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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

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

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 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

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

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

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

We're hosting the 100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon this weekend and to celebrate this special occasion we have gathered together some behind-the-scenes photos from Warner Bros. rich history. The studio had great success shortly after it launched in 1923 and really hit its stride in the 1940s. read more

Kick up your heels and sound the music, the 100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon has begun!Warner Brothers Pictures, founded in 1923, is one of the oldest film studios in Hollywood and one of the finest. They have been celebrating their 100th anniversary all-year long and Silver Scenes is doing it read more

We are quickly heading into the Christmas holiday season and that's always a good time to pull out the classic holiday film favorites to watch. Some of the old-time favorites (Little Women, A Christmas Carol) are not available for free viewing on any streaming service but there are a handful of gems read more

Bette Davis and Errol Flynn are looking darling together in this publicity photo from The Sisters (1938), one of three films they made together at Warner Brothers studios where each was the reigning star for many years. From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos read more

"The game is afoot!" It is the summer of 1887 and Sherlock Holmes is lamenting the lack of any decent crime that might stimulate his brilliant mind. "There are no great crimes anymore, Watson! The criminal class has lost all enterprise and originality." In his morning mail, he receives a telegr read more

Bandleader Lawrence Welk was always keeping in musical step with the current generation and he loved to play music from the latest films on his weekly television show The Lawrence Welk Show. Many of these tunes appeared on the 1962 album "Lawrence Welk's Baby Elephant Walk". It may not be entir read more

One hundred years ago, in 1923, Warner Brothers Pictures was founded by the four Warner Brothers: Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack. They started in the silent picture business but, by the 1930s, WB Studios became one of the giants of the industry. Silver Scenes is celebrating the legacy of this fan read more

Here's an interesting-looking group of people... and they seem to be staring at something. If you have seen the film that this screenshot came from you may remember what it is. It's not a bird, or a plane, or even Superman but something much more commonplace. As always, if you are not familiar read more

The Classic Movie Blog Association is hosting the Blogathon and the Beast blog event this week. This theme gives us bloggers a chance to write about a film character who has a beast within themselves. All of us have a sleeping beast within who, hopefully, never awakens in our lifetime. As the o read more

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios always had a flair for making period films, especially those with a Victorian setting.....and they made quite a number of them, too. Being quite a savvy production company, they also discovered that a good script is worth repeating. Hence, many of the Victorian-era thrill read more

Each year along with the approach of Halloween comes the bombardment of Hammer Horror films on television. Blood, gore, and buxom babes are splattered onscreen in brilliant Eastmancolor, while sanguinary counts and grimly ghoulish characters lurk stealthily in dark corners of seedy districts intent read more

Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classic The Birds is back in theaters for one day (this evening, October 23rd) to honor its 60th anniversary. Check out Fanthom event's website to see if it is showing in a theater near you.  read more

That bewitching holiday is approaching, so we are getting in on the spooky spirit of the season! This month's Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game is a deluxe Boo-nanza Edition with not one, not two, but three eerie screenshots from mystery/horror films of the golden age. We'll give you one lit read more