The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon is Back!

Movies, Silentlyis tickled to announce the second edition of the Classic Movie History Project. Once again this event is co-hosted by Once Upon a Screen and Silver Screenings.

We believe that there is a little bit of the historian in every classic movie fan. After all, we love films that were made before we were born and, in some cases, before our parents or grandparents were born. Here is our chance to combine our love of classic film with our passion for history.

Read all the details at the Movies, Silently blog by clicking HERE.

Announcing the Beach Party Blogathon

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, along comes the Beach Party Blogathon.

Save the dates June 8-12, 2015, because that’s the time to blog about any movie involving the beach or seaside. If it parties on the shore, sets foot on the sand, munches on swimmers, wades into or comes out of the ocean, or makes you love or hate the deep, you can write about it. Endless summer surfing and wild bikinis, sharks and sea monsters, leis and lagoons, juvenile delinquents, musclebound hunks, music stars, tropical climes and treasure hunters, all are welcome. We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

For all the scoop, including the roster and sign-up form, click HERE.

Be there or be square, daddy-o!

Celebrate National Classic Movie Day on May 16th!

This Saturday marks the inaugural National Classic Movie Day, a new "holiday" created by classic film lovers.

To show their support at the Classic Film & TV Cafe, Rick and company are hosting the My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon. Almost 60 bloggers (and still counting) will write about their favorite classic movies. You can view the complete schedule of participating bloggers and their selected films by clicking the link below:

Classic Film & TV Cafe My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon

CMBA Spring Blogathon: The Fabulous Films of the 30s!

The Classic Movie Blog Association is proud to present The Fabulous Films of the 30s, running from April 27th to May 1st. Please tune into the blogs below on the dates listed to get the lowdown on many of the greatest movies of one of classic Hollywood's most glamorous decades!

April 27th

• Once Upon a Screen whistles up a review of M (1930).
• Shadows & Satin assure us that Men Call It Love (1931).
• Twenty Four Frames checks in with Sabotage (1936).
• Classic Film & TV Café sinks its teeth into Dracula's Daughter (1936).
• Old Hollywood Films belts out a tune with Maytime (1937).
• Silver Screen Modes is off to see The Wizard of Oz (1939). 

April 28th

• Movies Silently hunts The White Devil (1930).
• ClassicBecky's Brain Food observes Freaks (1932).
• Second Sight Cinema reanimates The Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
• FilmFanatic.Org dances to both versions of Intermezzo (1936 and 1939).
• Backlots serves up My Man Godfrey (1937).
• The Blonde at the Film chases Bringing Up Baby (1938).
• Java Bean Rush elocutes upon Pygmalion (1938).
• Now Voyaging cops to The Awful Truth (1938).
• Speakeasy is on the trail of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939).

April 29th

• A Person in the Dark swoons to Love Me Tonight (1932).
• Margaret Perry gets the story on Morning Glory (1933).
• Immortal Ephemera takes aim at Manhattan Melodrama (1934).
• Tales of the Easily Distracted enjoys A Night at the Opera (1935).
• Classic Movie Hub decides to Follow the Fleet (1936).
• Silver Scenes speaks treason with The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938).
• Caftan Woman saddles up with Destry Rides Again (1939).

April 30th

• The Thrilling Days of Yesteryear joins up with the Sons of the Desert (1933).
• Journeys in Classic Film has a new Design for Living (1933).
• Another Old Movie Blog talks Jolson saying Hallelujah, I'm A Bum (1933).
• The Vintage Cameo hitches a ride with It Happens One Night (1934).
• Cary Grant Won't Eat You encourages you to Go West Young Man (1936).
• Silver Screenings visits The Roaring Twenties (1939).

May 1st

• GlamAmor takes a trip with Shanghai Express (1932).
• Virtual Virago seeks out The Invisible Man (1933).
• The Man on the Flying Trapeze goes legit with G-Men (1935).
• Hometowns to Hollywood declares they were Born to Dance (1936).
• Stardust is a bit more reserved and asks Shall We Dance? (1937). 
• Pre-Code.Com joins in with Idiot's Delight (1939).
• Stars and Letters caps things off with Gone With the Wind (1939).

 
Thanks to all our participants for joining in! And if you want to jump the gun on reading some of the entries, we're proud to present The Fabulous Films of the 30s in eBook form, containing 19 of the above essays and available now! 

 

Here's what's inside: 

• Manhattan Melodrama by Cliff Aliperti of Immortal Ephemera
• Freaks by Becky Barnes of ClassicBecky’s Brain Food
• Born to Dance by Annette Bochenek of Hometowns to Hollywood
• Love Me Tonight by Marsha Collock of A Person in the Dark
• The Hound of the Baskervilles by Kristina Dijan of Speakeasy
• Maytime by Amanda Garrett of Old Hollywood Films
• The Bride of Frankenstein by Lesley Gaspar of Second Sight Cinema
• Follow the Fleet by Annmarie Gatti of Classic Movie Hub
• Sabotage by John Greco of Twenty Four Frames
• Men Call It Love by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry of Shadows and Satin
• Bringing Up Baby by Cameron Howard of The Blonde At The Film.com
• Boys Town by R.A. Kerr of Silver Screenings
• The Adventures of Robin Hood by Diana & Constance Metzinger of Silver Scenes
• Destry Rides Again by Patricia Nolan-Hall of Caftan Woman
• Morning Glory by Margaret Perry of MargaretPerry.Org
• Idiot’s Delight by Danny Reid of Pre-Code.Com
• Sons of the Desert by Ivan G. Shreve - Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
• Pygmalion by Deborah M. Thomas of Java Bean Rush
• Go West Young Man by Leah Williams of Cary Grant Won’t Eat You

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Announcing the CMBA Spring Blogathon - The Fabulous Films of the 30s

Good news, everyone! The subject has been selected for the 2015 CMBA Spring Blogathon, open to all members: The Fabulous Films of the 30s.

This blogathon will celebrate the movies of the 1930s in grand CMBA style from April 27th to May 1st.

(If you're a member of CMBA and wish to participate, please email classic.movie.blog.assoc@gmail.com with your subject by March 31st.)

Here are the banners for the blogathon:

Announcing The Luck of the Irish Blog o'thon : March 15-17th

Top o' the morning film fans! Silver Scenes is proud to present The Luck of the Irish Blog o'thon...a wee little event to celebrate the joy and talent that the Irish have brought to the silver screen for many many years. 

You need not be Irish to participate in this ceilidh because on holy St. Patrick's Day we all be wearing a touch o' the green.....

THE DETAILS:  We not be specific - you can write about almost anything so long as it has a bit o' Irish in it, was filmed prior to 1975, and features no blessed word spoken against the little people. Will you be wanting to write about an Irish-made production? That'll be grand! Will ye be caring to write about an Irish-born actor? We tip our hats to ye! 

Movies that take place in Ireland are surely welcome and you most certainly can write about an American actor with an Irish heritage. We not be turning down any post on Cagney himself. And do not be forgetting the talented Irish men and women who worked behind the magic movie screen as well. 

DATE: The Luck of the Irish Blog o'thon runs from March 15th through St. Paddy's Day itself. Ready to join in the jig? Just click here to be taken to Silver Scenes and add your name, blog site, and the topic you be wanting to write about in the comment box on our site.

Thankee for reading this announcement and we hope to see you at the ceilildh! 

Announcing the Russia in Classic Film Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently

Movies Silently is proud to host the Russia in Classic Film Blogathon. Movies made in Russia, set in Russia, directed by Russians, featuring Russian characters or starring Russian actors are going to be celebrated.

Russian artists and films have contributed immeasurably to the richness of international cinema and this is your chance to commemorate their contributions. Russia was also the exciting setting for movies starring Hollywood legends such as Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, John Barrymore, Lon Chaney and Tony Curtis. There really is something for everyone.

The event will take place from March 8 to 10, 2015 and is open to both CMBA members and non-members alike. Please click here for more information.