
Silver Screenings Blog
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We adore old movies and believe they are good for you, like expensive chocolate and the spa. Fashionably filmy movie blogger.
Silver Screenings Blog
2w ago
There’s much for a movie-lover to be grateful with modern tech such as YouTube and Google Translate. When you mesh the two, a person can enjoy movies from all over the world. What a time to be alive! The downside is these films often have poor visual quality, and sometimes Google Translate creates weird dialogue. Exhibit A: The vintage Italian ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
1M ago
So. If you’re a film and/or history nerd, we have a movie for you. People on Sunday (1930) is an indie film made in Berlin, and it’s about four young people who go to the lake on a Sunday. They swim, share lunch on the beach, listen to records(!), and rent a boat. It’s the way anyone would want to ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
1M ago
Once upon a time, Hollywood produced a movie about Russians accidentally invading America. The movie, The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming (1966), is a political satire made during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a gutsy film, released five years after the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, and only four years ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
1M ago
One of the most beloved holiday heist capers is the animated television special, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966). This animated short, developed by Cat in the Hat Productions and MGM Television, was produced and directed by the legendary animator Chuck Jones, in conjunction with author Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel). You know the story: A green mountain-dwelling creature, known as ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
2M ago
What would you do if you unexpectedly inherited a million dollars? Would you put it towards your children’s education? Donate it to charity? Or would you spend the whole thing frivolously, because Why Not. Sadly, $1 million doesn’t go as far as it used to, as we were reminded when watching the screwball comedy, Brewster’s Millions (1945). In the movie ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
2M ago
We’ve been watching some remarkable short films from 1923. One features an on-stage comedian launching a barrage of jokes, e.g. “No matter how much the boss likes you, you can’t work in a bank and bring home samples.” Another short features legendary pianist and composer Eubie Blake, who plays with truly dazzling skill and wit. Ah, now here are black ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
3M ago
In 1944, before the D-Day landing and while WWII was still grinding on, MGM made a heartwarming movie about American soldiers successfully diffusing a notorious British ghost. The Canterville Ghost (1944) stars Robert Young, as an affable US soldier, and Charles Laughton as a blue-blooded apparition who’s been haunting a castle for centuries. It also stars Margaret O’Brien as a ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
3M ago
Our latest binge-watching obsession is a female comedy team from the early 1930s. Comedic actresses ZaSu* Pitts and Thelma Todd made 17 comedic shorts between 1931-1933, drawing on a popular theme of the day: Women making a Life in the Big City. Pitts and Todd, friends on screen and off, played resourceful young women who Made the Most of their ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
5M ago
Here’s a line you don’t often hear in a classic movie. A man greets a friend with, “How’s everything in Winnipeg?” You heard that right: Winnipeg. And why not? There was a time when Winnipeg was touted as the “Chicago of the North” with its rail transportation systems and rapidly-growing population. Big money was to be made, until it wasn’t ..read more
Silver Screenings Blog
6M ago
We’re here to make a case for black and white movies. We know our position makes us sound like a Luddite, which we are, let’s face it. The whole thing started when we saw Black Widow (1954), a mystery/thriller filmed in sumptuous DeLuxe Color. It’s a movie of dazzling wardrobe and sets, with actors to match. So it seems counterintuitive ..read more