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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
The MGM Blogathon is Here!
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 26, 2022
Kick up your heels and start singin' in the rain, for the MGM Blogathon is here!! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, founded in 1924, is one of the oldest studios in Hollywood and certainly ranks as the best in movie-making history. To celebrate this legendary establishment, we are hosting The MGM Bl read more
High Flying Spy ( 1972 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 23, 2022
Darren McGavin made five pictures for Walt Disney Studios between 1969 and 1979, one of which - High Flying Spy - he made during the height of his popularity playing on television's Kolchak: The Night Stalker. In this made-for-television film, he stars as John Jay Forrest, a rival balloonist to read more
The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 21, 2022
This is a fun one. When I first saw this flash on the screen it reminded me of Jessica Fletcher's debut novel, "The Corpse Danced at Midnight" in Murder, She Wrote. Let's see how long it will take you to remember which film this novel came from. As always, if you are not familiar with the rule read more
Film Albums: Listen to the Movies with Ferrante and Teicher
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 18, 2022
Ferrante and Teicher were the most popular pianists of the twentieth century and released dozens of albums during their heyday between the late 1950s and 1980s. These two bespectacled Americans wrote beautiful arrangements of numerous film themes which they popularized by playing in their signature read more
From the Archives: Texas Carnival ( 1951 )
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 15, 2022
Esther Williams and Ann Miller are pictured alongside Red Skelton in Texas Carnival, one of his best films for MGM. The publicity department promoted the film as an Esther Williams vehicle but Red Skelton was really the star of this show, the last of four films the twosome made together. From t read more