CLASSIC MOVIES OF 1939 BLOGATHON - MAY 15-17, 2011

THE BLOGATHON IS HERE - Beginning Sunday morning, follow the links listed below for each of the next three days.  Read about your favorites from Hollywood's golden year of movies, learn about new ones, leave a comment and enjoy!

Produced by CMBA Members Page and Becky
http://www.classicbeckybrainfood.blogspot.com/

http://www.myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, May 15

It’s A Wonderful World                    

    http://www.doriantb.blogspot.com/ 

The Women                                       

    http://www.myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/ 

The Wizard of Oz                              

    http://www.vivandlarry.com/ 

Another Thin Man                            

    http://www.reelrevival.blogspot.com/ 

The Cat and the Canary                                           

    http://www.twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/ 

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island     

    http://www.thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com/ 

Dark Victory                                     

    http://www.amateurfilmstudies.blogspot.com/ 

Destry Rides Again                          

    http://1001moviesblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/destry-rides-again-1939-12.html 

Dodge City                                        

    http://www.poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/ 

Five Came Back                               

    http://www.caftanwoman.blogspot.com/ 

Gone With the Wind                         

    http://www.silverscreenmodiste.com/ 

The Return of Dr. X

    http://www.grandoldmovies.wordpress.com/  

Monday, May 16, 2011

On Your Toes                                    

    http://www.classicbeckybrainfood.blogspot.com/ 
The Gorilla                                        

    http://www.myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/

Q Planes                                            

    http://www.vivandlarry.com/ 

Stagecoach                                        

    http://www.themovieprojector.blogspot.com/ 

Gulliver’s Travels                             

    http://www.distant-voicesandflickering-shadows.blogspot.com/  

Hunchback of Notre Dame              

    http://www.via-51.blogspot.com/ 

Idiot’s Delight                                               

    http://www.dearmrgable.com/ 

Golden Boy                                       

    http://trueclassics.wordpress.com/

Intermezzo                                         

    http://www.distant-voicesandflickering-shadows.blogspot.com/  

The Light That Failed                                   

    http://www.classic-film-tv.blogspot.com/ 

Love Affair                                        

    http://www.flickchick1953.blogspot.com/ 

Made for Each Other                                   

    http://www.carole-and-co.livejournal.com/ 

The Starmaker                                              

    http://www.bingfan03.blogspot.com/   

Only Angels Have Wings                 

    http://www.anotheroldmovieblog.blogspot.com/ 

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt                  

    http://www.warren-william.com/ 
Magalord
http://www.forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/ 
Ice Follies of 1939
    http://www.myloveofoldhollywood.blogspot.com/
Midnight
    http://www.dawnschickflicks.blogspot.com/         

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington       

    http://www.classicfilmboy.blogspot.com/ 

Never Say Die                                              

    http://www.javabeanrush.blogspot.com/ 

Of Mice and Men                             

    http://www.greatentertainersarchives.blogspot.com/ 

The Old Maid                                    

    http://www.macguffinmovies.wordpress.com/  

Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex          

    http://www.eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/ 

The Rules of the Game                    

    http://www.garbolaughs.wordpress.com/  

The Rains Came                               

    http://www.kevinsmoviecorner.blogspot.com/  

We are Not Alone                             

    http://www.moirasthread.blogspot.com/   

The Whole Family Works
http://www.forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/
Wuthering Heights
    http://www.bettesmovieblog.blogspot.com/ 

Watching A Year – All the Films Of 1939

    http://www.jnpickens.wordpress.com/  

The next CMBA sponsored Blogathon is coming in May!

Oscar Blogathon: Best Actress of 1963

All this week, you can enjoy the Oscar Blogathon: Best Actress of 1963, hosted by Classicfilmboy's Movie Paradise.

Monday: Feb 21:  The Classic Film & TV Cafe profiles Rachel Roberts, a Best Actress nominee for This Sporting Life.

Tuesday, Feb. 22: Kevin's Movie Corner will present Shirley MacLaine in Irma La Douce.

Wednesday, Feb. 23: Classicfilmboy's Movie Paradise will cover Leslie Caron in The L-Shaped Room.

Thursday, Feb. 24: ClassicBecky's Film and Literary Review will examine Patricia Neal in Hud.

Friday, Feb. 25: Noir and Chick Flicks will look at Natalie Wood in Love With the Proper Stranger.


Hope you can stop and share your thoughts on these great actresses!

2011 CMBA Hitchcock Blogathon

Welcome to the Classic Movie Blog Association's 2011 Hitchcock Blogathon. It's a marathon homage to the Master of Suspense, spanning over 40 years of his films. Twenty members of the CMBA are reviewing the following Hitchcock classics (click on the blog name to read the post):

The Birds – Classic Film & TV Café
Dial M for Murder – True Classics: The ABCs of Film
The Lady Vanishes – MacGuffin Movies
Lifeboat – Classicfilmboy’s Movie Paradise
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – Reel Revival
Marnie – My Love of Old Hollywood 
Mr. and Mrs. Smith – Carole & Co. 
North By Northwest – Bette’s Classic Movie Blog
Notorious – Twenty Four Frames
The Pleasure Garden – Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Rear Window – Java’s Journey
Rebecca – ClassicBecky’s Film and Literary Review
Rope – Kevin’s Movie Corner
Shadow of a Doubt – Great Entertainers Media Archive
The 39 Steps – Garbo Laughs
Three Classic Hitchcock Killers – The Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Torn Curtain - Via Margutta 51
The Trouble with Harry – Bit Part Actors
Vertigo – Noir and Chick Flicks
The Wrong Man – The Movie Projector

It's Almost Here...

The CMBA Hitchcock Blogathon will take place on Monday, January 17th. Twenty CMBA members are writing about their favorite Hitchcock films and characters during a marathon one-day event. Be sure to check back here on Monday morning for a list of all the films and blogs. Or, you can go directly to your favorite CMBA classic movie blogs and read their Hitchcock reviews!

Coming in January 2011!

And the 2010 CiMBA Winners are....

The Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) is proud to announce its winners for the 2010 CiMBA, an award given in seven categories to recognize excellence in classic movie blogging among the CMBA's thirty members.

Over the last two months, CMBA members had an opportunity to self-nominate their best blog posts in each category. If the number of nominees exceeded five in a category, a screening vote was held to reduce the number (although there were still ties, creating six nominations in two categories). Click here to vote the full list of nominees.

The members then voted to select the best of the best. Unlike some web awards, only CMBA members can vote for the CiMBA--making it an award given by one's peers. The voting was close in many of the categories, which is indicative of the outstanding quality of all the nominees.

Congratulations to the 2010 CiMBA winners! We strongly encouragely all classic movie lovers to check out their outstanding posts below:

Best Film Review (Drama)
Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day 7: “You know what they call my films today? Camp! High camp!” (A review of Targets) by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr., Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, http://thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2009/11/boris-karloff-blogathon-day-7-you-know.html

Best Film Review (Musical or Comedy)
Love Me Tonight (1932) by R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector, http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com/2010/06/love-me-tonight-1932.html

Best Classic Movie Article
The Best Fred Astaire Musicals Without Ginger Rogers by R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector, http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-fred-astaire-musicals-without.html

Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
About John Gilbert...An Interview with Leatrice Gilbert Fountain by TheLadyEve, Classic Film & TV Cafe, http://classic-film-tv.blogspot.com/2010/08/about-john-gilbertan-interview-with.html

Best Classic Movie Blog Event
Trivia Time by Paul2, Classic Film & TV Cafe, http://classic-film-tv.blogspot.com/2010/01/trivia-time-part-17.html (this is a link to just one of the quizzes).

Best Classic Movie Discussion
10 Questions with John Stangeland, author of Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood by Cliff Aliperti, Warren-Wiliam.com, http://warren-william.com/2010/06/21/interview-john-stangeland/

Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Classicfilmboy’s Movie Paradise, http://www.classicfilmboy.com/