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by SSO Admins
July 28th, 2014, 6:27 pm
Forum: Site Talk
Topic: Code of Conduct for The Silver Screen Oasis
Replies: 0
Views: 54025

Code of Conduct for The Silver Screen Oasis

Welcome to our community! This community was started in order to provide a lively place for classic film fans to discuss the cinema, the media in general and classic film related topics. We hope that you will enjoy spending time here with us! To ensure that this community is a pleasant and enjoyabl...
by SSO Admins
July 28th, 2014, 10:39 am
Forum: Registering as new user
Topic: Code of Conduct for The Silver Screen Oasis
Replies: 0
Views: 46564

Code of Conduct for The Silver Screen Oasis

Welcome to our community! This community was started in order to provide a lively place for classic film fans to discuss the cinema, the media in general and classic film related topics. We hope that you will enjoy spending time here with us! To ensure that this community is a pleasant and enjoyabl...
by SSO Admins
July 9th, 2013, 12:14 am
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: Newbie silents
Replies: 20
Views: 27611

Newbie silents

I have a couple of friends I'm trying to convince of the value of silent film. If you were trying to convince someone that silents are a worthy and viable art form, what five films would you recommend?

I have my own ideas, but I'd like yours. Remember, these are neophytes.

/j
by SSO Admins
July 5th, 2013, 4:42 pm
Forum: Welcome New Members!
Topic: Greetings and solicitations!
Replies: 27
Views: 25654

Re: Greetings and solicitations!

RedRiver wrote:I don't know JEWEL ROBBERY.
You really need to watch it. William Powell and Kay Fwancis in an absolutely delightful precode romcom.
by SSO Admins
July 25th, 2011, 3:18 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Someone's having a birthday!
Replies: 1503
Views: 427538

Re: Someone's having a birthday!

Took me long enough to check in, but thank you all. :)
by SSO Admins
March 1st, 2011, 5:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT OUR VERY OWN DEWEY!
Replies: 4
Views: 3466

Re: EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT OUR VERY OWN DEWEY!

Hey that's really cool. Congratulations.
by SSO Admins
January 14th, 2011, 7:05 pm
Forum: Classic Film on DVD
Topic: Netflix Films Streaming and DVD By Mail
Replies: 136
Views: 94056

Re: Netflix Streaming Films that Are Only on R2 DVDs

Courtney got me a Roku for Christmas. It's a box that allows me to stream internet video from Netflix, Amazon movies, YouTube and other online sources to my TV. It supports a wide variety of channels, most of which are either free or cheap -- I have Drive-In Classics, Cowboy Classics, and Pub-D-TV (...
by SSO Admins
January 1st, 2011, 3:00 am
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: Buster Keaton
Replies: 203
Views: 117418

Re: Buster Keaton

Interesting review, but I must confess I don't see how Lloyd's character had less moral weight than either Keaton or Chaplin, unless that dollar gag in Safety Last is the only way Lloyd's character is defined. But if so, then we can apply the same thing to Chaplin, using nearly a similar gag in The...
by SSO Admins
December 22nd, 2010, 8:19 pm
Forum: Silents & PreCodes
Topic: Buster Keaton
Replies: 203
Views: 117418

Re: Buster Keaton

I liked some of Hot Water and like Safety Last , who couldn't appreciate Safety Last? I didn't like it much at all -- in fact, it put me off Lloyd for a long time. Here's part of a review I wrote on imdb years ago: Lloyd had an understanding of gags, and the physical prowess to pull them off, but h...
by SSO Admins
October 16th, 2010, 6:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Happy birthday Movieman1957!
Replies: 23
Views: 26764

Re: Happy birthday Movieman1957!

The last few years have been trying ones for me, and it deserves saying: if not for Chris, there wouldn't be an SSO today. He is the rock on which this site stands. He has kept the faith when I was ready to give up. If you love this site, and it's a part of your every day internet life, it's he that...
by SSO Admins
October 16th, 2010, 9:47 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Happy birthday Movieman1957!
Replies: 23
Views: 26764

Happy birthday Movieman1957!

I hope it's a great one with lots of cake.
by SSO Admins
July 19th, 2010, 3:35 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Jon, A late Happy Birthday wish.
Replies: 20
Views: 25048

Re: Jon, A late Happy Birthday wish.

Thanks guys!
by SSO Admins
May 30th, 2010, 4:21 pm
Forum: The People of Film
Topic: R.I.P. Dennis Hopper
Replies: 3
Views: 2306

Re: R.I.P. Dennis Hopper

I am crushed by this news. As a bonafide 80s child, his stellar performances in Blue Velvet, River's Edge and Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 were a major part of my young adulthood.

We're together in dreams, dude.
by SSO Admins
April 23rd, 2010, 9:11 am
Forum: General TV and Media
Topic: I'm addicted!
Replies: 11
Views: 4725

Re: I'm addicted!

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by SSO Admins
April 11th, 2010, 7:24 am
Forum: Movies and Features on TCM
Topic: Gone With or Without fanfare
Replies: 2721
Views: 787320

Re: Gone With or Without fanfare

Designing Women star Dixie Carter is dead at age 70. Cause of death was not disclosed.