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09.09.2025

Opportunists, Ahoy! Sail the China Seas | Silver Screenings

Jean Harlow (seated) gives Clark Gable the Stink Eye. Image: Pinterest One thing Hollywood was surprisingly good at in the 1930s and 40s was producing movies that make you feel you're in an exotic location. For example, look at China Seas (1935). Filmmakers convince you the actors really are on a ship sailing from Hong…

Silver Screenings Blog

20.09.2025

Alec Guinness vs. the British Textile Industry | Silver Screenings

Alec Guinness revolutionizes the textile industry. Image: IMDb Confession: We (yours truly) love browsing through clothing shops, both new and vintage. We find it truly intriguing to see What's New in the fashion world. You'd think, after centuries of clothing design, humans would've run out of ideas, but that's never quite the case. So we…

Silver Screenings Blog

28.09.2025

If You Could Only Cook (1935): A Delicious Screwball Comedy | Silver Screenings

Herbert Marshall and Jean Arthur pretend to be married. Image: TCM We love studying the meals people eat in old movies. Classic filmmakers' food choices are interesting to us. What did previous generations think was an upscale meal? What were fashionable desserts? Why were birthday cakes so large? Take the screwball comedy, If You Could…

Silver Screenings Blog

05.10.2025

Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Alfred Hitchcock’s Romantic Comedy | Silver Screenings

Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard are blissfully wed. Image: TCM Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) is a perfectly lovely romantic comedy about a married couple who briefly separate, then reunite when they realize how much they love each other. This is a popular trope for 1930s' comedies, popular because it's a surefire formula. Who can…

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