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Tomorrow night, beginning at 8pm EST, Silverbanks Pictures will be hosting its third annual Hollywood Auction on eBay. For those of you who are not regular readers of Silver Scenes, Silverbanks Pictures is my sister and my home-based business, specializing in classic movie photos and other memo read more

Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a Lifetime of Film Fandom Leonard Maltin Good Knight Books, 2018 Before the movie guidebooks, television review gig, and thriving podcast, film critic Leonard Maltin was a teenage cinema fanatic living in New York City. There he had access to archives, rare fi read more

The style of Director King Vidor has fascinated in the way he handles story and actors. Vidor had  a long career beginning in 1913 all the way up to 1980 in a  variety of  genres yet always with a way of making actors and story fit well against a large backdrop such as  modern society or rural life read more

After the Hollywood Home Tour bus broke down last season due to mechanical errors, the tour was canceled until further notice, but I'm happy to report it has been repaired and is ready to set off once again. Our bus driver, Al, will tell you more about where the Greyhound will be heading this summer read more

At a recent screening of their restoration of the 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs, Universal announced that it will be continuing its silent movie restoration project (first announced in 2015) by restoring another ten silent films over the next few years. This is, of course, welcome news to film read more

  Its summer time (IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME made in 1949) and that means  a  song in  some people’s hearts so why not enjoy a Hollywood musical. Take a  spin through the 1937 Raoul Walsh directed GOING HOLLYWOOD.   The one and only Bing Crosby and Marion  Davies are  featured along read more

That's me in March 2015 at the TCM Classic Film Festival, posing with Carole Lombard's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Its precise address? 6930 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of Baja Fresh.)The Walk of Fame has been around for nearly half a century, and extends for 1.3 miles along the Boulevard read more

With the royal wedding happening this weekend, much ado has been made about Meghan Markle being an actress and marrying into royalty. Of course, she isn’t the only actor or actress to marry into royalty or nobility. Well cited examples include Grace Kelly marrying Rainier III, Prince of Monac read more

Two weeks ago - from April 26 to 29 - the TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) once again took over Hollywood. The theme of this year's festival was Powerful Words: The Page Onscreen, and the programming included everything from original screenplays and adaptations to portrayals of writers real and i read more

Roman Holiday: The Secret Life of Hollywood in Rome Caroline Young The History Press, 2018 Much has been written about the vibrant cultural and social scene that exploded in Rome as the city emerged from the trauma of World War II. It was the place to be in the 1950s and 1960s as can be seen by the read more

The Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival is a paradise for classic film fans. After not being able to attend the 2017 festival, I have returned for my fifth TCM Film Fest. Throughout the festival, I will be sharing photos, short videos and tweeting quotes or facts shared during film intervie read more

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Hollywood Party (1934) – read more

Doris Day and Cary Grant in a lobby card for That Touch of Mink (1962). This article is part of The Doris Day Blogathon hosted by Love Letters to Old Hollywood. It's also part of my series on Women in old Hollywood.  In the late 1950s and early 1960s, actor and singer Doris Day creat read more

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 FASHION IN FILM OF TCMFF 2018 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Guest speaker Woman's Club of Hollywood Hollywood, CA Tickets are $7 in advance through Eventbrite and $12 at the door the day of the talk The theme of the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) is Powerful Words: read more

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Interview with director Daniel Raim What comes to mind when you think of the word Hollywood? Glamour? Yup. Scandal? Sure. Stardom? Of course. But film maker Daniel Raim wants to show you a different side of Hollywood – a more human side. The side tha read more

Vera Hrubá Ralston Ice skaters who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics seemed to have been attracted to Hollywood. The best known is Norwegian Sonja Henie, who starred in 20th Century Fox musical comedies in the 1930s. Then English Belita, who entered films in 1944, skated in a few musicals before read more

Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald (photo above from Maytime) were known as The Singing Sweethearts to their legions of fans.  This article is part of The Singing Sweethearts Blogathon hosted by Pure Entertainment Preservation Society. Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald were a wildly popu read more

Sonja Henie She was the youngest competitor in the first Winter Olympics, the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals, and one Hollywood’s top-grossing stars. Norwegian athlete turned actress Sonja Henie skated across the silver screen in 12 films, bringing a novelty to films and helping popul read more

Belita Jepson-Turner, known simply as “Belita,” in a publicity photo in 1947. When it comes to ice skating on films, we all think of mainly think of Norwegian Olympian turned actress turned Sonja Henie. With her doll-like features, Henie starred in 10 20th Century Fox musical comedies f read more

The joke in pop culture is that all marriages in Hollywood are brief and frequent. For Valentine’s Day in 2013, I created a list of 56 actors and actresses who had long, successful marriages. The list was overwhelming, and I promised a follow-up post including more long marriages. Well five y read more