn't he look familiar? You know this chap and you probably know the movie this scene is from. If you do, then let others know that you know and then we'll let you know if you won a prize.
Don't know what this game is read more
The Greatest Show on Earth ( 1952 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 19, 2016
For Cecil B. DeMille there was no such thing as a regular feature film...it always had to be a spectacle.
Circus films were a dime a dozen in the 1930s, but none of them really captured that thrill of seeing a circus in person. A circus was meant to be a spectacle, and the circus itself had t read more
John Huston's Moby Dick ( 1956 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 16, 2016
"At sea one day you'll smell land where there'll be no land, and on that day Ahab will go to his grave, but he'll rise again within the hour. He will rise and beckon. Then all - all save one - shall follow. "
Ishmael ( Richard Basehart ), a young sailor, hears these prophetic words from a stranger read more
The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon Has Arrived!
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 11, 2016
Step into our tent and gaze into the crystal ball.....what you see before you will be the past that has never been. Fantastic film plots gathered from imagineers across America will magically take form in the eyes of your mind as you read their reviews of amazing movies that were never made. read more
Happy Harmonies 1936 Cartoon - To Spring
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 8, 2016
If you ever wondered where the splendid colors of Spring come from after a black-and-white Winter, wonder no more.... Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1936 Happy Harmonies cartoon To Spring demonstrates the entire process in full detail. For those who took the time to research the science behind the Winter-to- read more
The Secret Garden ( 1949 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 7, 2016
"Aye, I know wha' tis said. He locked the gate and buried the key, and nary's been in there since."
A secret garden. Locked up for years. Now overgrowing with weeds and bramble for want of anyone to tend to it. When the young orphan Mary Lennox first discovers this enchanted place at the estate of read more
Hollywood Home Tour - Norma Talmadge
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 6, 2016
"Everybody pile into the bus now! If we take any more lunch breaks like we have, we will still be on this bus in twenty years time. Once again, we'll be taking a slight detour to see an exceptionally beautiful home....the estate of that star of the silent era, Norma Talmadge. Fasten your seat belts read more
From the Archives : The World's Fastest Pasta Eater on Mike Douglas
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 4, 2016
Steve Weldon is pictured in this 1979 The Mike Douglas Show press photo doing what he does best...eating pasta. And mama mia! how he slurpped it up! It's no wonder he was addicted to TUMS.
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures colle read more
The Witch's Tale ( 1931 - 1938 ) Radio Series
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 31, 2016
"Draw up to the fire and gaze into the embers as I tell you a hearty tale that will boil your blood..."
Old Nancy the witch knew how to tell a good ghost yarn. At over 107 years old ( and aging fast ) she certainly had plenty of years to practice her art of story-telling. Each week, for seven years read more
The Undying Monster ( 1942 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 27, 2016
“ When stars are bright on a frosty night, Beware thy bane on a rocky lane ” Coastal England at the turn of the century…. High atop a cliff stands the Hammond estate, the ancestral home of the Hammond family. Legend has it that the family is cursed to falling prey to a flesh-eating read more
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 22, 2016
You just knew we were going to post an eerie screenshot for October! Now it's time to put on your thinking cap and try to remember what film you saw this scene in. He's a grave looking man holding a lantern so some other men can see what work they are doing.....dirty work it be, but someone has to d read more
Young and Beautiful ( 1934 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 21, 2016
Hollywood in the early 1930s was a bustling vibrant work environment filled with aspiring screenwriters and directors, ambitious young actors, and seasoned professionals from various fields, all riding on a glorious wave of excitement over the fame and fortune to be found within the land of make-bel read more
What Have We Not Learned from the Movies??
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 17, 2016
Speakeasy and Silver Screenings are hosting the What I Learned from the Movies blogathon, a grand event that gives us film fans a chance to gush about why movies are more to us than simple escapist fare. For my sister and me, classic films have taught us so much that, frankly, it would be easie read more
C. Aubrey Smith on England, Cricket, Actors and Pictures
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 14, 2016
He puffed meditatively at his briar pipe. C. Aubrey Smith, like most Britishers, smokes a briar. He has his own pet mixture, compounded after the English trick to blending tobacco that Hollywood has never quite mastered. To hear him lecture on it is like reading a chapter of “My Lady Nicotine. read more
Colleen Moore's Fairy Tale Dollhouse
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 11, 2016
Effervescent silent screen actress Colleen Moore, star of Flaming Youth ( 1923 ) and The Perfect Flapper ( 1924 ), had a lifelong love for dollhouses and miniatures which led her to create the "Fairy Castle".
Based on a design by her father and painstakingly built by more than one hundred tal read more