Break out the champagne! It’s National Classic Movie Day on May 16 and we hope you’ll find some time to celebrate. Rick at Classic Film and TV Café is our host, and he’s asked everyone to ...
https://silverscreenings.org/2022/05/12/national-classic-movie-day-four-femmes-fatale/
We (yours truly) are pretty vocal when we dislike a movie’s ending. We have endless ideas about how filmmakers could have brought the film to a better conclusion – and just never mind we’ve...
https://silverscreenings.org/2022/01/05/when-two-endings-are-better-than-one/
There is a scene in the 1944 thriller, Phantom Lady, where a young woman walks on a dark city street. But she’s not alone; a man – a stranger – walks in her proximity. Now, if you’re a wo...
https://silverscreenings.org/2020/10/15/how-joan-harrison-became-a-film-producer-in-1940s-hollywood/
Warning: Spoilers abound. We may never know how many “heroes” throughout history were actually criminals, because you know the old adage: Steal your wealth, but buy Respectability. These folk...
https://silverscreenings.org/2019/07/31/criminal-masterminds-who-die-as-heroes/
We all know having a job is for suckers. It’s much better to seduce a rich person and take their money. After all, why should they be rich while others languish in poverty? It isn’t fair. Now...
https://silverscreenings.org/2019/04/16/how-to-be-an-homme-fatale/
In an Orson Welles movie, you need actors who aren’t overshadowed by his charisma. Welles established himself as a legend before he came to Hollywood, a Man Of Vision who discarded convention...
https://silverscreenings.org/2018/12/08/stealing-scenes-from-orson-welles/
Dear Reader, we believe all humans have certain universal and inalienable rights; among them, the Right to be a Know-It-All. If, for example, you’ve always wanted to know more about film noir �...
https://silverscreenings.org/2016/12/14/want-to-be-a-film-noir-aficionado-start-here/
We’ve been musing about pathetic fallacy. Now, we don’t want you to miss all the fun, so here’s a quick definition: Pathetic Fallacy attributes human qualities and emotions to inanimate ob...
https://silverscreenings.org/2016/08/11/john-garfield-film-in-a-dangerous-time/
Spoiler Alert! Hank Quinlan’s death, at the conclusion of Touch of Evil (1958), is not glamorous. There he is, the celebrated police captain, floating belly up in a pool of wastewater. It�...
https://silverscreenings.org/2016/05/17/requiem-for-captain-quinlan/
We just discovered a gem of a film with a truly compelling performance by the oft-underrated Ann Sheridan. Woman on the Run (1950) is a low-budget but engrossing tale. It’s also an unconvent...
https://silverscreenings.org/2016/04/27/ann-sheridans-film-noir-marriage/