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Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 17, 2024
Mix together Judy Garland, George Murphy, a little romance, and some lovely Irish folk tunes and what have ye? Little Nellie Kelly, that's what. This MGM musical from 1940 features Judy Garland playing not one, but two parts. You may be sad to see her character Nellie Kelly die within the first 20 m read more

The Luck of the Irish Airing Tomorrow
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 15, 2024
St. Patrick's Day, that most honored of Irish holidays, be comin' o'er the week-end and if ye be feeling for a bit o' whimsy then look no further than The Luck of the Irish, a gem of a film starring himself, that handsome lad Tyrone Power. Tyrone Power plays a freelance writer named Steven Fitz read more

From the Archives: Carefree (1938)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 9, 2024
Here's that dynamic dancing duo Astaire and Rogers tapping away on the beautiful hardwood floor of a set designed by Art Van Nest Polglase. Fred must have scuffed up many a floor in his day with all his toe-tapping.
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the read more

Streaming Picks for March
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 2, 2024
This month's lineup of films available for streaming features some entertaining British pictures including the comedy Genevieve (1953) about a man and his wife who take part in the Brighton run with their antique 1904 Darracq and the excellent adventure flick Flame Over India (released stateside as read more

Rewind Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 25, 2024
Back in 1864, Jules Verne penned "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", a novel about a group of intrepid individuals who undertake a subterranean journey to discover the very center of our Earth. Why would anyone want to take such a journey? As one of the explorers in this expedition explains, read more

Sh! The Octopus (1937)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 23, 2024
"Gripping!..Daring!....Too Too Touching"
So reads the advertisement.
I thought I saw 'em all, but this film tops the Beyond Incredulous list.
Kelly and Dempsey, two befuddled detectives, are driving along a secluded road one dark and stormy night when they hear a scream and out from the read more

By Candlelight (1933)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 21, 2024
Paul Lukas stars as Josef, a butler employed to Prince Alfred, portrayed by the dashing Nils Asther. Josef loves working for the prince because he not only admires him but wishes to emulate him... especially when it comes to the prince's wooing technique, for the prince has a reputation of being a " read more

From the Archives: The Light Touch (1951)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 20, 2024
George Sanders is looking as affable as ever in this still from the 1951 thriller The Light Touch starring Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. Pier looks like she is falling in love with Stewart..which is a shame because the film's poster foretells: "If she knew what he was, she'd never give him her yo read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 15, 2024
"This is a most serious matter, a most serious matter!" At least, that is what it appears that this man is saying. He certainly is standing in the right environment to have a serious matter on his mind, but we'll not sway you too much by sharing our thoughts. Let's see how many of you rem read more

Our Debut Book! - Classic Films is now available on Kickstarter
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 9, 2024
After ten years of writing posts for Silver Scenes, I have finally decided to publish a book! It is called "Classic Films - Famous and Forgotten Films" (Volume 1). This has long been a pet project that I kept putting off working on but now the gears are in motion and this book is set to become read more

Night Ferry (1976) - A CFF Film
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 6, 2024
An ancient Egyptian mummy is stolen from The British Museum and young Jeff (Graham Fletcher) witnesses the criminals carrying the mummy case to their hiding place at the railyards. He wants to go to the police but is afraid to since it would mean confessing that he trespassed on railway property whi read more

Film Albums: T.V. Themes - 101 Strings Orchestra
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 27, 2024
These days, you rarely come across an album that includes a selection of popular television themes, especially not one performed by an orchestra! But albums like this were quite common in the 1960s and 1970s, and one rare gem is "T.V. Themes" by the 101 Strings Orchestra, released by Alshire records read more

The Savage Innocents (1960)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 24, 2024
This is not a family film. This is not a movie you would see on a date-night or enjoy with friends. This is a movie you would most likely watch by yourself when you are in the mood for a docudrama ...or if you just happened to catch it late at night on television. I can't imagine sitting in a theate read more

British Pathe: Matchstick Models (1941)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 20, 2024
British Pathe released a number of entertaining short pieces on arts and crafts and some of the best featured talented model-makers. One of these was Harold Gough, a 16-year-old (in 1941) whose hobby was building mansions made of matchsticks. The rainy season in England must indeed be long! Never mi read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 19, 2024
This month's Impossibly Difficult screenshot is quite colorful! And there are a few clues in this shot that might help you guess which film it is from. (Yes, sometimes we can be kind... )As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, read more

Tubi Picks for January
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 13, 2024
This month, the Tubi streaming app has posted a number of really good films. There is a focus on musicals and comedies of the 1940s as well as a great selection of Bette Davis classics including Jezebel and Mr. Skeffington. We've perused their offerings and picked out some of the best films the read more

TCM's Big Screen Classics Schedule 2024
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 12, 2024
TCM has announced the line-up for their Big Screen Classic series for 2024 and there is quite a nice selection of films that are well-worth seeing on the big screen. First off, the series is no longer called "TCM's Big Screen Classics" but is now going by the name "Fathom's Big Screen Classics Serie read more

From the Archives: Vengeance Valley (1951)
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 5, 2024
Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker co-star as warring half-brothers in the western drama Vengeance Valley (1951). In this scene, one can clearly see who the "baddie" is by his dark-colored shirt! From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictu read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 29, 2023
A wintry street in a bygone era. We are fast approaching the end of another year so we thought we would share an easy screenshot for this month's contest..... but for those who haven't seen the film it may pose a little challenging. ;-)As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the Impossi read more

The Andy Williams Christmas Special of 1966
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Dec 25, 2023
Back in 1962, the popular singer Andy Williams, released a special Christmas edition of his usual weekly series The Andy Williams Show. It was an hour-long production filled with wonderful Christmas songs and visits from Bette Davis, the New Christy Minstrels, Debbie Reynolds, and the Osbond brother read more