Since we published the announcement for the upcoming Classic Movie History Project Blogathon the enthusiasm and response have been extraordinary!  I expect it’ll get even more so now that Flicker Alley is sponsoring the event and including an exciting opportunity to win a rare 3-D collection!  A huge THANKS must go their way with particular kudos to Kimberly Bastin, Digital Media Strategist for Flicker Alley who’s a pleasure to work with.

Following are all the details for the new and improved Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, which I am honored to co-host with Fritzi of Movies, Silently and Ruth of Silver Screenings.  Since there’s no need for me to reinvent the wheel, this announcement is straight from Fritzi, queen of blogathon hostesses, if I may say.

Important:  If you’ve already signed up for the blogathon, please be sure to update the banner so that you promote the event with the Flicker Alley sponsorship included.  All new banners are included in this post followed by the blogathon/topic details.

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We are very pleased to announce that Flicker Alley is going to be sponsoring the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon. Flicker Alley has always been about releasing rare and important films in the highest quality possible and we are honored to be working with them.

Flicker Alley’s sponsorship is in honor of two exciting (and historical) releases:

Dziga Vertov: The Man with the Movie Camera and Other Newly-Restored Works: Vertov’s masterpiece gets the Blu-ray treatment. The set also includesKino-Eye, Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass, and Three Songs About Lenin.

3-D Rarities: This collection will be released to commemorate the centenary of the world’s very first 3D exhibition in June 1915. It includes rare material from the 1920s all the way to the 1950s. The collection is compatible with 3D TVs and players but it will also play on normal home video equipment.

The best part? You might just win a copy of that groovy 3D set.

Giveaway

Flicker Alley is going to be giving away a copy of their 3-D Rarities collection for the event. The prize will ship after its release date (June 2015 at the earliest but possibly later). And since we know many of you online and some of you in real life, Flicker Alley will be handling all aspects of the contest and winner selection.

This drawing will be open to readers and participants alike but entry will be limited to residents of the United States and Canada only. Entering is easy. Just follow this link, sign on to the newsletter and you’re in like Flynn! The contest closes on the last day of the blogathon, June 28. If you are the winner, Flicker Alley will contact you via email within 30 days.

Here are the complete rules:

Open to residents of the United States and Canada only. Void where prohibited. Contest ends June 28, 2015. Winner will be chosen at random by Flicker Alley, LLC. The winners will be notified by email within 30 days of the closing date. If the winners cannot be contacted or do not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition. The prize has a retail value of $39.95 USD. By submitting this form, you are granting: Flicker Alley, LLC, http://www.flickeralley.com, permission to email you. You can revoke permission to mail to your email address at any time using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email.

(By the way – Bob Furmanek, Founder and CEO of the 3-D Film Archive has invited me to attend the premiere of 3-D Rarities at New York’s MoMA on June 13th  I couldn’t be more excited and will share my post-premiere thoughts on this blog.)

Anyway – the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon is a great opportunity to get your blog noticed as Flicker Alley is going to be promoting the event. What do participants have to do? Not much. Just update your banners and bask in the extra publicity and prestige. Get ready for a grand time.

For your consideration – Eras and sub-topics with list of participating blogs

Complete Roster

Sepia Stories -Jeanne Eagels was Robbed. Why the stage’s most recognized Sadie Thompson didn’t appear in the film.

In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – John Barrymore in Don Juan and the introduction to Vitaphone

Films, Fashion & Frivolity – Garbo’s Last Silents

Critica Retro – 1928 Around the World

CineMaven’s Essays from the Couch – The Crowd (1928)

Classic Reel Girl – Early portrayal of taxi dancers: Ten Cents a Dance (1931) and Two Seconds (1932)

Cinephilia – Lubitsch Films (1930-1943)

Silver Screen Modes – How Fashions Sold the Movies: 1930-1940

regularpop – Career of Loretta Young

Second Sight Cinema – Development of newsreels, real life influencing Hollywood and vice versa, and presidential politics and policy in 1932-’33.

Outspoken & Freckled – Feminism in the Pre-Code Era

CineMaven’s Essays from the Couch – Heat Lightning

Stars and Letters – Correspondence from Joseph Breen from 1934 and 1935 regarding the Production Code

The Vintage Cameo – Wartime Musicals

Speakeasy – 1943 at RKO

The Motion Pictures – For Me and My Gal

Way too damn lazy to write a blog – Christmas in Connecticut

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies – What the Stars Did to Help Win the War

Shadows and Satin – Barbara Stanwyck in Film Noir

I Heart Ingrid – Hedy Lamarr: Smoking Hot Genius

B Noir Detour – Wartime Cinema: Gentleman’s Agreement, Crossfire, A Double Life

Queerly Different – The Rise and Fall of the Biblical Epic Part 1

Pure Golden Classics – Gilda

regularpop – Lizabeth Scott’s career

Sister Celluloid – Stage Fright: Hitchcock Goes Home

Old Hollywood Films – Hollywood Expose Pictures (Sunset Blvd, The Bad and the Beautiful)

Hitchcock’s World – Destination Moon 

Caftan Woman – Adult Westerns

Criterion Blues – The Collapse of the Studio System Part 1

Criterion Blues – The Collapse of the Studio System Part 2

Criterion Blues – The Collapse of the Studio System Part 3

Movie Mania Madness – It’s Always Fair Weather – The Musical Gets Cynical

Voyages Extraordinaires – Scientific Romances in the Atomic Age

Silver Scenes – 3-D Films of the 1950s

Cultural Civilian – Revisiting It Should Happen to You (1954) in a Reality-TV World

Queerly Different – The Rise and Fall of the Biblical Epic Part 2

Let’s Go to the Movies – Love as portrayed in key films released in this time period

Totally Filmi – The Apu Trilogy

A Shroud of Thoughts – British New Wave

Cary Grant Won’t Eat You – Single Roommates in the City: The Best of Everything (1959)

Queerly Different – The Rise and Fall of the Biblical Epic Part 3

Jim Fanning’s Tulgey Wood – The Widescreen Splendor of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty

Jack Deth for Paula’s Cinema Club – Roger Corman

The Last Drive-In – The Bold and the Beautiful: Strong Women of Sixties Film

The Wonderful World of Cinema – 1967: An Important Turning Point in Films

Reel and Rock – The Girl-Getters aka The System (1964)

The Other Critic – Batman (1966)

Classic Becky’s Brain Food – 3 Big Films 1969: Midnight Cowboy, Sterile Cuckoo, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

No Nonsense with Nuwan Sen – 1966: The Year dubbed as Nineteen Sexty Sex

The Joy and Agony of Movies – 1963-1967

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque – 1968 in France’s Cinema

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 The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon (2015)

If you’re interested in submitting an entry to the blogathon, here are some guidelines:

Wow! I’m so excited that I can’t choose just one topic! Can I write in more than one category?

Yes! If you would like to take on extra categories and date ranges, please feel free to do so.

So grab yourself a banner and get ready for a historically good time!

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We hope you’ll join us – HAPPY BLOGGING!