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The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 13, 2022

We have an eeeeeerie screenshot here since it is the bewitching month of October. If you have been watching Halloween classics then you probably have seen this scene flash before your eyes already....now just reach past the cobwebs into your memory vault and see if you pull out the title of this fil read more

Bejewelled ( 1991 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 9, 2022

Eustacia "Stacy" Orpington ( Emma Samms ) is entrusted by her boss Gordon ( Dirk Benedict ) to deliver the famous Orpington jeweled crown from the little Thringsby Museum in Massachusetts to the prestigious London Museum in England. Instead of having the jewels securely packaged, Gordon thought it w read more

Film Albums: From Russia with Love ( 1964 ) - Si Zentner and his Orchestra

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 28, 2022

If you ever heard the music of big band leader Si Zentner you would know that he is famous for his exciting bold brassy sound, so, when the James Bond films exploded onto film in the early 1960s with their bold sound as well, it seemed a natural choice that Si Zentner would release an album of Bond read more

The Men of Sherwood Forest ( 1954 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 25, 2022

Before Hammer Film Studios began its regular output of horror films, they made quite a number of dramas and also experimented in other genres...including swashbucklers. One year before Richard Greene became the idol of youth in television's The Adventures of Robin Hood, Hammer tried their hand at sp read more

The Yellow Rolls-Royce ( 1964 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 20, 2022

Rex Harrison, Shirley MacLaine, and Ingrid Bergman head up the all-star cast of The Yellow Rolls-Royce, a colorful anthology film of three stories linked together by a sparkling 1931 Rolls-Royce Phantom II. The opening segment shows the first owner of the beautiful Rolls, the Marquess of Frinto read more

Check it Out! - Mitzi Gaynor singing "Love is Blue" ( 1968 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 10, 2022

 Can anyone top a Mitzi Gaynor performance? This glamorous woman was the full package deal....a fantastic dancer, singer, and actress, plus she had a fabulous figure! This performance from 1968 features Mitzi performing "Love is Blue", a Eurovision ballad that French orchestra leader Paul Mauri read more

For a Greater Attendance: 1962 Release Schedule Promotional Book

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 4, 2022

Last year I came across a great series of annual promotional books called "For a Greater Audience" that were released by American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres Inc. in the 1960s. Each catalog contained a section devoted to each studio where the current release schedule for that studio was posted a read more

Coming Soon: TCM Presents Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 31, 2022

Mark your calendar, Trekkies! TCM Big Screen Classics will be bringing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan back into theaters for a 3-day special event showing on September 4th,5th, and 8th. This film, the second in a five-film Star Trek series, has Ricardo Montalban's character Khan Singh ( who made a read more

The Home-Made Car ( 1963 ) - A BP Film Short

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 30, 2022

James Hill was a director of British films ( A Study in Terror, Born Free ) and television series of the 1960s and 1970s. He filmed numerous episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, and Worzel Gummidge, but he is best known as a director of family-oriented short films and documentaries. One of his most read more

The Tamarind Seed ( 1974 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 22, 2022

Judith Farrow ( Julie Andrews ) is still grieving over the breakup of a rather lurid liaison with her married paramour Group Captain Richard Patterson ( David Baron ). She is vacationing in Barbados, attempting to clear her muddled mind and heal her broken heart, when she meets the suave Colonel Feo read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 18, 2022

 What a cute kid! He's not Spanky and he probably made only one film in his whole life but we noticed him...and if you did too, you may remember what film he appeared in. Test your memory and give a guess.As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Mo read more

The Portrait of Captain Gregg

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 14, 2022

Several years ago we posted an article on the whereabouts of the oil painting of Captain Gregg from the 1947 film classic The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. This post ( Whatever Became of the Portrait of Captain Gregg? ) is one of our most viewed posts and I was surprised by how much interest film fans h read more

From the Archives: The Go-Between ( 1971 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 13, 2022

 Margaret Leighton and Julie Christie have a slight difference of opinion as young Dominic Guard looks on in this scene from The Go-Between ( 1971 ), a beautifully filmed adaptation of L.P. Hartley's 1953 novel about a schoolboy who spends his summer at an English estate and acts as a messenger read more

Judith Durham of The Seekers Passes Away at 79

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 6, 2022

We generally do not write about music on Silver Scenes ( unless, of course, it is film music ), but a legend in the music industry passed away yesterday - Judith Durham. This lovely woman was one of the founding members of The Seekers, a group that had hits in the 1960s with "Georgy Girl", "I'll Nev read more

Masters of Venus ( 1962 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 31, 2022

Before America became stricken with space fever in the mid-1960s, Britain was already coming down with symptoms of this consuming affliction. Evidence in proof of this can be seen in television and film series of the era, especially those aimed at youngsters. One such program was Masters of Ven read more

Film Albums: Doctor Dolittle ( 1967 ) - The Mike Sammes Singers

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 30, 2022

When Doctor Dolittle was released in 1967, 20th Century Fox studios thought it would have received a much better box-office reception than it did. In fact, they were not the only ones who thought so. The music was so beautiful that The Lawrence Welk Show featured an episode that included many of the read more

Check it Out! - Giant Movie/TV Posters on Sale

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 23, 2022

If you have an afternoon free then here is something that will take up a good hour of your internet time - AllPosters is running a sale for new customers - 55% off all items plus free shipping. We're not affiliated with AllPosters and actually never bought from them before but this just seemed read more

The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 22, 2022

 Look at all these fancy-dressed people...and they seem to be happy about something, too. I'll give you three guesses who they are cheering. Actually, we'll give you more than three guesses to try and name the film this screenshot came from. Just drop your guesses in the comment box below and y read more

Check it Out! - Maureen O'Hara singing "Heather on the Hill"

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 9, 2022

During the 1960s, Maureen O'Hara guest-starred a number of times on The Andy Williams Show where she got a chance to entertain the audience with her beautiful singing voice. Maureen made a lot of dramatic films but, surprisingly, no musicals....even though she sang like a lark since she was a lass i read more

From the Archives: On Moonlight Bay ( 1951 )

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jul 8, 2022

 Gordon MacRae serenades Doris Day in a wooden "canoe" while a man who looks a lot like Gower Champion paddles in this publicity photo from Warner Brother's musical On Moonlight Bay ( 1951 ). From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pi read more
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