The Silver Screen Oasis

THE SCOTT EYMAN Q & A HANK & JIM is now open at the link below in the Guest Author section of this site:

We think we know them as they have...

So far, we will have the following writers/filmmakers visiting this coming month:

Alexandra Dean - Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story - First Weekend...

The Silver Screen Oasis is pleased to announce that Lynn Zook will participate in an online visit on Sat., Nov. 4th & Sun., Nov. 5th at the message...

Hi All,

Another Maltese actor/singer..Oreste Kirkop..better known as Oreste, famous for his 1956 movie The Vagabond King !!

Hywel Bennett the star of the movie The Family Way and TV sit com Shelly has also died

Just heard the sad news the actor Robert Hardy died at 91. He was probably best know for playing the vet Siegfried Farnon in the classic TV show All...

MARY MALLORY IS COMING TO THE SILVER SCREEN OASIS WITH STEPHEN X. SYLVESTER JUNE 17-18 TO DISCUSS HOLLYWOOD AT PLAY! Her co-author, Stephen...

There isn't a role that I wouldn't accept, provided it's good and has something to say... - Sylvia Sidney

Her face was magnificent. In youth,...

Please feel free to add questions for Ron here:

This is the thread where we will post the announcement for Ron Hutchison.....Stay tuned! :D

…But most of all, there was neon--everywhere.

- Lynn Zook, Gambling on a Dream: The Classic Las Vegas Strip 1930-1955


They were all there...

So sad to learn of George Kennedy's passing. He was a wonderful man and a great actor. I'm sure some were surprised when, later in his career, he...

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At first I was surprised to hear about the possibility of many actors not attending the Oscar program because of the failure to offer more black...

On SyFy network beginning tonight is new season of: FaceOff . It shows how movie make-up is created and applied. It is presented as competition among...

It's beginning to 'look a lot like Christmas around the Oasis.

To help get us all in the mood, authors and film historians Mary Mallory and Karie...

No place else on the board for this, being totally unrelated to classic film of course. For those of us who are Gen-X'rs, this one hits hard. I admit...

All through my life people have tried to foist the role of leader on me; a role that I can play on stage but have no will to assume in life. ~ Alan...

The month-long celebration of authors continues in time for the holidays and those needing ideas for holiday gift giving or receiving-

The Silver...

Director Allison Anders co-hosts Trailblazing Women tomorrow night with Illeana Douglas.
Anders will introduce Wanda (1970), directed by Barbara...

BBCAmerica is airing Tom Baker episodes of: DW each morning beginning Saturday and continuing through next week.

Most people consider him the best...

Is anyone else watching these two shows? The season is over for now and although I was surprised to see Hallee Barrie on a TV serial, she sure has...

Almost like the scenario for You've Got Mail or The Shop Around The Corner , but this is for real:

Clark Gable, Susan Hayward in Edward Dmytryk adventure. I had resisted this one for years; didn't think it would be too good. And it's not one of the...

I've updated some of my photos from the Harry Ransom Center exhibit in Austin from September 9, 2014, to January 4, 2015, in honor of Vivien Leigh's...

Hope you all had a chance to enjoy Dame Joan Collins' visit with Robert Osborne Wednesday evening...

If not, I included some of her comments in my...

This just in:

The Facebook page, Hollywood Book Chat, hosts many comments and announcements about upcoming classic film book news, and one of its...

Longing to go to the USC Film School and to learn more about film noir, courtesy of TCM? Too poor to go there and short on time? Dream no more--fill...

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For the second time in my life I sat and watched a silent movie from beginning to end. I am not a fan of them because most of you know I like to...

Here's info on my new Kickstarter campaign. ENCHANTMENT was a big success.

It starts tonight, folks!

Just a brief note to let you know that Republic Mysteries, The Serial Studio's Whodunits is out. As I mentioned when I was a guest author here with...

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I'm quite sure we've had this topic before but I'll be darned if I can find it with search. Anyway, with it being on this months list of movies to...

QI is British television series featuring erudite, intelligent and well-educated people being silly teapots.

It is hosted by Stephen Fry who is...

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So far, most of the movies have not been all that interesting to me but this morning I was being typically lazy lying in bed watching the beginning...

Join us this weekend for author Brent Phillips, who will discuss his new book, Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance on Saturday,...

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This is a fairly good movie although kind of old by now, where people are stolen by Arapahoes for their baby and the wife stops them with the...

If you have ever wondered about the filming of Director Charles Laughton’s Night of the Hunter , you might want to read Preston Neal Jones’ Heaven...

Save the dates for the weekend of Oct. 25th and 26th-- Scott O'Brien , author of the recently published George Brent: Ireland's Gift to Hollywood and...

For those of you who sometimes watch NCIS , please be sure to watch Tuesday night, October 7. Glenn Taranto, an actor whom some of us know from the...

Tombstone, Arizona Territory, 1880.

Eric Kurland, for many years the president of Stereo Club in L.A. has amassed a huge collection
of stereoscopic...

Lauren Bacall has died aged 89.

At lot of actresses IMO get better and more attractive as they get older, but Lauren at 19 captured a magical look...

I didn't really watch On The Fiddle when it was on UK tv the other day but was interested to discover Sean Connery was 2nd billed to Alfred Lynch...

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I'm not sure if this one should be considered a musical, but it does have some terrific songs and singing in it. I just finished watching it on...

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I just watched The Lady this morning and thought I'd recomend it. It's about the politcial activist Ang Sang Suu Kyi (who was called Suu,...

I've often thought the life story of black South African Basil D'Olivera would make a great movie and in the wake of the film about Nelson Mandela I...

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I'm very aware that many people laugh at and disregard country and western music and of course everyone is entitled to their own preference. But...

Rory Mcllroy has one The British Open Golf Championship, giving him his 3rd major at 25, only Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods can match that...