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On August 19, 1972 a special program appeared on NBC urging younger voters to get out and vote in the upcoming presidential election. Sponsored by Chevrolet, the special feature live acts performing their own music, something rather unique at the time since, like many appearances by acts on TV today read more

  Yup — we sold out about an hour and a half before closing time. Frustrating, of course, but as my neighbor, the excellent children’s author/illustrator Ross Burach (There’s a Giraffe in My Soup), pointed out, it was a nice problem to have. We had a great day out — it read more

Frankenstein (1931), starring Boris Karloff, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Greer Garson, June Allyson, and Gene Wilder. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on slapstick comedy and Frankenstein's monster. So, without f read more

There are few screen actors who have gone through as many career changes as Elizabeth Taylor. In the first part of that astonishing professional journey she transitioned from a sweet-tempered child actress, to a gorgeous ingénue and then decided that she was more than a movie star; she was going to read more

  It is hard to imagine that in the same year in which Tim Holt was portraying the insufferable-brattish, adult Georgie Minafer in Orson Welles’ masterpiece, The Magnificent Ambersons, that he was starring in no less than six westerns. While Ambersons wrapped shooting by late January, Holt con read more

"Mrs. Kendell had a knife??" Why was Mrs. Kendell walking around with a knife? Mrs. Kendell herself certainly could not say. Indeed, the poor woman did not even realize that during one of her recent blackout spells a body had been discovered stabbed to death. This is just one of several murders tha read more

  It is hard to imagine that in the same year in which Tim Holt was portraying the insufferable-brattish, adult Georgie Minafer in Orson Welles’ masterpiece, The Magnificent Ambersons, that he was starring in no less than six westerns. While Ambersons wrapped shooting by late January, Holt con read more

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), starring Charles Laughton, is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Grace Kelly, Van Heflin, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on slapstick comedy and the Gettysburg Ad read more

A morte no Nilo / Death on the Nile (1978) #AgathaChristieBookshelf Ler Agatha Christie é quase uma tradição familiar. Minha avó gosta muito dela, e minha mãe tem uma respeitável coleção (foto acima). E é natural que eu tenha herdado estes livros. Tenho predileção pelas histórias read more

Margaret Lockwood. What could I first say about this actress? I love her so much, I honestly don’t know where to start. I’ve waited for this moment for so long. Oh sure, I could have written about my love and admiration for her before, but isn’t there a more perfect occasion than read more

Sons of the Desert (1933), starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase is one of the classic movies airing on TCM this week. This week, TCM is airing great movies from stars like Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, and Lauren Bacall. Plus, they are putting the spotlight on slapstick come read more

A few weeks ago, Quiggy, of The Midnite Drive-In, kindly nominated Silver Scenes for a Liebster Award. For those not familiar with the Liebsters, they are awards given in the form of a chain letter. One blogger nominates 5-11 other bloggers for the award who, in turn, nominate 5-11 more. What's the read more

Share This! A new biography of the iconic movie director, that “master of suspense” as he came to be known, but also a man of many complex faces, as this biography reveals. The last Hitchcock book reviewed in these columns, back in 2008, was Donald Spoto’s latest of at least his third take on read more

  I received (quite a long time ago) a fifth and a sixth Liebster Award! The first one is a courtesy of Louis from The Cinematic Frontier and the second one was given to me by MIB’s Instant Headache. Of course, this is an honour and I want to thank both bloggers! Please forgive me for &# read more

It'll be worth it, I promise. What am I talking about? This.Michelle Morgan's long-anticipated Carole Lombard biography, "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star," was scheduled to be released in Great Britain (where Morgan is from) on Thursday. But this morning came an update from Morgan's Facebook read more

It'll be worth it, I promise. What am I talking about? This.Michelle Morgan's long-anticipated Carole Lombard biography, "Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star," was scheduled to be released in Great Britain (where Morgan is from) on Thursday. But this morning came an update from Morgan's Facebook read more

  By the 1st of August, 1945, Louella Parsons reported in her column that, “A Lonely Journey” was set to film with John Hodiak to star for 20th Century Fox; Howard Dimsdale and Marvin Borowsky were listed as the writers.[1] Carole Landis was chosen for the female lead in Somewhere, but she read more

Resenha: Casablanca – A criação de uma obra-prima involuntária do cinema, de Renzo Mora Book review: Casablanca – Creating an involuntary masterpiece, by Renzo Mora Comumente escrevo aqui sobre filmes cujos bastidores são tão ou mais interessantes que o produto final que read more

  By the 1st of August, 1945, Louella Parsons reported in her column that, “A Lonely Journey” was set to film with John Hodiak to star for 20th Century Fox; Howard Dimsdale and Marvin Borowsky were listed as the writers.[1] Carole Landis was chosen for the female lead in Somewhere, but she read more

A Salute to Gene Wilder’s Wonderful Whimsical Charm 29 Monday Aug 2016 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1970s, 1990s, Cinema, Musicals ≈ Leave a comment Tags1970s, 1990s, Musical I cannot begin to express how sadden read more