Movies Silently and The Last Drive In invite you to join us in celebrating the careers of Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney, Jr. This versatile father and son managed to create some of the scariest and most iconic monsters in classic Hollywood but their accomplishments sans makeup were just as impressive.
The event will be held November 15-18, 2013 to coincide with the 88th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera. The blogathon is open to CMBA members and non-members alike. We will be featuring reviews, scrapbooks, video tributes and musical tributes. We would love for you to join us in honoring these astonishingly talented men.
Each film can only be reviewed by one blogger. All posts will appear on the blogger's web site. Individuals are responsible for the content of their blog posts, to include the use of any photographs, video clips, etc. A master schedule of all blogathon posts will appear on this web site. The number of participating bloggers will be limited to 30 and posting dates will be assigned to participants.
If you're interested in participating, send an e-mail to: blogathon@classicfilmtvcafe.com. Be sure your e-mail includes your name, blog's name and web address, and the title of your post. The cut-off date for accepting blogathon entries will be Saturday, October 12th. Click hereto view the continuously updated schedule of posts.
September 9 will mark the 101st anniversary of Lillian & Dorothy Gish's motion picture debut. To celebrate the careers of these remarkable women, Movies Silently and The Motion Pictures are co-hosting The Gish Sisters Blogathon! This event will take place September 7-September 9, 2013. We invite you to join us in honoring the careers of Lillian and Dorothy.
While the Gish Sisters Blogathon is hosted by CMBA members, it is not an official CMBA event and is open to all bloggers who wish to participate.
Join Movies Silently in celebrating the funny ladies of classic film. The Funny Lady Blogathon is a light-hearted tribute to the female funnybone from the dawn of film to 1970. It is open to CMBA members and non-members alike and will be held on June 29 and June 30. Further information is available at http://moviessilently.com/2013/06/11/funny-lady-blogathon/
Join hosts Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci of Tales of the Easily Distracted and R.A. Kerr of Silver Screenings for the Mary Astor Blogathon. It starts on May 3rd, on what would have been Mary Astor’s 107th birthday, and continues through May 10th. This is not a CMBA Blogathon, but simply a fun, casual affair open to all who love the witty, beautiful, versatile Ms. Astor and her movies. For more information, click this link:http://doriantb.blogspot.com/p/astor.html
The Movie Projector is hosting a James Cagney Blogathon April 8-12, 2013. For thirty years one of the biggest stars in American film, Cagney was also an Oscar winner for best actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild for two years, and recipient of the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Twenty-five bloggers, many of them members of the Classic Movie Blog Association, will be writing about Cagney and the movies he made. For a complete blogathon schedule and to find out how to win a copy of the Two-Disc Special Edition DVD of Yankee Doodle Dandy, visit the Cagney Blogathon page at The Movie Projector.
The Classic Movie Blog Association will host a Blogathon dedicated to the films of the 1940s from Feb. 17-22. If you are a CMBA blog and would like to participate, but haven't signed up yet, E-mail classic.movie.blog.assoc@gmail.com by February 8 to let us know which film you will be reviewing. Please use "CMBA 1940s Film Blogathon" for your e-mail title.
Full of feel good comedies, eye opening war movies and post war film noir angst.
From February 17-22, the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) is going to be recognizing the Films of the Fabulous 1940s with a blogathon.
The blogathon is for CMBA members only, so be sure to add CMBA Blogathon in your post title, include a link to the post schedule on our blog site, and add the banner to your blog.
Since there are so many films during the 1940s that should be recognized, we are asking for no repeat reviews.
E-mail classic.movie.blog.assoc@gmail.com by February 8 to let us know which film you will be reviewing. Please use "CMBA 1940s Film Blogathon" for your e-mail title.
Anyone may participate. Whether you want to write about one of John Garfield's films, his stage career, his "method" acting, his Hollywood blacklisting, or any other facet of his too-short life, you are invited to join in the 100th birthday celebration.
The blogathon will take place that entire weekend---Friday to Monday, March 1st through March 4th. More details will be forthcoming, as will directions for posting your article(s) to the blogathon. For now, though, just let Patti know if you intend to be part of the fun and what aspect of Mr. Garfield's career or life you'd like to write about. You can leave a comment on this post or email Patti at pattiamg27@gmail.com.
The CMBA salutes all of this year's winners, who represent the highest quality in classic movie blogging on the web. Please extend your congratulations to them by leaving a comment below or, better yet, visiting their blog sites.
It’s Not Just a Job, It’s an Adventure: My Low-Budget Film Gig, Tales of the Easily Distracted, http://doriantb.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-not-just-job-its-adventure-my-low.html
Minority Opinion: The Magnificent Ambersons, Jim Lane’s Cinedrome [6 parts]: Part 1: http://jimlanescinedrome.blogspot.com/2012/01/minority-opinion-magnificent-ambersons.html Part 2: http://jimlanescinedrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/minority-opinion-magnificent-ambersons.html Part 3: http://jimlanescinedrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/minority-opinion-magnificent-ambersons_21.html Part 4: http://jimlanescinedrome.blogspot.com/2012/03/minority-opinion-magnificent-ambersons.html Part 5: http://jimlanescinedrome.blogspot.com/2012/03/minority-opinion-magnificent-ambersons_14.htmlPart 6: http://jimlanescinedrome.blogspot.com/2012/03/minority-opinion-magnificent-ambersons_28.html
A Powell and Pressberger Masterpiece: The Red Shoes, ClassicBecky's Brain Food, http://www.classicbeckybrainfood.blogspot.com/2012/03/red-shoes-powell-and-pressberger.html
A Tale of Two Epics: I,Claudius, The Lady Eve’s Reel Life, http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/04/i-claudius-epic-tales.html
What Is a Classic Film? Survey says...Classic Film & TV Cafe, http://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2011/12/what-is-classic-film-survey-says.html
BEST BLOG EVENT
Dueling Divas Blogathon, Backlots, http://backlots.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/backlots-first-blogathon-dueling-divas/
A Month of Vertigo, The Lady Eve’s Reel Life, http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/p/a-month-of-vertigo-bloggers-their-posts.html
2012 Queer Film Blogathon, Garbo Laughs, http://garbolaughs.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/2012-queer-film-blogathon/
Summer Under the Stars Blogathon, Sittin' On a Backyard Fence, http://sittinonabackyardfence.com/2012/07/30/let-the-games-begin/
William Wyler Blogathon, The Movie Projector, http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com/p/wm-wyler-blogathon.html
BEST FILM REVIEW, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
An American in Paris - The Gene Kelly Centennial Blogathon, The Silver Screen Modiste,http://www.silverscreenmodiste.com/2012/08/an-american-in-paris-gene-kelly.html
CMBA Comedy Classics Blogathon: A Shot in the Dark, Classic Film & TV Cafe, http://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2012/01/cmba-comedy-classics-blogathon-shot-in.html
CMBA Comedy Classics Blogathon: "Sons of the Desert" and "Way Out West,"Caftan Woman, http://caftanwoman.blogspot.ca/2012/01/cmba-classics-comedy-blogathon-sons-of.html
A Foreign Affair, Another Old Movie Blog, http://anotheroldmovieblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/uneasy-victors-pt-2-foreign-affair-1948.html
Grift Tips from the Lady Eve (1941), 1001 Movies You Must See Before YouDie, http://1001moviesblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/grift-tips-from-lady-eve-1941.html
To Be or Not to Be – Carole Lombard’s final film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch,The Lady Eve’s Reel Life, http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2011/10/to-be-or-not-to-be-carole-lombards.html
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
Gene Kelly: Profile of a Dance Master, Shadows and Satin, http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/gene-kelly-profile-of-a-dance-master/
The Good German: The Life and Legacy of Conrad Veidt, Garbo Laughs, http://garbolaughs.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/the-good-german-the-life-and-legacy-of-conrad-veidt/
Marilyn Monroe: Out of a Dream, The Lady Eve’s Reel Life, http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2012/08/marilyn-monroe-out-of-dream.html
Thelma Todd Profile, Part 1 and 2, My Love of Old Hollywood, http://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/03/gone-too-soon-blogathon-thelma-todd.htmlhttp://myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/03/gone-too-soon-blogathon-thelma-todd_11.html
BEST BLOG DESIGN
Backlots, http://www.backlots.wordpress.com
Garbo Laughs, http://garbolaughs.wordpress.com/
Java's Journey, http://javabeanrush.blogspot.com
Sittin' On a Backyard Fence, http://sittinonabackyardfence.com/
Tales of the Easily Distracted, http://doriantb.blogspot.com/
Interview with Stunt Double Martha Crawford Cantarini (Parts 1 and 2), Twenty Four Frames, http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/interview-with-stunt-woman-martha-crawford-cantarini-part-one/ Part 2 http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/interview-with-stunt-double-martha-crawford-canterini-part-two/
3 on 3: Science Fiction Films of the 1950s, Classic Film & TV Cafe, http://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2011/09/3-on-3-science-fiction-films-of-1950s.html