The CMBA profiles our classic movie blogs each
month. Today we're featuring Ruth from Silver Screenings.
CMBA: What sparked
your interest in classic film?
Silver Screenings: I’ve always had an
interest in old movies, and I’m not sure where that came from. For instance,
when I was a kid, I’d study the movie listings in our local television guide
and try to memorize titles of older films. But as a teenager I discovered
Laurel and Hardy, and they became my glorious introduction to old films. A
local television station would air their shorts early Sunday mornings, and I fell
in love: the comedy, the fashions, the vintage Los Angeles scenery and, of
course, Laurel and Hardy themselves. Every Sunday morning I’d sneak downstairs
to the family room and watch these films on mute so I wouldn’t wake the rest of
the house. I had found gold.
CMBA: What makes a film a “classic” in your opinion?
Silver Screenings: I wonder if the word
“classic” needs to be more sharply defined when it pertains to film. I’ve met a
couple of people online who feel Hollywood’s best years were the 1980s, and
they describe films from that decade as “classic”.
