tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87990607938122044522024-03-28T23:29:37.309-04:00Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversCovering the world of classic movies from the silents to the mid 1960s via bios, movie reviews, rare photos and fun trivia. The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comBlogger960125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-9757139031881325232024-03-23T16:40:00.007-04:002024-03-23T16:40:58.150-04:00Film Albums: 1963 - The Year's Most Popular Themes<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRld8cQiPUuKFhqBThxvBunHSaKqU7XH5JTH-zTBgpziVDtMFPOOqsS0eBeEr2u6pCEYMi4RWPF_JUMGZN3YsSFsEokBhldS_DH_VTm_E_IxgrLiv9ncgdoLE_QRat917TjG2ZcHxtYxjeC0ID8LNGXY5F0BIfocw7d9bjyP8n7tj2_vK5R3uR1qF3UOY/s1411/Enoch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1402" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRld8cQiPUuKFhqBThxvBunHSaKqU7XH5JTH-zTBgpziVDtMFPOOqsS0eBeEr2u6pCEYMi4RWPF_JUMGZN3YsSFsEokBhldS_DH_VTm_E_IxgrLiv9ncgdoLE_QRat917TjG2ZcHxtYxjeC0ID8LNGXY5F0BIfocw7d9bjyP8n7tj2_vK5R3uR1qF3UOY/w636-h640/Enoch.jpg" width="636" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />When you have listened to a lot of record albums, it is easy to dismiss an album just by a glance at the songs included. I've heard so many with the same songs (do you know how many versions of the themes to <i>Lawrence of Arabia</i> or <i>Exodus </i>were made?) that sometimes when I see nothing "new", I pass up listening to the album. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, a few days ago, I came across Enoch Light's "1963 - The Year's Most Popular Themes" LP on Youtube and am so glad that I took a chance on it despite the familiarity of all of its selections. This album is a gem! Enoch Light was a sound engineer who produced some amazing albums for Command records, most of them boasting marvelous stereo sound. If you own a console record player, you can really appreciate the quality of the Command records.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.discogs.com/zBZGD7tmMoWxUSOE1O2spCuiyUWEXKav_vqmemRiOZw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:596/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5NTI2/NjItMTUzMzM1NjIw/Ny05MTUyLmpwZWc.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="596" height="599" src="https://i.discogs.com/zBZGD7tmMoWxUSOE1O2spCuiyUWEXKav_vqmemRiOZw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:596/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTI5NTI2/NjItMTUzMzM1NjIw/Ny05MTUyLmpwZWc.jpeg" width="596" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As the back of the album states "You haven't <i>really</i> heard movie music until you listen to this fantastic record" - and that's the truth! In addition to the sound quality, the arrangements (by Lew Davies) are different than any I've heard of these popular songs. Robert Maxwell performs a lovely version of "Days of Wine and Roses" on the harp, there is a rousing rendition of "How the West Was Won" and a lilting "Put on a Happy Face" that is sure to put a smile on your face.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click here to listen to this album on Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4sd-lJDQiI&list=LL&index=1">Enoch Light Orchestra - ''1963-The Year's Most Popular Themes''</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Track Listing</u></b></p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b>Side One:</b></p><p>How the West Was Won</p><p>Anthony and Cleopatra</p><p>Put on a Happy Face</p><p>More (Theme from "Mondo Cane")</p><p>Lawrence of Arabia</p><p>Speak Not a Word</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Side Two: </b></p><p>Hud </p><p>Theme from "Mutiny on the Bounty"</p><p>Days of Wine and Roses</p><p>So Little Time - The 55 Days at Peking Theme </p><p>Spencer's Mountain</p><p>I Could Go on Singing</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Top Music Picks:</b> <i>How the West Was Won</i>,<i> More, Days of Wine and Roses, Spencer's Mountain</i></span></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-37556388157037563662024-03-22T20:01:00.003-04:002024-03-23T15:06:29.153-04:00The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9qxFcrTI3PBydgfuBqTBi-iOkQEmGAOfOAI_EZBRogrgwpopraugKAToWKVyzM4N4QHxq_D1wNy3c1UoaMZdEfIfv3Ne8yd5BVeAX1uyamxSXw7HvC8balWTNMO1-0hxImAD3JPkJI0MlEv7VGDaIao8Q1p_RoK8LMv1HIsKN0LGG8Z68GNhu8iQVto/s688/Impossibly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="688" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9qxFcrTI3PBydgfuBqTBi-iOkQEmGAOfOAI_EZBRogrgwpopraugKAToWKVyzM4N4QHxq_D1wNy3c1UoaMZdEfIfv3Ne8yd5BVeAX1uyamxSXw7HvC8balWTNMO1-0hxImAD3JPkJI0MlEv7VGDaIao8Q1p_RoK8LMv1HIsKN0LGG8Z68GNhu8iQVto/w640-h466/Impossibly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This month's Impossibly Difficult screenshot is a from a well-known film and is a fairly easy one to guess, especially if you are familiar with women-talking-on-telephones scenes. Of course, if you aren't then you may be out of luck. </span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, if you need to know the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click <a href="http://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-impossibly-difficult-name-that.html">here</a>!</span>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-28578381799914902024-03-17T15:50:00.001-04:002024-03-17T15:50:51.407-04:00Little Nellie Kelly (1940)<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 15.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWJlMDM4ZTItNWJhNS00ZmRhLWFhNzItOTcwM2Y5NTNhNDg3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDI2NDg0NQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UY486_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMWJlMDM4ZTItNWJhNS00ZmRhLWFhNzItOTcwM2Y5NTNhNDg3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDI2NDg0NQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UY486_.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Mix together Judy Garland, George Murphy, a little romance, and some lovely Irish folk tunes and what have ye? <i>Little Nellie Kelly</i>, that's what. This MGM musical from 1940 features Judy Garland playing not one, but two parts. You may be sad to see her character Nellie Kelly die within the first 20 minutes of the film but shortly after she pops again, this time in the form of the daughter of Nellie Kelly. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Nellie is the apple of her father's eye and when she elopes with Jerry Kelly (George Murphy) behind his back, he fills his heart with spite against the young man. Jerry takes his new bride and his father-in-law Michael (Charles Winniger) to America, gets a job as a policeman in New York, and faithfully supports both of them. When Nellie dies giving childbirth, Michael's stubborn anger towards Jerry increases but the two remain together to raise little Nellie. <br /><br />Time goes by and Little Nellie (Garland again) eventually finds a beau of her own and then decides it is about time that her grandfather made peace with her father. <br /><br />While <i>Little Nellie Kelly</i> is titled after its main character, most of the story revolves around Michael Noonan (Winniger) and his stubborn Irish ways. "If only he would work, then he wouldn't have so much time to complain," Jerry Kelly declares. And how right he is! I have an uncle just like Michael Noonan. He worked once when he was in his 20s and never again. So, without any hobby to fill his life, he spends all his time complaining... mainly about what his family is up to and how they should be supporting him. Mchael Noonan may seem like an improbable character, but he is quite common in many households, Irish or not!<br /><br />Charles Winniger does a wonderful job at playing this curmudgeon, who's likeable in spite of his biting tongue, but some may find his stubbornness just too much to bear. Dear Jerry Kelly must have had the patience of St. Patrick himself to put up with him all those years! George Murphy gives a grand performance as the winsome lad whom Nellie first comes to love in Ireland and, later, he convincingly ages to become Little Nellie's father, a captain of a New York police force no less.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kWpK6WzVBAHD02DPLfEicXWvjyRyxbCfj7Ot3PqRUvOsFpbjQXXp-1b3yQjfD-poj2WkvfSs5khSsHoXOsV5c3VZfApQlSRvgpYt9Cf-kT9mHMhDKaRM2wIx7cmduj3SBQLXWEBaTS53aq7k4HuX7ETQa4EbTfgAA1FokExbtf-Gw8pleczoGSbTSB0/s1397/LittleNellie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1397" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-kWpK6WzVBAHD02DPLfEicXWvjyRyxbCfj7Ot3PqRUvOsFpbjQXXp-1b3yQjfD-poj2WkvfSs5khSsHoXOsV5c3VZfApQlSRvgpYt9Cf-kT9mHMhDKaRM2wIx7cmduj3SBQLXWEBaTS53aq7k4HuX7ETQa4EbTfgAA1FokExbtf-Gw8pleczoGSbTSB0/w400-h309/LittleNellie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">It is Judy Garland who is the star attraction, however. <i>Little Nellie Kelly</i> was based on the 1922 stage musical by George M. Cohan and it was rumored that Cohan sold the rights to MGM studios expressly on the condition that it be a vehicle for Judy Garland. She's a little sweetheart in this film. Had MGM decided to groom her as a rival for Deanna Durbin, she would have been wonderful in similar ingenue roles. </span><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 15.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/5f/22/815f221099941b2140aa8bb620183b14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="497" height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/5f/22/815f221099941b2140aa8bb620183b14.jpg" width="321" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Several Irish songs that were supposed to be in the film were cut from the final release, including the famous "Danny Boy", but Judy does get to sing the lovely "A Pretty Girl Milking a Cow" as well as "It's a Grand Day for the Irish", which she sings with her<i> Babes in Arms</i> co-star Douglas McPhail. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">McPhail had a marvelous baritone voice and, in <i>Little Nellie Kelly</i>, he plays Nellie's sweetheart Dennis Fogarty, the son of Michael Noonan's friend Timothy Fogarty (Arthur Shields). Like Jerry Kelly, Dennis is patient enough to put up with Nellie's grandfather for her sake and eventually wins his approval. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"><i>Little Nellie Kelly</i> is one of those MGM classics that you watch once and soon find yourself re-watching it every year... on St. Patrick's Day, of course. While the film on a whole is entertaining, the first scenes set in Ireland are my favorite and I cannot help but wonder what a wonderful film this could have been had the entire picture been set there. </span></span></p></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-23008814575046943972024-03-15T12:26:00.000-04:002024-03-15T12:26:26.280-04:00The Luck of the Irish Airing Tomorrow<p><span style="font-family: arial;">St. Patrick's Day, that most honored of Irish holidays, be comin' o'er the week-end and if ye be feeling for a bit o' whimsy then look no further than <i>The Luck of the Irish</i>, a gem of a film starring himself, that handsome lad Tyrone Power. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjg3NTgwOTUtYjA0YS00MDU1LWI3MWUtMWUzYjJiNjAxMmVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjgzNjY5NzA@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjg3NTgwOTUtYjA0YS00MDU1LWI3MWUtMWUzYjJiNjAxMmVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjgzNjY5NzA@._V1_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Tyrone Power plays a freelance writer named Steven Fitzgerald who befriends a leprechaun ( Cecil Kellaway ) while he is stranded in a village in Ireland. He manages to capture him and demand his gold but, not wanting to take the old man's life savings, returns the pot to him. The leprechaun is so grateful he follows Fitzgerald back to New York City and helps him realize his heart's desire.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Movies! channel will be airing <b><span style="color: #38761d;">The Luck of the Irish (1948)</span></b> on Saturday at 11am EST and again on Friday, March 22nd, at 7:20am EST. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To read our review of the film, <b><a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-luck-of-irish-1948.html" target="_blank">click here</a></b>. To read Movies! TV Network's article on a behind-the-scenes look at the film <b><a href="https://www.moviestvnetwork.com/stories/behind-the-scenes-of-luck-of-the-irish" target="_blank">click here.</a></b> </span></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-45467802100797487872024-03-09T20:46:00.003-05:002024-03-09T20:46:42.280-05:00From the Archives: Carefree (1938)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/krMAAOSwgN9kPawO/s-l1600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="800" height="469" src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/krMAAOSwgN9kPawO/s-l1600.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's that dynamic dancing duo Astaire and Rogers tapping away on the beautiful hardwood floor of a set designed by Art Van Nest Polglase. Fred must have scuffed up many a floor in his day with all his toe-tapping. </span></p><b>
From the Archives</b> is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, and others may still be available for purchase at our eBay store: <a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures">http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures</a>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-54187217448697702222024-03-02T16:34:00.001-05:002024-03-02T16:35:11.883-05:00Streaming Picks for March<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.NYLBZRb9iFo-uGEx_D2FiAAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.NYLBZRb9iFo-uGEx_D2FiAAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" width="220" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />This month's lineup of films available for streaming features some entertaining British pictures including the comedy <i>Genevieve</i> (1953) about a man and his wife who take part in the Brighton run with their antique 1904 Darracq and the excellent adventure flick<i> Flame Over India </i>(released stateside as <i>Northwest Frontier</i>) starring Kenneth More and Lauren Bacall. Also, be sure to check out some of the Powell and Pressburger productions which are now available on FreeVee including our personal favorite<i> I Know Where I'm Going</i> which is set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and features the dashing Roger Livesay alongside Wendy Hiller.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Tubi TV</u></span></b></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Adventures of Tartu (1943)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Scott of the Antarctic (1948)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Third Man (1949)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Genevieve (1953)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Forbidden Planet (1956)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Flame Over India (1959)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://66.media.tumblr.com/167e9d0c064b8b42c99206b135ac9cfa/tumblr_ozgv3zAb7a1wdo4fbo1_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="800" height="171" src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/167e9d0c064b8b42c99206b135ac9cfa/tumblr_ozgv3zAb7a1wdo4fbo1_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p>The Apartment (1960)</p></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Children's Hour (1961)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Tomorrow at Ten (1964)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, most of their lineup from January is still available and can be seen listed here: </span></p><p><a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/tubi-picks-for-january.html"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2024/01/tubi-picks-for-january.html</span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTdhMGI2NWUtOGQyMi00YTg2LWIxN2UtNjJiYTRiYmE5ZGM0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDQ3NDM5OQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="800" height="317" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTdhMGI2NWUtOGQyMi00YTg2LWIxN2UtNjJiYTRiYmE5ZGM0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDQ3NDM5OQ@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Roku </u></span></b></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 39 Steps (1959)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Mr. Lucky TV Series</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Death on the Nile (1978)</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>FreeVee</u></span></b></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I Know Where I'm Going (1945) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Great Expectations (1946) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Black Narcissus (1947)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Red Shoes (1948)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Great Escape (1963)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hawaii Five-O TV series</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My Favorite Martian TV series</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Columbo TV series</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Somewhere in Time (1978)</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmVlYjJjOTAtMTU2YS00NGUyLTlhYmMtODNjMTYwOWNlNGJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_FMjpg_UX1024_.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmVlYjJjOTAtMTU2YS00NGUyLTlhYmMtODNjMTYwOWNlNGJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_FMjpg_UX1024_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I Know Where I'm Going" (1945)</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-21910598771283568762024-02-25T21:45:00.001-05:002024-02-26T00:20:16.068-05:00Rewind Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Back in 1864, Jules Verne penned "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", a novel about a group of intrepid individuals who undertake a subterranean journey to discover the very center of our Earth. Why would anyone want to take such a journey? As one of the explorers in this expedition explains, <i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">"</i><i>Why does man freeze to death to try and reach the North Pole? Why does man drive himself to suffer the steam and heat to discover the Amazon? Why does he stagger his mind with the math of the sky? Once a question arises in the human brain the answer must be found, whether it takes a hundred years or a thousand years." </i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It is the spirit of adventure that is celebrated in the act of exploring the unknown, and the ultimate aim of all Science is to penetrate this unknown. Scientists spent years exploring the many features of the earth's surface but who has penetrated its depths? Arne Saknussemm has! Or so this movie claims. The 16th-century Icelandic alchemist was ridiculed for his preposterous attempt to reach the Earth's core, but 350 years later, Professor Oliver Lindenbrook ( James Mason ) stumbles upon evidence that proves he did just that, and ventures forth to go there himself. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">By the time he leaves, the party has grown to five members: Alec ( Pat Boone ), a student of his at the University of Edinburgh; Carla ( Arlene Dahl ), the widow of a fellow explorer; a burly Icelander named Hans </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">( Peter Ronson )</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> and his pet duck Gertrude ( excellently played by herself ). Spending a year beneath the surface, they encounter a cavern of luminescent crystals, large deposits of salt, an ocean, the lost city of Atlantis, and even another explorer...bent on making sure his own name goes down in history as the first man to reach the center of the Earth!</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><i>Journey to the Center of the Earth</i> was released in 1959 by 20th Century Fox and was the first film adaptation of Verne's popular novel. Producer Charles Brackett called the original story "a delightful book, written for young people. We simply couldn't have any solemnity about it. I wanted very much to do it at this time. I'm tired of all these films based on thoughts at the back of sick minds......<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">O</span>ur picture describes action and events, with not the slightest shadow of Freud. The serious thing about Jules Verne is that all he does is tell a story in exciting episodes, but his stories have always pushed man a little closer towards the unknown. What we've tried to do is retell his story in the best way of all - in the Verne vernacular."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Indeed, the film captures all of the excitement of the original novel without getting bogged down with Verne's scientific details. Walter Reisch ( </span><i>Gaslight, Niagara </i><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">), who had written a number of science fiction stories, was called in to adapt the novel into a script. He cleverly added story elements that made it more palatable for filmgoers, including adding an extra member of the expedition - Carla Thompson. This provided an opportunity for a touch of romance between her and Professor Lindenbrook. Arlene Dahl was excellent in this part. She made Carla an independent-thinker, strong-willed and capable and yet retained her feminine charms. Carla took on the mother-role of the group providing moral support a</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">nd cooking skills and enjoyed letting the men provide for her and the rest of the group's practical needs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The comradery between all of the members of the expedition - and the actors who portrayed these characters - is what makes <i>Journey to the Center of the Earth</i> particularly enjoyable to watch. They strike out on an adventure into unknown territory and, like true Victorian explorers, are heedless to the dangers that lie ahead. In jolly spirits, they take all they encounter in stride, carefully making detailed observations for those who may follow in their path, never doubting that they will return to the surface of the Earth to show others the way.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Reisch also added some introductory material to his adaptation and set the events in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, we witness Professor Lindenbrook in his native habitat, teaching geology at the University of Edinburgh. The events leading up to the journey unfold when his prize pupil Alec, gifts him with an unusual volcanic rock, a lump of lava that contains </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a hastily scrawled message from long-lost explorer Arne Saknussem. The intrepid professor endeavors to set off at once to follow in Arne's footsteps, but soon discovers that his secret discovery is not so very secret. Two men are already on his trail and set to foil him, one of them being the </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">villainous Count Saknussem ( Thayer David ), a burly descendant of Arne. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Pat Boone was obviously cast to make the film appealing to younger audiences. He does an excellent job as well, singing only two songs throughout the film ( he had more musical numbers but they were later cut ). Diane Baker was added as his love-interest, the lovely Jenny Linden. The poor girl patiently waited two years to see her sweetheart re-emerge from the depths of the earth. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Also in the cast is Alan Napier, Ivan Triesault, and Edith Evanson. </span><br />
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<i>Journey to the Center of the Earth</i><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> did extremely well at the box-office, raking in nearly $10,000,000 ( it had a $3.4 million budget ). It had incredible fantasy elements and showed its audience that a whale of a good time could be had beneath the Earth's crust. The Lindenbrook expedition encountered everything from man-eating lizards and giant mushrooms to the lost city of Atlantis, all without the benefit of CGI. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The film was nominated for these special effects as well as for its art direction. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The talented Lyle Wheeler was responsible for these sets, which were highly imaginative and colorful. Wheeler captured the atmosphere of old Edinburgh in the opening scenes, created the beautiful interior sets of Lindenbrook's house ( including an impressive library ), and served up a veritable smorgasbord of fanciful sets for the center-of-the-Earth sequences, including a beautiful cavern of </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">fluorescent rocks. </span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Walt Disney's <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea </i>(1954) was one of the first color film adaptations of a Jules Verne novel and its success created a whole new genre of Victorian adventure films. Like <i>Leagues</i>, <i>Journey to the Center of the Earth</i> not only boasted beautiful sets but a striking color palette that set the tone for all other films in its genre, including <i>The Time Machine</i> (1960), <i>The Lost World </i>(1960), <i>Mysterious Island</i> (1961), and <i>First Men in the Moon</i> (1964). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It also had an impressive score by Bernard Herrmann. The opening theme heralds the approaching adventure to be enjoyed and the rest of the score </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">captured all the beauty, thrills, and wonderment to be found in the caverns of the deep.</span><br />
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<span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sixty years after its release,<i> Journey to the Center of the Earth</i> remains one of the best adventure films ever made because a</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">t the core of the film is rock-solid entertainment, pure movie magic that ignites your imagination and inspires you to set off on your own adventure. And <i>that</i> is the stamp of excellence for any adventure flick. </span></span>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-77088842244574286282024-02-23T10:00:00.002-05:002024-02-23T11:35:49.336-05:00Sh! The Octopus (1937)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Kelly and Dempsey, two befuddled detectives, are driving along a secluded road one dark and stormy night when they hear a scream and out from the woods dashes a young Joan Crawford look-alike. She promptly faints in front of them as any good Joan Crawford look-alike ought to do and then proceeds to tell them that she saw the body of her stepfather... <i>muuuurdered</i>.... hanging by his feet from the top of the lighthouse.... dripping blood!</span><br />
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<i><b><span>"My stepfather is the inventor of a radium ray gun....so powerful that whoever controls it controls the world. Every nation is searching for it!"</span></b></i></span><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></b></i>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">And so begins one of the wackiest films to ever be churned out of Warner Brothers studio. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">You can tell this was originally a stage play. For a lighthouse that is miles out at sea, it can get awfully crowded and the cast members are continually disappearing into rooms we never see. There is the so-called artist who purchased the lighthouse, then a retired seaman comes into the picture, Captain Hook (don't ask), the damsel's nanny (she was out for a stroll and stumbled upon the lighthouse), and a wise-cracking dame who happened to come ashore after her ship went down. Margaret Irving plays this role and she really is the highlight of the film. If this was an Abbott and Costello picture co-starring Joan Davis this would be a six-star picture. Casting can make all the difference. </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Sh! The Octopus" was the concoction of Donald Gallagher and Ralph Murphy, who wrote the original stage play. Donald Gallagher had scored a success with The Gorilla on stage (later made into a film) and so in 1928 he teamed up with Murphy to bring this play to the Royale Theatre in New York, where it continued on for 47 performances. Harry Kelly and Clifford Dempsey starred as Kelly and Dempsey (who else?). </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">My sister and I watch movies in parts just before we head off to slumberland, usually 20 minutes per night, and we laughed ourselves silly with this film. Obviously, it held our attention for 3 days! The old witch's unmasking at the end is truly harrowing too. It has amazing special effects for its time (if you don't look at the strings on the octopus). </span></span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Actually, I enjoyed the exploding lighthouse end much better. They should have cut the umbilical cord right there and left the audience walking out of the theater wondering "did we really just watch that??"...something we are left wondering anyway. </span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This post is our contribution to the <b><a href="https://takinguproom.com/2023/11/20/announcing-the-sixth-so-bad-its-good-blogathon-2/" target="_blank">So Bad It's Good Blogathon</a></b> being hosted by Rebecca Deniston at her blog <a href="https://takinguproom.com/2023/11/20/announcing-the-sixth-so-bad-its-good-blogathon-2/" target="_blank">Taking Up Room</a>. Be sure to stop by to read more reviews of awful films that are so bad you just have to see them! </span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://takinguproom.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/6thsobaditsgoodbanner5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://takinguproom.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/6thsobaditsgoodbanner5.png" width="400" /></a></div></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-83581750971540518042024-02-21T20:10:00.000-05:002024-02-21T20:10:13.361-05:00By Candlelight (1933)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDhkZDQwYjctYzI0MS00N2YzLTgxYTAtZjExZDc0NGFlZDI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDY3MzU2MDM@._V1_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="423" height="320" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDhkZDQwYjctYzI0MS00N2YzLTgxYTAtZjExZDc0NGFlZDI0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDY3MzU2MDM@._V1_.jpg" width="207" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Paul Lukas stars as Josef, a butler employed to Prince Alfred, portrayed by the dashing Nils Asther. Josef loves working for the prince because he not only admires him but wishes to emulate him... especially when it comes to the prince's wooing technique, for the prince has a reputation of being a "great lover". </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One of his favorite methods of enchanting women is by candlelight. This method involves Josef turning off the electricity in the apartment while the prince is entertaining his latest lady love. In her surprise state, the prince steals a kiss, at which point Josef enters with candles in hand and declares, "It is a power outage, milord." A simple trick, but one that the prince enjoys.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes the prince's romances are interrupted by his lover's husbands. After his latest encounter with an irate husband, Josef suggests that the villa in Monte Carlo be opened to provide the prince with a change of scenery. "A capital idea!" the prince declares. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Josef then takes the train a day ahead of the prince to make preparations and, onboard, meets a young woman named Marie (Elissa Landi) in the dining car. He sees this as a marvelous opportunity to apply the mannerisms and phrases he learned from the prince for impressing women. Unfortunately, his play acting the prince goes a bit too far and Marie believes that Josef really is a prince, a charade he then tries to keep up in Monte Carlo. When the real prince arrives, he amusingly takes on the role of the butler!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.moma.org/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDQvMjAvM29hanR1MWh3bF9ieV9jYW5kbGVsaWdodF8xLmpwZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA5MCAtcmVzaXplIDc3NXg1MjVeIC1ncmF2aXR5IENlbnRlciAtY3JvcCA3NzV4NTI1KzArMCJdXQ/by-candlelight-1.jpg?sha=091f6aa6ef4c6e54" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="775" height="271" src="https://www.moma.org/d/assets/W1siZiIsIjIwMTYvMDQvMjAvM29hanR1MWh3bF9ieV9jYW5kbGVsaWdodF8xLmpwZyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcXVhbGl0eSA5MCAtcmVzaXplIDc3NXg1MjVeIC1ncmF2aXR5IENlbnRlciAtY3JvcCA3NzV4NTI1KzArMCJdXQ/by-candlelight-1.jpg?sha=091f6aa6ef4c6e54" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>By Candlelight</i>, released in 1933, is an entertaining and surprisingly fast-moving romantic comedy from Universal Studios. Paul Lukas was ideally cast as the butler Josef and is charming in the role. However, it was hard for him to hold his own in any scene with Nils Asther. That Swedish actor had a mesmerizing way of stealing the spotlight. Asther played a debonair and quite convincing cad of a prince.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since <i>By Candlelight </i>was filmed before the Hays Code was strictly enforced, the dialogue and visual situations are much more straight-forward then the subtle hinting techniques employed in the late 1930s sex comedies. Prince Alfred pinches women and openly flirts with married socialites while Josef proudly looks on. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLltPFgffeiHDhV9Ni4Ucp9G6CV9GTsf77aJnQPBzawz8dkw0rvluutmMaQp5e0PgDFgA_pC6uK2gxbeyk96tm8YC_Baq1AJ-dI97fkuzwdbR2J85FH4PftNnYuOy_V_zszdwwI4Ck8epuFSheTc-eIRYPQOLHpo4btN1qcNmZJmMHv8WcesRUr2oQwwc/s873/ByCandlelight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="873" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLltPFgffeiHDhV9Ni4Ucp9G6CV9GTsf77aJnQPBzawz8dkw0rvluutmMaQp5e0PgDFgA_pC6uK2gxbeyk96tm8YC_Baq1AJ-dI97fkuzwdbR2J85FH4PftNnYuOy_V_zszdwwI4Ck8epuFSheTc-eIRYPQOLHpo4btN1qcNmZJmMHv8WcesRUr2oQwwc/w400-h245/ByCandlelight.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Director James Whale did a wonderful job of keeping the film amusing and not letting it get stage-bound, something that could have easily been done since it originated as an Austrian stage play. P.G. Wodehouse (the Jeeves and Wooster author) adapted "Candle Light" by Siegfried Geyer and Karl Farkas into an English play which, in turn, was purchased by Universal Pictures for filming. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">While James Whale is best known for directing horror films (The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, etc) he had the right touch for comedies and could have made a name for himself in that genre had he pursued it. He later filmed an equally amusing - and forgotten - comedy called <i>Remember the Night?</i> (1935).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, <i>By Candlelight</i> is not so rare as to be unreleased and is available both on regular DVD and on Blu-Ray. </span></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-2840998124781015642024-02-20T21:16:00.003-05:002024-02-20T21:16:42.076-05:00From the Archives: The Light Touch (1951)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DQoAAOSwkXBeRsZ6/s-l1600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="800" height="517" src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/DQoAAOSwkXBeRsZ6/s-l1600.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">George Sanders is looking as affable as ever in this still from the 1951 thriller <i>The Light Touch</i> starring Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. Pier looks like she is falling in love with Stewart..which is a shame because the film's poster foretells: "If she knew what he was, she'd never give him her youth and innocence!" You'll have to watch the film to find out if she really goes that far. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;">From the Archives</b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"> is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, and others may still be available for purchase at our eBay store: </span><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures" style="background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 102, 255) !important; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures</a></span></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-50709763826608391682024-02-15T21:30:00.001-05:002024-02-15T21:30:07.664-05:00The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfikYPG2sgXW5pmY2uJ-TKxp3j7AMx1luIqrC0H05aLQNlXF8wWDfxwqAjtn8afKpZl7VHijqQ-u7gKvZfgqjomS289e31oWakYEvhjx5h_ECCUWxqwxYLD5Fo2P3IWjEwguEIkSnaE9jbZUcn31Ai_sAVQPYLkGCKEt5xHI7zO9a7LI9-UJw6z-mI_I/s947/Impossibly1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="947" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfikYPG2sgXW5pmY2uJ-TKxp3j7AMx1luIqrC0H05aLQNlXF8wWDfxwqAjtn8afKpZl7VHijqQ-u7gKvZfgqjomS289e31oWakYEvhjx5h_ECCUWxqwxYLD5Fo2P3IWjEwguEIkSnaE9jbZUcn31Ai_sAVQPYLkGCKEt5xHI7zO9a7LI9-UJw6z-mI_I/w640-h358/Impossibly1.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>"This is a most serious matter, a most serious matter!" </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At least, that is what it appears that this man is saying. He certainly is standing in the right environment to have a serious matter on his mind, but we'll not sway you too much by sharing our thoughts. Let's see how many of you remember this scene. It's trickier than you might think!</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click <a href="http://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-impossibly-difficult-name-that.html">here</a>.</span>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-40882112967873196662024-02-09T14:35:00.001-05:002024-02-09T14:35:37.160-05:00Our Debut Book! - Classic Films is now available on Kickstarter<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> After ten years of writing posts for Silver Scenes, I have finally decided to publish a book! It is called <b><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dianam/classic-films-famous-and-forgotten-films-1930-1985-vol-1?ref=2tel2s" target="_blank">"Classic Films - Famous and Forgotten Films"</a></b> (Volume 1). This has long been a pet project that I kept putting off working on but now the gears are in motion and this book is set to become a reality in the summer of 2024. Hoorah!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/948/052/5a19d3b949655bada9fba0df55c54bd2_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&crop=faces&w=1024&h=576&fit=crop&v=1707449343&auto=format&frame=1&q=92&s=e96e39c8d829a2c7293140ae85e9e60e" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/948/052/5a19d3b949655bada9fba0df55c54bd2_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&crop=faces&w=1024&h=576&fit=crop&v=1707449343&auto=format&frame=1&q=92&s=e96e39c8d829a2c7293140ae85e9e60e" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Every January, the crowd-funding site Kickstarter hosts an initiative called "MAKE 100" where creators must offer a reward limited to only 100 editions. I usually take part in the MAKE 100 by restoring historic photographs, but this year I launched </span><i style="font-family: arial;"><b>Classic Films</b></i><span style="font-family: arial;"> and, surprisingly, it was funded within 4 days! The campaign still has 11 days to go before it concludes but I have already begun work on the book. Such fun!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you would like to support this project, just click on the link below: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dianam/classic-films-famous-and-forgotten-films-1930-1985-vol-1?ref=2tel2s"><b>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dianam/classic-films-famous-and-forgotten-films-1930-1985-vol-1?ref=2tel2s</b></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The paperback costs $14 and the deluxe limited-edition set (includes a signed book, DVD and photo) costs $40. This will, hopefully, be the first volume in a set of 4-5 books. As most of you well know, there are thousands of films that can be reviewed so a series like this could be endless. </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/750/289/f79c80e6a6aec2e2ad3e35a351e84e06_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1366&fit=max&v=1705945859&gif-q=50&q=92&s=24a63f5695811fe36690eb0fb1e6a527" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/043/750/289/f79c80e6a6aec2e2ad3e35a351e84e06_original.jpg?ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=1366&fit=max&v=1705945859&gif-q=50&q=92&s=24a63f5695811fe36690eb0fb1e6a527" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ten years' worth of reviews now being put into book-format</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Each book will have about 45-60 film reviews as well as lots of themed lists to get you to explore other films in similar genres. It will also be profusely illustrated in the style of the old movie magazines of the 1930s. If there is room, I may even sneak in a few bios. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm having a ball putting this project together! It is re-capturing the feelings I had when I was young and first fell in love with classic films...and I hope that anyone who reads the book will get these feel-good sensations, too. </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VF-Y_TgYr-xpZEoKOAdYql5378TIQI0i5wkAD1whXGIw87xV1EQTqXZnU6jbxCQFsjLX_Gc1sdEWDNrAbU7UCMCU3e7tbXS03cFcOrI4RD682bgWA96M2QsHfqFbEDIRKGP89z6O3gtc/s636/Mrs+Muir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="636" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VF-Y_TgYr-xpZEoKOAdYql5378TIQI0i5wkAD1whXGIw87xV1EQTqXZnU6jbxCQFsjLX_Gc1sdEWDNrAbU7UCMCU3e7tbXS03cFcOrI4RD682bgWA96M2QsHfqFbEDIRKGP89z6O3gtc/w400-h299/Mrs+Muir.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Put it in me book exactly as I dictate!"</i></td></tr></tbody></table></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-40538684323229982582024-02-06T13:09:00.001-05:002024-02-06T13:09:08.984-05:00Night Ferry (1976) - A CFF Film<p><span style="font-family: arial;">An ancient Egyptian mummy is stolen from The British Museum and young Jeff (Graham Fletcher) witnesses the criminals carrying the mummy case to their hiding place at the railyards. He wants to go to the police but is afraid to since it would mean confessing that he trespassed on railway property while searching for his model plane. This dangerous act caused a railway worker to be injured. Instead, he recruits his two friends, Nick (Engin Eshref) and Carol (Jayne Tottman) to keep an eye on the master criminal known as Pyramid (Bernard Cribbins) and see if they can track down the mummy themselves.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR5GQElrAtcrEcJMOoAYpoClJlSG-ulLlK6AUZFkYIdfadcYzModPvp9dSAV8izpRnrO5HJWQRMXVO-N8o6uWYfknpsRcHQtfri0otZ2LaXzTGYcs9-J_TgJDu9jAHcL5SZvl6qkQz3Nv/s720/Night.Ferry.1976.mkv_20141127_142220.252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR5GQElrAtcrEcJMOoAYpoClJlSG-ulLlK6AUZFkYIdfadcYzModPvp9dSAV8izpRnrO5HJWQRMXVO-N8o6uWYfknpsRcHQtfri0otZ2LaXzTGYcs9-J_TgJDu9jAHcL5SZvl6qkQz3Nv/w400-h320/Night.Ferry.1976.mkv_20141127_142220.252.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><i style="font-family: arial;">Night Ferry</i><span style="font-family: arial;"> was one of many Children's Film Foundations distributions released in the United Kingdom during the 1970s. This one is a cut above the rest since the criminals are not the usual bungling sort, although it still is very much juvenile fare. The location scenes around London's Victoria and Clapham stations are nice and the film clips along at a good pace. It actually builds up a fair amount of tension towards the climax when the criminals discover that the children are on their trail. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Night Ferry</i> was directed by David Eady and written by Michael Barnes who also teamed up to produce the film. This is one of several films that they made together for the Children's Film Foundation. The child actors do an adequate job, although young Jeff was a bit wooden. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Bernard Cribbins (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">The Railway Children, Jackanory</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) stars as the criminal Pyramid, a master-of-disguise who arranges crimes to order. In this case, a private collector in France wants the mummy for his own collection so they are delivering him via the night ferry across the channel. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2/5BVvbjEv2gdITs1rTq3WRYSV5rk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="225" src="https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/w1066_and_h600_bestv2/5BVvbjEv2gdITs1rTq3WRYSV5rk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Also in the cast is Aubrey Morris, Jeremy Bulloch and Carole Rousseau...whom some may recognize as the host of the BBC French instructional video course <i>A Vous La France</i> (1984).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Since <i>Night Ferry</i> is only one-hour long, it was later aired on television as one episode of the children's anthology series called <i>Once Upon a Classic</i>, hosted by Bill Bixby. It is currently available on DVD as one of three films on the BFI's Children's Film Foundation Collection "London Tales".</span></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-60337739085771589612024-01-27T21:12:00.002-05:002024-01-27T21:12:45.018-05:00Film Albums: T.V. Themes - 101 Strings Orchestra<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.discogs.com/e_y_yn4MbEmz-z8RSP1IAfKPVJyMCUH2zkOkfJyiARk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMTI5/NjgtMTQ1MzQ1Mjg2/NC00MDQ4LmpwZWc.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="600" src="https://i.discogs.com/e_y_yn4MbEmz-z8RSP1IAfKPVJyMCUH2zkOkfJyiARk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyMTI5/NjgtMTQ1MzQ1Mjg2/NC00MDQ4LmpwZWc.jpeg" width="600" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These days, you rarely come across an album that includes a selection of popular television themes, especially not one performed by an orchestra! But albums like this were quite common in the 1960s and 1970s, and one rare gem is "T.V. Themes" by the 101 Strings Orchestra, released by Alshire records (S-5323). This 1975 release includes themes from some of the most popular shows at the time -<i> Kojak, Hawaii 5-0, Ironside, All in the Family, </i>and <i>Theme from M.A.S.H</i> - all played in lush string arrangements. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It would have been nice to see the theme from Laverne and Shirley included on this as well, but I'm complaining since they included three real groovy non-television themes in this line-up: <i>Run Alice Run, Concrete Forest</i> and the upbeat <i>Mystery Magazine</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h_V_F9yhaY&pp=ygUVMTAxIHN0cmluZ3MgdHYgdGhlbWVz" target="_blank">Click here</a></b> to listen to the album in full via Youtube.</span></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Track Listing</span></u></b></p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></u></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Side A</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hawaii Five-0</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">F.B.I Theme</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ironside Theme</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mystery Magazine</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Run Alice Run</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Side B</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kojak </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Theme from M.A.S.H.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Theme from All in the Family</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Little House on the Prairie</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Concrete Forest</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Top Music Picks:</b><i> Hawaii Five-O, Mystery Magazine, Theme from MASH, Little House on the Prairie</i></span>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-23602081861019729922024-01-24T20:48:00.000-05:002024-01-24T20:48:27.623-05:00The Savage Innocents (1960)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/The_Savage_Innocents.jpg/220px-The_Savage_Innocents.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="220" height="338" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/The_Savage_Innocents.jpg/220px-The_Savage_Innocents.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">This is not a family film. This is not a movie you would see on a date-night or enjoy with friends. This is a movie you would most likely watch by yourself when you are in the mood for a docudrama ...or if you just happened to catch it late at night on television. I can't imagine sitting in a theater enjoying it; unless you are a couple who walked into a dark theater to neck and stayed to watch the film through. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The narrow potential audience of <i>The Savage Innocents</i> made it a risk for producer Maleno Malenotti so, to cut his chances of having a complete box-office failure on his hands, he decided to put a Hollywood "name" on the marquee - Anthony Quinn. This as an unfortunate move because the film is about "the savage innocents" - Eskimos. It is about their social and living habits: how they hunt, how they build, how they mate, dance, eat, fight, feel and their viewpoints on birth and death. This is quite fascinating and, if <i>The Savage Innocents</i> was an Omnimax presentation, it would be a memorable documentary....but the Eskimo himself is what would make this film special, not a white man playing the part of an Eskimo. Especially not a tall, Italian-American such as Quinn. The Eskimos were indeed a savage but<i> innocent</i> race of people and innocence cannot be feigned. Anthony Quinn couldn't pull it off and, unfortunately, that one flaw turns what would be an otherwise enjoyable docudrama into an pretentious Hollywood production. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The cinematography in <i>The Savage Innocents</i> is magnificent. It was filmed on location in northern Canada and Greenland and the second unit film crew captured the striking raw beauty of the arctic territory in sweeping wide vista shots, filmed in Super Technirama 70. Angelo Francesco Lavagnino's music is lovely, too, but these aspects were not enough to save the picture. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXxXmwlUt5eu9MUNwSCbYv-JYHCrJg4HmZYzLK3zlT15Wszby2O6DVSp_cuf35s99excxD2clhQAt2nhAtc04baDiiWrS6GbSmVLRGnMKq6Yy2tuocKuCASnGphJFZMS5qFzONTZx0rc1gEE_QVp70_5jAQnzU_yTHtI4SRAz62U6Snh3e2pUQtW9-uo/s941/Savage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="941" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirXxXmwlUt5eu9MUNwSCbYv-JYHCrJg4HmZYzLK3zlT15Wszby2O6DVSp_cuf35s99excxD2clhQAt2nhAtc04baDiiWrS6GbSmVLRGnMKq6Yy2tuocKuCASnGphJFZMS5qFzONTZx0rc1gEE_QVp70_5jAQnzU_yTHtI4SRAz62U6Snh3e2pUQtW9-uo/w400-h165/Savage1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Stateside, <i>The Savage Innocents</i> froze at the box-office. Director Nicholas Ray (<i>Rebel without a Cause, Johnny Guitar</i>) co-scripted the film which featured a simple story but one that allowed him to stamp with his personal touches. Ray loved movies that dealt with social issues and this film certainly had issues. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The story follows the life of Inuk (Anthony Quinn), a lonely Eskimo who is anxious for a mate. Male Eskimos generally would accept any woman as a wife, but Inuk finds favor with Imina. Before he has a chance to pay her mother Hiko (Anna May Wong) for her hand in marriage, another man, Kiddok, weds her. Hiko offers her other daughter Asiak (Yoko Tani) to Inuk but he is enraged and decides to persue Kiddok to get his woman back. He takes Asiak and her mother with him on the journey so that he can trade them for Imina when he finds Kiddok, but by the time he reaches Kiddok he realizes he wants Asiak for his wife after all. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNBnYm7NsJAlTla_7Rggt7hKyKRFw0DtSGTWEN26rEBI3jXkNHZAejwm8voAl8DTqDwWsUnGtJ-Hig_xivJTISR5QUxyftKQirOhg9IUwR_OiTfBjfNNUu7v0nMSgMkTOvQ783Se57JIIrC6hNw7Wd70KqR9XsY2HL_jD8tS55E0PSYga70TmElezF3g/s931/Savage9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="931" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNBnYm7NsJAlTla_7Rggt7hKyKRFw0DtSGTWEN26rEBI3jXkNHZAejwm8voAl8DTqDwWsUnGtJ-Hig_xivJTISR5QUxyftKQirOhg9IUwR_OiTfBjfNNUu7v0nMSgMkTOvQ783Se57JIIrC6hNw7Wd70KqR9XsY2HL_jD8tS55E0PSYga70TmElezF3g/w400-h168/Savage9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">Inuk, Asiak, and her mother, then journey on, continually following the nearest source of food to hunt and building igloos along the way. At nights, Inuk and Asiak "laugh" together (have sex) and in the day Inuk hunts. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Inuk's hunting is another reason this film found disapproval among some critics and its audience. The film, an Italian-French-Anglo co-production, did not flinch from showing the plight of animals at the hands of Eskimos. Before the credits even roll, a polar bear is shown happily swimming in the water when a spear is thrown off-camera and it suddenly dies. This production cannot claim that "animals were not harmed in the making of his film". It is indeed savage. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMW5B_mZkcNu6N-075hi3ZJFvZZn-h8XttiDof-Vu5P17u3tUiHv8_5g5UTxRaMTQhRTJr2G1-rCLpLjWicZ9xHCmryhhDUbSRHIlzUZQhh0D-US2nBvKOixpdELw4WZTxELlUjtNG8X2cKcY19gY9ywMco6g9t3b6c9L25YKU3gAepv7tV6WV9BXtmD4/s3382/Pictures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="3382" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMW5B_mZkcNu6N-075hi3ZJFvZZn-h8XttiDof-Vu5P17u3tUiHv8_5g5UTxRaMTQhRTJr2G1-rCLpLjWicZ9xHCmryhhDUbSRHIlzUZQhh0D-US2nBvKOixpdELw4WZTxELlUjtNG8X2cKcY19gY9ywMco6g9t3b6c9L25YKU3gAepv7tV6WV9BXtmD4/w400-h229/Pictures.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />For Eskimos, however, hunting was - and is - their only means of survival and, as the narrator exclaims in one scene, "[they accept] without bitterness Nature's eternal tragedy: that the flesh must perish so that the flesh might live." They sacrifice their old and injured and sick to the animals of the land so that the animals may live and one day be food for others. This is what becomes of Hiko, who willingly waits to become food for a hungry polar bear. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When they stop at a white man's settlement, Inuk offers his wife to a missionary in a gesture of kindness, but the white man is shocked by this and Inuk accidently kills him in their ensuing argument. According to Eskimo law, Inku committed no crime but in the law of the white man, he is a murderer. After Inuk leaves to return to his land, two troopers (Carlo Giustini and Peter O'Toole) are sent to pursue him and bring him back to "civilization" for execution. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPcgNskwEcfpXRPXIKpikGUnQrADgMIcZnK8Ke3nXibiz1k8OxI98CRPVN9BD10S-t6G1FWCu_IqxEoiG2G1DLb2J0oRGoRYlbvqne5bFsV5JHVgU45JzpXld9_ZobKWpTeC5D8a7CvD3cSfA1PNJo0YJqyqxFLpQwQbMuZNfKFHIyXAbLPNq2IMjvAc/s393/Savage3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="319" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPcgNskwEcfpXRPXIKpikGUnQrADgMIcZnK8Ke3nXibiz1k8OxI98CRPVN9BD10S-t6G1FWCu_IqxEoiG2G1DLb2J0oRGoRYlbvqne5bFsV5JHVgU45JzpXld9_ZobKWpTeC5D8a7CvD3cSfA1PNJo0YJqyqxFLpQwQbMuZNfKFHIyXAbLPNq2IMjvAc/w260-h320/Savage3.jpg" width="260" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">This finale of the lawmen chasing the criminal throughout the Arctic added excitement to the film, but once again, it featured some visually disturbing scenes that could have been omitted. <i>The Wild North </i>(1953), featuring a similar plot set in Canada, is a better film.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As one of the troopers, Peter O'Toole gave a memorable performance in his first screen role. If his distinguished English voice sounds different than usual, it is because he was dubbed by an Italian who was attempting a gruff American accent. He plays a determined law-enforcer but his notion of what is right and wrong is tested when Inuk saves his life. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Savage Innocents</i> is one of those films that could have been something wonderful but falls short. Real Eskimos should have been cast in the leads and the animal slayings need not have been shown on camera. <i>Nanook of the North</i> (1922) and MGM's <i>Eskimo</i> (1933) featured unknown Inuit actors in the lead roles and both were profitable at the theaters so, in spite of Bob Dylan's praise of "The Mighty Quinn", his presence in this film was unnecessary. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Savage Innocents is available on DVD, Blu-Ray and also by streaming via Amazon Prime.</span></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-57153890665134976432024-01-20T20:55:00.002-05:002024-01-20T20:55:51.065-05:00British Pathe: Matchstick Models (1941)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">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 mind that Harold looks closer to 30 than 16, he is a very creative lad. In addition to building houses of matchsticks, he even constructed a double-decker bus.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMvI8MTVYd5CcCQylY7oq1-dDNW-keI4_zA3edyg9cXFwGuX4RBj18dI7I7AH-AJyeHhLy0Lz5NCnMXA8XIaStvypdc0c6lOzxQu9Pb7BUInYFCLjcWmpIF6TcRtdC70nAOCIrQj7TCAOhyz_1pQM9GR2upFHw00AwMZ7ZqGwW3p-nuwMs7mhtmnmEvQ/s521/BritishPathe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="521" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMvI8MTVYd5CcCQylY7oq1-dDNW-keI4_zA3edyg9cXFwGuX4RBj18dI7I7AH-AJyeHhLy0Lz5NCnMXA8XIaStvypdc0c6lOzxQu9Pb7BUInYFCLjcWmpIF6TcRtdC70nAOCIrQj7TCAOhyz_1pQM9GR2upFHw00AwMZ7ZqGwW3p-nuwMs7mhtmnmEvQ/w400-h301/BritishPathe.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Click here to watch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ3-5mOYxiQ"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Matchstick Models (1941)</b></span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Young Terry Summers is another talented miniature carpenter, aged 16. He constructed the entire British Houses of Parliament buildings out of balsa wood. They measure one yard long and are built to scale. Impressive indeed! </span></p><p>Click here to watch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV0SyLysXBw"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Model Houses Of Parliament (1951)</b></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1Ol4dLrPtUL8W8fXxBqPbP3pQUXph_PtCG8o5e-_RbFebNYensINHpaFzqNA6-BR_uOKUVeq6hRfSalx8b0EFjkSabVYnGSZjijr4E5esKhMTrNIT80-q4-j2BotESJx9FBEaq8pNus-eBwviMLGDTcJ2J1JhWo_yvwvYu8bYo_J-F3npRPpXhjCjJE/s519/BritishPathe1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="519" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1Ol4dLrPtUL8W8fXxBqPbP3pQUXph_PtCG8o5e-_RbFebNYensINHpaFzqNA6-BR_uOKUVeq6hRfSalx8b0EFjkSabVYnGSZjijr4E5esKhMTrNIT80-q4-j2BotESJx9FBEaq8pNus-eBwviMLGDTcJ2J1JhWo_yvwvYu8bYo_J-F3npRPpXhjCjJE/w400-h305/BritishPathe1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The most entertaining of all is Model Villages, a 2:52 minute clip showing T.F. Dobbins, designer of a model village in Southport, Merseyside. Tiny visitors enjoyed this outdoor "Land of the Little People" for years before it was demolished to make way for a supermarket. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Click here to watch:</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a9eyfUbvJ8" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Model Villages (1962)</b></span></a></p>Other similarly themed British Pathe shorts:<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MltlbIAc1SE" target="_blank"><b>House of Commons Model (1949)</b></a> - 2:08 minutes</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCiOU3rBFBs" target="_blank"><b>Bristol Model (1951)</b></a> - :35 minutes</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTwr_mN61Lk&pp=ygUfbW9kZWwgaG91c2VzIDE5NTQgYnJpdGlzaCBwYXRoZQ%3D%3D" target="_blank">Model Houses (1954)</a></b> - :52 minutes</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cobdba5Xer8" target="_blank"><b>Gannymeade Model Village (1967)</b></a> - 1:03 minutes</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bgVRhEJdDvwQGfKn9CMHiWenKV4lZB-V8bcZD2AFIRw-S0YkI_XfK2cPEIV-0yVYv5ggE-ErfaQfmxdqLn4LzNqCfCK3NiPDkf8iphyphenhyphengKf0uO3tTsy_HmwBFLjJzYB2M4_jsOXgjLVSozfdlq7XM89OEUR_n4os86cWeInXw5tbfUolFvE1PCtgPnNc/s521/BritishPathe2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="521" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2bgVRhEJdDvwQGfKn9CMHiWenKV4lZB-V8bcZD2AFIRw-S0YkI_XfK2cPEIV-0yVYv5ggE-ErfaQfmxdqLn4LzNqCfCK3NiPDkf8iphyphenhyphengKf0uO3tTsy_HmwBFLjJzYB2M4_jsOXgjLVSozfdlq7XM89OEUR_n4os86cWeInXw5tbfUolFvE1PCtgPnNc/w400-h300/BritishPathe2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-73300104551306892622024-01-19T20:53:00.001-05:002024-01-27T14:38:22.276-05:00The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHOZR9uzzqdP-mMWpsRkepRw2kwjzCzoIsSpPvmHK059A_eEuj1nQbuWPAla-BkWUEtMoy-_whU20Emr1VqcBDju0G9YgLnZMCB6oCoTNe_jkiEz7Skf-TmcXm03-uAI1y-GnjiUF_U4RTIeff4nArs42RWS7zh55aDPnWBRyaKruQNKvqQFIbdQJvDM/s1357/Impossibly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1357" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsHOZR9uzzqdP-mMWpsRkepRw2kwjzCzoIsSpPvmHK059A_eEuj1nQbuWPAla-BkWUEtMoy-_whU20Emr1VqcBDju0G9YgLnZMCB6oCoTNe_jkiEz7Skf-TmcXm03-uAI1y-GnjiUF_U4RTIeff4nArs42RWS7zh55aDPnWBRyaKruQNKvqQFIbdQJvDM/w640-h290/Impossibly.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><span style="font-family: arial;">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... )<br /><br />As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click <a href="http://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-impossibly-difficult-name-that.html">here</a>!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>GAME OVER.</b> Congratulations to Damsbo for correctly identifying this screenshot from <b><i>"Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"</i></b> (1965). In this scene, a reporter is excitedly conveying by radio the latest positions of the racers as they fly over the English Channel. </span></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-19913547312847327612024-01-13T23:00:00.003-05:002024-01-13T23:00:38.483-05:00Tubi Picks for January<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYqTrrp0HqxOFyD_M1pGBdqPHjFOfazdpurHT_Efak2z4Yb6EpvQqYKgPYPG6NNM_8BA5h1A08etALVlXBQ07P65GxIIWiQfb3KGln-hxlL33AibcDnfg_NcrwgApK10IPQ1gFzPSJB02PkS0CMbmcYt53jBvWrok0o0AVCpZ3nBamkuGONJ7XlIBgB8/s333/Tubi5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="235" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYqTrrp0HqxOFyD_M1pGBdqPHjFOfazdpurHT_Efak2z4Yb6EpvQqYKgPYPG6NNM_8BA5h1A08etALVlXBQ07P65GxIIWiQfb3KGln-hxlL33AibcDnfg_NcrwgApK10IPQ1gFzPSJB02PkS0CMbmcYt53jBvWrok0o0AVCpZ3nBamkuGONJ7XlIBgB8/s320/Tubi5.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">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 <i>Jezebel</i> and <i>Mr. Skeffington</i>. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">We've perused their offerings and picked out some of the best films they are currently airing here in January. Just search the title on the Tubi app to watch them for free, or go to <a href="http://tubitv.com">tubitv.com</a> to watch any of these films online. </span></div><div><br /></div><div>Arrowsmith (1931)<p></p><p>42nd Street (1933)</p><p>Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)</p><p>Libeled Lady (1936)</p><p>A Day at the Races (1937)</p><p>Fire Over England (1937)</p><p>Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)</p><p>The Women (1939)</p><p>The Philadelphia Story (1940)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCr9SsRrpbzeqJMH0QL9dr5hDk0vA3komRmPJdZmIisFD937_PMFwugXKqGvvKbe_lr0iTUIm9xQwOORtXhvnm5AWVrth1CVGpmxhA8H25j3actzqOemX7hYySoZMIRwZj0XTxaU9xNlVZn_rH1uhNdyM75y_Rq08k0UC8MIrPBuIJg024LsTnc-gMET8/s715/TubiPicks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="715" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCr9SsRrpbzeqJMH0QL9dr5hDk0vA3komRmPJdZmIisFD937_PMFwugXKqGvvKbe_lr0iTUIm9xQwOORtXhvnm5AWVrth1CVGpmxhA8H25j3actzqOemX7hYySoZMIRwZj0XTxaU9xNlVZn_rH1uhNdyM75y_Rq08k0UC8MIrPBuIJg024LsTnc-gMET8/w640-h298/TubiPicks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>The Maltese Falcon (1941)</p><p>Suspicion (1941)</p><p>The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)</p><p>Now, Voyager (1942)</p><p>Woman of the Year (1942)</p><p>Forever and a Day (1943)</p><p>Millions Like Us (1943)</p><p>We Dive at Dawn (1943)</p><p>A Canterbury Tale (1944)</p><p>Anchors Aweigh (1945)</p><p>The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)</p><p>On the Town (1949)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdA17_kBNCMw2BYhMr0lzl6z5Us7CfOtY3wc1NHS65LYdWaiX0w22NN2N5wCfDgXtlTKkYxd4sH1oUkj0zonUfBvCZOt4WlUJJc4m1bAQQG8d3YziatIAMyn6jIHdD-LNz-ZNL7VUDjRjSqYzhCpKcp1Lg9DQNlT53GR3L7NGSFB06FtVL7rgNaMucEg/s715/TubiPicks2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="715" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdA17_kBNCMw2BYhMr0lzl6z5Us7CfOtY3wc1NHS65LYdWaiX0w22NN2N5wCfDgXtlTKkYxd4sH1oUkj0zonUfBvCZOt4WlUJJc4m1bAQQG8d3YziatIAMyn6jIHdD-LNz-ZNL7VUDjRjSqYzhCpKcp1Lg9DQNlT53GR3L7NGSFB06FtVL7rgNaMucEg/w640-h296/TubiPicks2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Third Man (1949)</p><p>Kiss Me Kate (1953)</p><p>The Killing (1956)</p><p>Gigi (1958)</p><p>North by Northwest (1959)</p><p>The Music Man (1962)</p><p>Viva Las Vegas (1964)</p><p>Bullitt (1968)</p><p>Ice Station Zebra (1968)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73BGZ61NRLx0F8RyjPs6ig6vTvpXPYNqo_8ZK5FS12dYib61RFGSavAeITDD56QFLCmY7_YWPiWELk9nGlIN0EBZq3uYxXCy-pHajsZfT3DBaBr8oL2FkFiMmcQFFq7WpybpeOtLXkeEaoSrDjp9GXAFBP1jrXDtSPc0J3NIwcDA40GnDDRylaeiBKoA/s333/Tubi1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="233" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73BGZ61NRLx0F8RyjPs6ig6vTvpXPYNqo_8ZK5FS12dYib61RFGSavAeITDD56QFLCmY7_YWPiWELk9nGlIN0EBZq3uYxXCy-pHajsZfT3DBaBr8oL2FkFiMmcQFFq7WpybpeOtLXkeEaoSrDjp9GXAFBP1jrXDtSPc0J3NIwcDA40GnDDRylaeiBKoA/s320/Tubi1.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p></p><p><u><b><span style="font-family: arial;">TV SERIES</span></b></u></p><p>The Flintstones (1960)</p><p>Supercar (1961)</p><p>The Real McCoys (1963)</p><p>Jonny Quest (1964)</p><p>Stingray (1964)</p><p>Classic Doctor Who (all seasons)</p><p>Hart to Hart (1979)</p><p>Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983)</p></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-1314271569845428282024-01-12T23:05:00.000-05:002024-01-12T23:05:15.820-05:00TCM's Big Screen Classics Schedule 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.fathomevents.com/image/upload/w_600,dpr_2,f_auto,q_auto/v1700074949/Events/2024/1876/FBSC_Rear_Window_2024_1000x1480_FE_Website.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="541" height="400" src="https://images.fathomevents.com/image/upload/w_600,dpr_2,f_auto,q_auto/v1700074949/Events/2024/1876/FBSC_Rear_Window_2024_1000x1480_FE_Website.jpg.jpg" width="271" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">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 Series"....same films, same host, just a different name.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Many of the titles included are films that are celebrating an anniversary, such as<i> The Wizard of Oz</i> which is 85 years old this year (!), and<i> Blazing Saddles</i> which turns 50. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is the complete line-up including show dates (which may change): </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Wizard of Oz</b> - Jan. 28th, 29th and 31st</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>My Fair Lady</b> - Feb. 4th and 5th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Labyrinth </b>- March 6th and 10th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Gone with the Wind</b> - April 8th, 9th, and 10th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Steel Magnolias</b> - May 5th and 8th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Muppet Movie</b> - June 2nd and June 3rd</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>South Park - Bigger Longer and Uncut</b> - June 23rd, June 26th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The NeverEnding Story</b> - July 21st and July 22nd</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Rear Window</b> - August 25th and August 28th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Blazing Saddles </b>- September 15th and September 18th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Mean Girls </b>- October 3rd and October 6th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>The Fifth Element</b> - November 17th and November 20th</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>White Christmas </b>- December 15th and December 16th</span></p><p><a href="https://www.fathomevents.com/series/fathoms-big-screen-classics/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to view the schedule on Fathom's website. </p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-32441334977929293982024-01-05T16:23:00.001-05:002024-01-06T16:28:36.504-05:00From the Archives: Vengeance Valley (1951)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iYqYtu_cknhyphenhyphenJG2DhKXEBAYQ1zqZhy18NTeCah4af87NNA3d2HLhVCkXXxOB95mL2uABiDLdNLEectnR8dkS4T94M0J4ntI7SNu__uXCnkXpR-IJNYiz_HSr9e2s8yqNBbDurRS7jjGj_jvrs8dKzuFTpkTgTEPukue6QK4cAc9QYVRCcV6WSs9N3ww/s4331/MAR095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3424" data-original-width="4331" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iYqYtu_cknhyphenhyphenJG2DhKXEBAYQ1zqZhy18NTeCah4af87NNA3d2HLhVCkXXxOB95mL2uABiDLdNLEectnR8dkS4T94M0J4ntI7SNu__uXCnkXpR-IJNYiz_HSr9e2s8yqNBbDurRS7jjGj_jvrs8dKzuFTpkTgTEPukue6QK4cAc9QYVRCcV6WSs9N3ww/w640-h506/MAR095.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Burt Lancaster and Robert Walker co-star as warring half-brothers in the western drama <i>Vengeance Valley </i>(1951). In this scene, one can clearly see who the "baddie" is by his dark-colored shirt! </span></p><p><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px;">From the Archives</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px;"> is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, and others may still be available for purchase at our eBay store: </span><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures" style="background-color: white; color: rgb(0, 102, 255) !important; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures</a></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-4009890263150898382023-12-29T15:42:00.007-05:002024-01-27T14:43:31.849-05:00The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHAAusywkYh_W2Mb_ygOiJIfkJUwpXU3HjCIRRnsPRIM2Apxw_Rcm1c9JzmZFsqJmFbL-ZkaTi3SQS4QKqjS24Y4sdRQ9t4hL_5GEpu_k8tchfYPwLAKTZC5wF4Ju4mdNz5q-LFSYEVNvktP-Uc_i07_zPXQwxz1j0OMsRhgJAx36LofF9A6NKbBQroI/s841/ImpossiblyDifficult.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="841" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHAAusywkYh_W2Mb_ygOiJIfkJUwpXU3HjCIRRnsPRIM2Apxw_Rcm1c9JzmZFsqJmFbL-ZkaTi3SQS4QKqjS24Y4sdRQ9t4hL_5GEpu_k8tchfYPwLAKTZC5wF4Ju4mdNz5q-LFSYEVNvktP-Uc_i07_zPXQwxz1j0OMsRhgJAx36LofF9A6NKbBQroI/w640-h268/ImpossiblyDifficult.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">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. ;-)</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">As always, if you are not familiar with the rules of the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click <a href="http://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-impossibly-difficult-name-that.html">here</a>!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>GAME OVER.</b> Congratulations to Damsbo for correctly identifying this screenshot from <i><b>"The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"</b></i> (1970). </span></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-82914384940758514112023-12-25T13:10:00.001-05:002023-12-25T13:10:13.769-05:00The Andy Williams Christmas Special of 1966<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back in 1962, the popular singer Andy Williams, released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JFqpB8SP4M" target="_blank">special Christmas edition</a> of his usual weekly series <i>The Andy Williams Show</i>. 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 brothers. The show was such a hit that many other Andy Williams Christmas Shows were filmed in the coming decade, but I think the 1966 special one stands out as something extra special. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="388" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFb2qZfmh4M" width="467" youtube-src-id="pFb2qZfmh4M"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This one featured Andy singing Christmas tunes that would soon become famous for him:<i> The Most Wonderful Time of the Year</i> and <i>We Need a Little Christmas</i>. It also featured beautiful renditions of <i>The Christmas Song, Love in a Home,</i> and <i>My Favorite Things</i> (performed with his wife Claudine Longet). Andy's parents come to visit, he sings Christmas medleys with his brothers, and lastly the Osbond Brothers so a wonderful Peppermint factory dance routine to <i>Whistle While You Work</i>. Overall, it's just an entertaining way to spend an hour this Christmas....so check it out! The link is down below or you can view it above. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFb2qZfmh4M&t=19s" target="_blank">The Andy Williams Christmas Show (1966)</a></div><br /><p></p><div><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial;"><b><i>Merry Christmas, dear readers! </i></b></span></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-63135878647680991412023-12-19T10:48:00.000-05:002023-12-19T10:48:03.781-05:00Behind-the-Scenes at Warner Brothers from the 1920s-1940s<p><span style="font-family: arial;">We're hosting the <b><a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-100-years-of-warner-brothers.html" target="_blank">100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon</a></b> 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. They continued to produce many fine films in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s but we are just highlighting some candids from the "golden age" of the studio.</span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Warner_Brothers_-_Albert%2C_Jack%2C_Harry_and_Sam.jpg/800px-Warner_Brothers_-_Albert%2C_Jack%2C_Harry_and_Sam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="800" height="331" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Warner_Brothers_-_Albert%2C_Jack%2C_Harry_and_Sam.jpg/800px-Warner_Brothers_-_Albert%2C_Jack%2C_Harry_and_Sam.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First off....the brothers who started it all: Albert, Jack, Harry and Sam Warner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PBDJAWA_EC009.jpg?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="800" height="276" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PBDJAWA_EC009.jpg?w=1024" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The brothers Warner, from left to right: Jack, Harry, Sam, and Al posing with Will Hays who is pictured in the center.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Warner-Brothers-Sunset-Boulevard-Studios-Everett-HBDWABR_EC001-H-2023.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=681%2C383" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="681" height="225" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Warner-Brothers-Sunset-Boulevard-Studios-Everett-HBDWABR_EC001-H-2023.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=681%2C383" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Warner Bros. Sunset Boulevard Studio and offices in Los Angeles, pictured in the mid-1920s.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtynonqZT6aY1acnnXA9nHi0NUl8Qb_jlRkq57beFwFZrAt-xhcf9jW-tLLQj-IYdSN-4aHynWa7H7-fCJqrtA2yK4_h30zxvrfY3yHnZ7mCXfbpOUvdOjxH55eI8m08DtdK-8R7mW5ywWaC58JD24MQV5SwqgyOxvHNHnAUu_T9t3yLbTzS8Jy62Ghk/s1024/WarnerBros.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1024" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtynonqZT6aY1acnnXA9nHi0NUl8Qb_jlRkq57beFwFZrAt-xhcf9jW-tLLQj-IYdSN-4aHynWa7H7-fCJqrtA2yK4_h30zxvrfY3yHnZ7mCXfbpOUvdOjxH55eI8m08DtdK-8R7mW5ywWaC58JD24MQV5SwqgyOxvHNHnAUu_T9t3yLbTzS8Jy62Ghk/w400-h221/WarnerBros.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Warner Brothers film studio during the silent-film era</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PBDJAWA_EC007.jpg?w=911" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="800" height="337" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PBDJAWA_EC007.jpg?w=911" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jack Warner (right) and director Harry Beaumont greet John Barrymore as he arrives in Hollywood to film <i>Beau Brummel</i> (1924)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/09/ap5606080173-ffc62d263c1652245dbbb1aa5ee4de40e2b7b974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/01/09/ap5606080173-ffc62d263c1652245dbbb1aa5ee4de40e2b7b974.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of Warner Brothers' biggest stars of the 1920s, Rin-Tin-Tin, is seen here getting his much-deserved chow break.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1926-15_June-19-26-copy.jpg?w=961" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1926-15_June-19-26-copy.jpg?w=961" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Constructing a studio: In this photo from 1926, work is underway for the new First National Pictures Studio which Warner Brothers purchased two years later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Warner-Brothers-Members-2-Everett-PBDDAZA_EC009-EMBED-2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Warner-Brothers-Members-2-Everett-PBDDAZA_EC009-EMBED-2023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Harry Warner, Jack Warner, Al Jolson, Darryl F. Zanuck and Al Warner on the Warners lot in 1927.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/474x/96/e6/3d/96e63de32821de32647b399892353d29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="450" height="294" src="https://i.pinimg.com/474x/96/e6/3d/96e63de32821de32647b399892353d29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jack and Harry Warner flank two of the studio's biggest box-office stars of the era - George O'Brien and Dolores Costello on the set of <i>Noah's Ark </i>(1928).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JazzSingJS83-copy.jpg?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="632" height="400" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JazzSingJS83-copy.jpg?w=1024" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warner Brothers' Studio was a pioneer of new technology and in 1927 they were the first studio to release an all-talking "sound" picture - <i>The Jazz Singer</i> - starring Al Jolson. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzQxYzVkYzktYWUxMS00MTYyLTllZmEtNWJkYTljMWIxM2U4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDUyOTUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="800" height="275" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzQxYzVkYzktYWUxMS00MTYyLTllZmEtNWJkYTljMWIxM2U4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDUyOTUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another technological breakthrough came in 1929 with their release of <i>On With the Show</i>, the first all-talking musical in Technicolor (!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7hjpFVhOgsNm5Ia4wJq0IiQ671tWio4haOp3jZN-ZozAH3mkT-hUo1EjI1Ihdq6kBm4pCIF3_MBDd-6BYnFHFYOvLcg814J27_fAzyaar99DbDhhvRoZiHKELNbUoLN-Y14GRBWYN3Ir8UD2iWXGKjc8b7mtHxbekk7Np4WenHqSASHAJS0q-XuNwxU/s247/Looney.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="247" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7hjpFVhOgsNm5Ia4wJq0IiQ671tWio4haOp3jZN-ZozAH3mkT-hUo1EjI1Ihdq6kBm4pCIF3_MBDd-6BYnFHFYOvLcg814J27_fAzyaar99DbDhhvRoZiHKELNbUoLN-Y14GRBWYN3Ir8UD2iWXGKjc8b7mtHxbekk7Np4WenHqSASHAJS0q-XuNwxU/w400-h293/Looney.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looney Tunes featuring Bosco premieres its first short in 1930 - "Sinkin' in the Bathtub".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wbbw-logo3-copy.jpg?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="628" height="400" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wbbw-logo3-copy.jpg?w=1024" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new Warner Brothers logo of the 1930s which will remain until the 1950s. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/7117/7591783484_88a196295e_z.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="502" height="400" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/7117/7591783484_88a196295e_z.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">James Cagney with his wife Frances Willard "Billie" Vernon. Cagney just made it to the top with the release of <i>The Public Enemy</i> in 1931. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/43/0b/66/430b668dc497b2ef08cbbc81e6b1000e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="736" height="313" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/43/0b/66/430b668dc497b2ef08cbbc81e6b1000e.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mervyn LeRoy directs Edward G. Robinson and Marian Marsh on the set of Five Star Final (1931)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41jQNVQlE+L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="570" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41jQNVQlE+L._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bette Davis, the studio's glamorous new star, seen here in 1933. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.01188020.7055475/2084931.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="593" height="400" src="https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.01188020.7055475/2084931.jpg" width="297" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Director Busby Berkeley films a sequence from <i>Footlight Parade</i> in this behind-the-scenes photo from 1933. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYYsQ6_pyTHj-x8jJ8J-AkzVhsvlHfbm92Oqwbx-PTLZj2pLYOilYI0L_4YcFnx996T__J_0QWGGu4QjLa9m-crAWEG08WZFoyJpNCOFJzVw4NeBURc-V8QhyphenhyphenjBRPl-utzvwBJF4z6akwHb8Hul9TswVgU2_rqcB1UsyqZz3ZXEND8q20AjVqMFFtoic/s367/Blondell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="273" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUYYsQ6_pyTHj-x8jJ8J-AkzVhsvlHfbm92Oqwbx-PTLZj2pLYOilYI0L_4YcFnx996T__J_0QWGGu4QjLa9m-crAWEG08WZFoyJpNCOFJzVw4NeBURc-V8QhyphenhyphenjBRPl-utzvwBJF4z6akwHb8Hul9TswVgU2_rqcB1UsyqZz3ZXEND8q20AjVqMFFtoic/w298-h400/Blondell.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Joan Blondell, Warner Brothers' leading lady of comedy and musicals, shown here in 1933 on the set of <i>Footlight Parade</i>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1934-GettyImages-965915568.jpg?w=1021" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="800" height="301" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1934-GettyImages-965915568.jpg?w=1021" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The great WB fire of 1934 which destroyed much of the Los Angeles studio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-3367406.jpg?w=986" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="800" height="311" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-3367406.jpg?w=986" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A technician from Bell Laboratories looks at a wax disc, part of a new projection machine that could synchronize sound to moving pictures. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjliYWZmNTEtYWE2Ni00ZWQ2LWJhODctZmI0NWMyN2JlNmM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDUyOTUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="550" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjliYWZmNTEtYWE2Ni00ZWQ2LWJhODctZmI0NWMyN2JlNmM1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDUyOTUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warner Brothers' new starlet Olivia deHavilland in a 1935 publicity photo from <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i>, her first film at WB.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-106499358.jpg?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="609" height="400" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-106499358.jpg?w=1024" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lining up in front of the Warner Brothers' School for Stars (acting school) are top to bottom: Nan Grey, Olivia de Havilland, Maxine Doyle, Dorothy Dare, June Martel And June Travis</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-515162352.jpg?w=928" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="800" height="331" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-515162352.jpg?w=928" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aviatrix Amelia Earhart came to the studio in 1936 to instruct actress June Travis how to fly for her role in the film <i>Ceiling Zero</i>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-51887855.jpg?w=1005" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="800" height="306" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-51887855.jpg?w=1005" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bette Davis being awarded her first Oscar statuette for her role in <i>Dangerous</i> (1936). It is rumored that it was Bette who first called the statue "Oscar".</div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/ef/b0/a7efb0721a23643973c70c8ea3df23e8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="800" height="306" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/ef/b0/a7efb0721a23643973c70c8ea3df23e8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart are on the lot during the making of <i>Stand In</i> (1937). Bogart was one of WB's fresh faces of the 1930s and would soon be their biggest drawing star.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-607434436.jpg?w=958" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="800" height="321" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-607434436.jpg?w=958" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Director Michael Curtiz goes over the day's shooting script with Basil Rathbone and Errol Flynn during the making of <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i> (1938). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRI6H1IrYuzx7oGi8WUV37vdAC5zSLL83X-gTlVww6prhSBgxH0mDnU2ZzURLhuUQrsSlVvltestweZ0y0PVNGpvEfzVHGl0FZkTZCsz6NJeiz6Wg9_04GN0VCVEFDMpb8_dAd3MgZJ68RyRDBNUFc71_nA7jD1ildYu-o260_Wauhs01ucHcFhEYaRQ/s561/RobinHood.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="561" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRI6H1IrYuzx7oGi8WUV37vdAC5zSLL83X-gTlVww6prhSBgxH0mDnU2ZzURLhuUQrsSlVvltestweZ0y0PVNGpvEfzVHGl0FZkTZCsz6NJeiz6Wg9_04GN0VCVEFDMpb8_dAd3MgZJ68RyRDBNUFc71_nA7jD1ildYu-o260_Wauhs01ucHcFhEYaRQ/w400-h333/RobinHood.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Errol Flynn and Patric Knowles pose for some photos during the filming of <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i> (1938). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://onset.shotonwhat.com/p/pix/m/m1059/thumbnail/2015071000002333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="294" height="400" src="https://onset.shotonwhat.com/p/pix/m/m1059/thumbnail/2015071000002333.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Errol Flynn entertains a little dog on the set of <i>The Adventures of Robin Hood</i> (1938).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzdjZGQxYTQtMzVkYi00NzExLTlmNGItMGEwZDU4ZDJhNzI4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzk3NTUwOQ@@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="612" height="400" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzdjZGQxYTQtMzVkYi00NzExLTlmNGItMGEwZDU4ZDJhNzI4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzk3NTUwOQ@@._V1_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn are pictured in this publicity photo for<i> Four Daughters </i>(1938). This film would establish both John Garfield and Priscilla Lane as stars. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://animationreview.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/porkys-hare-hunt-c2a9-warner-bros.jpg?w=1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://animationreview.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/porkys-hare-hunt-c2a9-warner-bros.jpg?w=1200" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bugs Bunny makes his first appearance in <i>Porky's Hare Hunt</i> (1938)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-515354960.jpg?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="681" height="400" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-515354960.jpg?w=1024" width="341" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A behind-the-scenes photo showing the filming of the dramatic finale to<i> Dark Victory</i> (1939) featuring Bette Davis and Geraldine Fitzgerald. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MBDJUAR_EC048.jpg?w=983" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="800" height="312" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/MBDJUAR_EC048.jpg?w=983" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A stash of 'satsches! The make-up department kept any kind of mustache or beard that an actor could need. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ce/00/86/ce0086cf24308f259ab220d16e91612b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="638" height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ce/00/86/ce0086cf24308f259ab220d16e91612b.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ann Sheridan with George Brent...two actors who made many films at Warner Brothers throughout the 1940s. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzZjZGExMTktMzY3My00MzM2LTk1NjItNmIyM2E5NGZiMDg4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5NjM0NA@@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="617" height="311" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzZjZGExMTktMzY3My00MzM2LTk1NjItNmIyM2E5NGZiMDg4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzc5NjM0NA@@._V1_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">John Huston directing his father Walter Huston in a scene for <i>The Maltese Falcon</i> (1941).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e1/5e/53/e15e536028f3c54243747679169096df.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="595" height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e1/5e/53/e15e536028f3c54243747679169096df.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rita Hayworth and Ann Sheridan, two rising stars at Warner Brothers in the early 1940s.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjc4MGRmOGQtNmEzNy00NjBjLWFjZjItMzcwMzI5NzMyZmUzL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA1NDY3NzY@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="800" height="316" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjc4MGRmOGQtNmEzNy00NjBjLWFjZjItMzcwMzI5NzMyZmUzL2ltYWdlL2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA1NDY3NzY@._V1_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the set during the filming of <i>Sargeant York </i>(1941), the biggest hit of the decade for the studio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://haphazardstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/George-Washington-Slept-Here-1942-comedy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="500" height="286" src="https://haphazardstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/George-Washington-Slept-Here-1942-comedy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cast of <i>George Washington Slept Here</i> (1942) poses for a publicity photo. From left to right: William Tracy, Hattie McDaniel, Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Joyce Reynolds, Percy Kilbride.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf_KFGNietkW_5qZPTjPylLMa5KiFYNUkunR28EfPr20s0FjC77xRiEAgyGDcHf_9XU-ZZeSaH3rIdNGwnZLRcOB_GhwYA-25ImqObIXyK_wJ3uonhkktA6rlQt11AIX46JnyI8sBwJ5V/s575/60e92b1918169b78c54aae93ec3cff63+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="575" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpf_KFGNietkW_5qZPTjPylLMa5KiFYNUkunR28EfPr20s0FjC77xRiEAgyGDcHf_9XU-ZZeSaH3rIdNGwnZLRcOB_GhwYA-25ImqObIXyK_wJ3uonhkktA6rlQt11AIX46JnyI8sBwJ5V/w400-h254/60e92b1918169b78c54aae93ec3cff63+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Barbara Stanwyck with Jack Warner and director Frank Capra in the 1940s. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.britannica.com/45/93445-050-BE2E105D/Humphrey-Bogart-Ingrid-Bergman-Casablanca-filming.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="693" height="400" src="https://cdn.britannica.com/45/93445-050-BE2E105D/Humphrey-Bogart-Ingrid-Bergman-Casablanca-filming.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A behind-the-scenes moment from one of the most iconic films that the studio ever made: <i>Casablanca</i> (1942) with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-515944534.jpg?w=844" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="800" height="364" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-515944534.jpg?w=844" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even film stars had to practice air raid drills. In this snapshot, director Michael Curtiz sits with Dennis Morgan, Bette Davis, a workman, and Irene Manning in a specially constructed shelter at the studio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1942-GettyImages-517456748.jpg?w=946" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="800" height="325" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1942-GettyImages-517456748.jpg?w=946" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chick Chandler, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Travis, and Murray Alper play a strenuous game of cards between scenes for Warner Bros. production, <i>The Big Shot</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://onset.shotonwhat.com/p/pix/m/m1059/2015050400002119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://onset.shotonwhat.com/p/pix/m/m1059/2015050400002119.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall chat on the set of <i>To Have and Have Not</i> (1944). One year later they would wed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B5%2F0%2F9%2F2%2F5092630%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="741" height="324" src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B5%2F0%2F9%2F2%2F5092630%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, and Frank Capra share a laugh on the set of <i>Arsenic and Old Lace </i>(1944).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1945-GettyImages-107417413.jpg?w=1024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1945-GettyImages-107417413.jpg?w=1024" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Warner Brothers workers launch a strike in 1945. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://64.media.tumblr.com/00d96679ef4357f5c052ef8ed5b0d241/tumblr_mxx81ibukf1s5e8b9o9_r1_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="792" height="325" src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/00d96679ef4357f5c052ef8ed5b0d241/tumblr_mxx81ibukf1s5e8b9o9_r1_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dennis Morgan, Barbara Stanwyck, and Reginald Gardiner on the set of <i>Christmas in Connecticut</i> (1945). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2d/72/0a/2d720aa593ebb6eeb51d1d346984e2fd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="624" height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2d/72/0a/2d720aa593ebb6eeb51d1d346984e2fd.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Errol Flynn takes a break from the war in Burma to talk with two admirers on the set of <i>Objective Burma </i>(1945). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://onceuponascreen.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/dane-clark-and-john-garfield-have-lunch-at-the-warner-bros-commissary-during-filming-of-22destination-tokyo22.jpg?w=530" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="530" height="400" src="https://onceuponascreen.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/dane-clark-and-john-garfield-have-lunch-at-the-warner-bros-commissary-during-filming-of-22destination-tokyo22.jpg?w=530" width="342" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dane Clark and John Garfield dining in the Warner Brothers commissary during the making of <i>Destination Toyko</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://silverscreenmodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Orry-Kelly-Anne-Sheridan-405x500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="405" height="400" src="https://silverscreenmodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Orry-Kelly-Anne-Sheridan-405x500.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Costume designer Orry-Kelly discussing the details of a gown with leading lady Ann Sheridan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PBDRORE_EC423.jpg?w=955" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="800" height="322" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PBDRORE_EC423.jpg?w=955" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Harry Lewis, Ronald Reagan, Jack L. Warner, Gig Young, Wayne Morris at a Warner Brothers party for its contract actors returning from wartime military service.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1947-GettyImages-3204579.jpg?w=987" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="800" height="311" src="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1947-GettyImages-3204579.jpg?w=987" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A view of the exterior of the studio pictured in 1947. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/86/a3/50/86a3505a75f820e05993e3df865dbb91.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/86/a3/50/86a3505a75f820e05993e3df865dbb91.jpg" width="329" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Director John Huston with his father Walter Huston and actor Tim Holt during the making of <i>The Treasure of Sierra Madre</i> (1948). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://kinoimages.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/king-vidor-ayn-rand-gary-cooper-set-of-the-fountainhead-1949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="500" height="296" src="https://kinoimages.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/king-vidor-ayn-rand-gary-cooper-set-of-the-fountainhead-1949.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Author Ann Rynd visits the set of <i>The Fountainhead</i> in 1949 and is photographed here with director King Vidor and Gary Cooper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyG6_a9AD3LkYKf60t6YLWmRLEsO-mLgdVLCWRdSQ_03WoYnXE2lzXkdgkYejltrMjbyoyCiLeeP8_w901DMzVNDSsKioE5EIXP9_1qlzGGzRpHZDzSb5qWl4ZBWx83C26Kwosoy1zaK3xDvUr-uSDLT0sGCnnGVk3R88m1t18z-70NEswkGUeLNBhd0/s320/WB-Banner1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="216" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheyG6_a9AD3LkYKf60t6YLWmRLEsO-mLgdVLCWRdSQ_03WoYnXE2lzXkdgkYejltrMjbyoyCiLeeP8_w901DMzVNDSsKioE5EIXP9_1qlzGGzRpHZDzSb5qWl4ZBWx83C26Kwosoy1zaK3xDvUr-uSDLT0sGCnnGVk3R88m1t18z-70NEswkGUeLNBhd0/w135-h200/WB-Banner1.jpg" width="135" /></a></div>Many of the photos in this post were obtained from the post <b><a href="https://deadline.com/gallery/100-years-of-warner-bros-gallery/warner-brothers-first-national-studio/" target="_blank">100 Years of Warner Bros: Gallery</a></b> from the site <b><a href="https://deadline.com/gallery/100-years-of-warner-bros-gallery/warner-brothers-first-national-studio/" target="_blank">Deadline</a></b>. Be sure to check out this website to see more behind-the-scenes photo from the studio dating all the way to present times. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Also, check out the </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-100-years-of-warner-brothers.html" target="_blank">100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon</a></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> to read more posts about great WB stars and films. </span></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-6591571348413833092023-12-15T00:10:00.009-05:002023-12-23T14:48:01.035-05:00The 100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon has Begun!<p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>Strike up the band and sound the music, the 100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon has begun!</b></i></p><p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://media.giphy.com/media/MDZbLrlfKTO4y4yFTL/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="480" height="261" src="https://media.giphy.com/media/MDZbLrlfKTO4y4yFTL/giphy.gif" width="640" /></a></div><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><br /></b></i><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">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 its part in honoring this fabulous film studio by hosting the <b>100 Years of Warner Brothers Blogathon</b> all weekend long. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCIVUQvTPbQEEojitcemf38Osv5Xjw-ebTItJ8g1uSj7Mj-cqvVXWpoRXx7iESGoeJ2tK4s7n243pmA7_8OT_oXxJ1kdlPAb_u-dIHN934MmE5j_PfUO27KW9GSw4bwA5Hb4jSaAUt9o2ulISDxaIWPbu_LMH3zpDpa5dCyeokI1npPtW9ZUv91xX4W4/s320/WB-Banner13.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigCIVUQvTPbQEEojitcemf38Osv5Xjw-ebTItJ8g1uSj7Mj-cqvVXWpoRXx7iESGoeJ2tK4s7n243pmA7_8OT_oXxJ1kdlPAb_u-dIHN934MmE5j_PfUO27KW9GSw4bwA5Hb4jSaAUt9o2ulISDxaIWPbu_LMH3zpDpa5dCyeokI1npPtW9ZUv91xX4W4/s320/WB-Banner13.jpg" width="218" /></a></div>We have received a number of exciting entries for this blogathon covering a selection of the films this studio made and the stars who made their home there. Below you will find the entries listed in no particular order. Since the event will take place over three days (December 15th-18th), we will be adding the links to the posts as they are published. <br /><br />If you missed the blogathon announcement and want to add a post during or after the blogathon has ended, just shoot us an email and as time goes by we will add your post to the list.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />So without more ado.....here are the entries! Scroll down below for snippets.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><b><u>THE MASTER LIST</u></b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Favorite Looney Tunes Cartoons</b> - Whimsically Classic</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="http://makeminefilmnoir.blogspot.com/2023/12/casablanca-1942-celebrating-one-hundred.html" target="_blank">Casablanca (1942)</a></b> - <a href="http://makeminefilmnoir.blogspot.com/2023/12/casablanca-1942-celebrating-one-hundred.html" target="_blank">Make Mine Film Noir</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/tv-mayday-at-40000-feet/" target="_blank">Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976)</a> </b>- <a href="https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/tv-mayday-at-40000-feet/" target="_blank">Realweegiemidget Reviews</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/behind-scenes-at-warner-brothers-from.html" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes at Warner Brothers</a></b> - <a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2023/12/behind-scenes-at-warner-brothers-from.html" target="_blank">Silver Scenes</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://hamlette.blogspot.com/2023/12/fort-dobbs-1958.html" target="_blank">Fort Dobbs (1958)</a></b> - <a href="https://hamlette.blogspot.com/2023/12/fort-dobbs-1958.html" target="_blank">Hamlette's Soliloquy</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://takinguproom.com/2023/12/17/a-star-is-born-1954/" target="_blank">A Star is Born (1954)</a></b> - <a href="https://takinguproom.com/2023/12/17/a-star-is-born-1954/" target="_blank">Taking Up Room</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://criticaretro.blogspot.com/2023/12/vendedor-de-ilusoes-1962-music-man-1962.html" target="_blank">The Music Man (1962)</a> </b>- <a href="https://criticaretro.blogspot.com/2023/12/vendedor-de-ilusoes-1962-music-man-1962.html" target="_blank">Critica Retro</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://boxofficepoisons.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-backstage-drama-of-my-fair-lady-100.html" target="_blank">My Fair Lady (1964)</a></b> - <a href="https://boxofficepoisons.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-backstage-drama-of-my-fair-lady-100.html" target="_blank">Box Office Poisons</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVoRe_k6Gog8YWStCy55gbUoiRfKuj7ptjgv3s6Ga1sFUvx-AjZ6spTeh1Voas5qpb5HKeCCcWlMAVi6p636kz8ef5RkfOKyWlxXhms_puVECfkHfecPChnT8INlIuL2-afXxGlibGuh-/s640/warnerbroslogo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVoRe_k6Gog8YWStCy55gbUoiRfKuj7ptjgv3s6Ga1sFUvx-AjZ6spTeh1Voas5qpb5HKeCCcWlMAVi6p636kz8ef5RkfOKyWlxXhms_puVECfkHfecPChnT8INlIuL2-afXxGlibGuh-/w400-h268/warnerbroslogo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://makeminefilmnoir.blogspot.com/2023/12/casablanca-1942-celebrating-one-hundred.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">Casablanca (1942) - </span>Celebrating One Hundred Years of Warner Bros. with a Different Take on an Iconic Classic Film</b></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://makeminefilmnoir.blogspot.com/2023/12/casablanca-1942-celebrating-one-hundred.html" target="_blank">Make Mine Film Noir</a> kicks off our anniversary celebration with a fresh look at one of Warner Brother's most famous films - Casablanca. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href=" https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/tv-mayday-at-40000-feet/" target="_blank">Mayday at 40,000 Feet (1976 )</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href=" https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2023/12/15/tv-mayday-at-40000-feet/" target="_blank">Realweegiemidget Reviews</a> then covers one of the many television films that Warner Brothers made in the 1970s - the star-studded Mayday at 40,000 Feet. </span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://boxofficepoisons.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-backstage-drama-of-my-fair-lady-100.html" target="_blank">The Backstage Drama of My Fair Lady</a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://boxofficepoisons.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-backstage-drama-of-my-fair-lady-100.html" target="_blank">Box Office Poisons</a> takes a look at the drama behind the scenes during the making of the classic musical My Fair Lady (1964).</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://criticaretro.blogspot.com/2023/12/vendedor-de-ilusoes-1962-music-man-1962.html" target="_blank"><b>The Music Man (1962)</b></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 1960s were a big year for musicals over at Warner Brothers Studios and one of their biggest hits of the decade was The Music Man, which <a href="https://criticaretro.blogspot.com/2023/12/vendedor-de-ilusoes-1962-music-man-1962.html" target="_blank">Critica Retro</a> reviews for the blogathon.</span></div>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-56163492104909308692023-12-10T13:27:00.005-05:002023-12-23T17:15:13.735-05:00Roku Picks for December<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0VJnXCz33QX7DgvOZsdzmV5hdPmK69X7xAy444IJnQRZGG68t8gsEPqXCxNU_Nba9KJe3njuLO0c0N0_EtmBi1O5Mkqz6hJagJpXj_7xuX_bXYlOOZ_WpvdWQOKoZsmIp_4GosWZL7bXw2zvuK-1WCzl4YMf_pX_VpYl0J_ss9uTTHUHEBcPKVM-g4Y/s317/BishopsWife.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="214" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0VJnXCz33QX7DgvOZsdzmV5hdPmK69X7xAy444IJnQRZGG68t8gsEPqXCxNU_Nba9KJe3njuLO0c0N0_EtmBi1O5Mkqz6hJagJpXj_7xuX_bXYlOOZ_WpvdWQOKoZsmIp_4GosWZL7bXw2zvuK-1WCzl4YMf_pX_VpYl0J_ss9uTTHUHEBcPKVM-g4Y/s1600/BishopsWife.jpg" width="214" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">We are quickly heading into the Christmas holiday season and that means it is time to pull out some classic holiday films to watch. Many of the old-time favorites (<i>Little Women, A Christmas Carol</i>) are not available for free viewing on any streaming service but there are a handful of gems hidden among the free apps that feature Christmas sequences. We have highlighted those in green, along with listing some other picks for December. If you do not have a Roku or other streaming device, all of these programs are free to view on the websites listed below. </span><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><u>Roku </u></h3><p>A Night to Remember (1958) </p><p>South Pacific (1958) </p><p>Flower Drum Song (1961)</p><p>Battle of Britain (1969) </p><p>Aces High (1976) </p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">A Christmas Carol (1984)</span> </b></p><p><b><u>TV Shows</u></b></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The Abbott and Costello Christmas Show</b></span></p><p>Car 54, Where Are You? (1961) </p><p>Gidget (1965) </p><p>Man in a Suitcase (1967)</p><p>The Protectors </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxs1Ir0I8k3lJh7ydZzqWnGPgJDSgy3zQBnqXZFoHoV0SehK969fcyk8hJ2sR-cH4n0vVVRjQkhCwm0mfELAtXFgMW_dHZzsOLndlSyyG0R32-hugYIvY6bZlvsdVtk3Wo8xIJ1L3BNjfvrg4Wvz15t-Oadb6KSFQAqshdA10pw6tMxSpr_r7iupxKPo/s719/Tubi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="719" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxs1Ir0I8k3lJh7ydZzqWnGPgJDSgy3zQBnqXZFoHoV0SehK969fcyk8hJ2sR-cH4n0vVVRjQkhCwm0mfELAtXFgMW_dHZzsOLndlSyyG0R32-hugYIvY6bZlvsdVtk3Wo8xIJ1L3BNjfvrg4Wvz15t-Oadb6KSFQAqshdA10pw6tMxSpr_r7iupxKPo/w640-h290/Tubi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><u><b>Tubi TV</b></u></h3><p>Forever and a Day (1943) </p><p>Millions Like Us (1943) </p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The Bishop's Wife (1947)</b></span> </p><p>Madeleine (1947) </p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The Great Rupert (1950)</b></span></p><p>Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) </p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">Shower of Stars: A Christmas Carol (1954)</span></b></p><p>The Admirable Crichton (1957)</p><p>Mysterious Island (1961) </p><p>Winter-a-Go-Go (1965) </p><p>The Carpenters - Behind the Music (Documentary)</p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Bing Crosby Color Christmas Show</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #274e13;">The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Christmas Special</span></b></p><p>Also, check out our post <b><a href="https://silverscenesblog.blogspot.com/2022/12/holiday-television-specials-on-tubi.html" target="_blank">Holiday Specials on Tubi</a></b> as most of these specials are still available for viewing. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxpd35s5BStl9q0HOYEPgXRvVKMwFHRJ9Ryo9ngyTNdtlIn0SAVAFWh8gaWzHLVdUbqwhw6y6K1OuAYjtnvG5QK7IEV-c-nR_kCmnoTekQd08ej5IzqvN_rNY59b2d0-PeAEWdLdcalxLoJTJuqh9N9860Ocf8n7ULKFr5B7b16ePnsZqphSJJpul_2E/s316/Fitzwilly.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="210" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxpd35s5BStl9q0HOYEPgXRvVKMwFHRJ9Ryo9ngyTNdtlIn0SAVAFWh8gaWzHLVdUbqwhw6y6K1OuAYjtnvG5QK7IEV-c-nR_kCmnoTekQd08ej5IzqvN_rNY59b2d0-PeAEWdLdcalxLoJTJuqh9N9860Ocf8n7ULKFr5B7b16ePnsZqphSJJpul_2E/s1600/Fitzwilly.png" width="210" /></a></div><b style="text-align: left;"><u>Pluto TV</u></b></div></u></b></h3><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Stella Dallas (1937) </b></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)</b></span></p><p>Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) </p><p>Ace in the Hole (1951) </p><p>African Queen (1951) </p><p>The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)</p><p>High Noon (1952)</p><p>Roman Holiday (1953)</p><p>The Big Country (1958)</p><p>The Vikings (1958)</p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>The World of Henry Orient (1964)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Fitzwilly (1967)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)</b></span></p><p>Beach Party (also Muscle Beach Party and Beach Blanket Bingo)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGM2Y2IyYTktMjI5NS00ZjQ0LTk5MzAtMzAzYzM0YjdkNWQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="800" height="170" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMGM2Y2IyYTktMjI5NS00ZjQ0LTk5MzAtMzAzYzM0YjdkNWQzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTI3MDk3MzQ@._V1_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><u>Other Random Recommendations</u></b></h3><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>A Christmas Carol (1949)</b></span> - Peacock TV</p><p>Ski Party ( if you enjoy the Beach Party series ) - FreeVee app</p><p><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Scrooge (1970)</b></span> - Fawesome Drama app</p><p>To view Roku online: <a href="http://www.therokuchannel.roku.com">www.therokuchannel.roku.com</a></p><p>To view Tubi online: <a href="http://www.tubitv.com">www.tubitv.com</a></p><p>To view Pluto online: <a href="http://www.pluto.tv">www.pluto.tv</a></p>The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.com1