UPDATE: Visit Athletes in Film Blogathon – Day 1 for links to the fabulous entries.
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Today I consider myself the luckiest woman on the face of the Earth. Well…OK. Maybe that’s overselling this a bit, but I am thrilled to be co-hosting a blogging event with my friend and colleague Rich from Wide Screen World. The event is the Athletes in Film Blogathon and we look forward to your participation.
The Athletes in Film Blogathon will focus on former athletes who became actors. Examples are Charles Reisner, Johnny Weissmuller, Esther Williams and Sonja Henie. You can also choose to write about films that feature athletes with obvious examples being Pat and Mike (1952), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), and Raging Bull (1980) among others. There are many movies and characters to choose from and we hope you get creative. In hopes of getting a wide range of submissions we will not be accepting duplicate topic entries. Also, films from all eras are OK by us!
- Let one of us know your topic choice by leaving a comment on either blog.
- Don’t take it for granted we know exactly who you are or where your blog resides – please include the title and URL.
- We will not be assigning exact dates. Publish the post for either June 4th or 5th and let us know it’s up so we can promote it across social media. If you have a date preference let us know.
- Please include one of the blogathon banners on your site to help us promote the event and include it in your post submission.
- HAVE FUN, spread the word and HAPPY BLOGGING!
By the way, just because Rich came up with the topic idea and made the banners and invited me to co-host this event with him doesn’t mean I didn’t contribute to its planning. I actually offered a title I thought would go over like hotcakes, but Rich disagreed. The Athletic Supporter Blogathon. Oh well.
List of participants and chosen topics
Wide Screen World – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Once Upon a Screen – College (1927)
Love Letters to Old Hollywood – Bathing Beauty (1944)
Victoria Mature – Million Dollar Mermaid (1953)
Victoria Mature – Footlight Serenade (1942)
Victoria Mature – Easy Living (1949)
In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – Pat and Mike (1952)
Cinematic Scribblings – The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Moon in Gemini – The Color of Money (1986)
Silver Screenings – Rocky (1976)
The Wonderful World of Cinema – A League of Their Own (1992)
Old Hollywood Films – Jim Thorpe – All American (1951)
Girls Do Film – One in a Million (1936)
Critica Retro – The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Radiator Heaven – Bull Durham (1988)
Caftan Woman – Rawhide (1938)
Speakeasy – Breaking Away (1979)
The Cinematic Frontier – Rocky Balboa (2006)
Movies Silently – Babe Ruth in Heading Home (1920)
The Movie Rat – Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Ramblings of a Cinephile – Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Mike’s Take On the Movies – Viva Knievel (1977)
Back to Golden Days – The Stratton Story (1949)
Cracked Rear Viewer – All the Marbles (1981)
L. A. Explorer – The Freshman (1925)
Zeppo Marxism – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane!
BNoirDetour – Night and the City (1950)
The Midnite Drive-In – The Dirty Dozen (Jim Brown)
Eyes on Kite – Nat Pendleton
Meredy.com – Brian’s Song (1971)
Pop Culture Reverie – Quarterback Princess (1983)
Outspoken & Freckled – Wimbledon (2004) and other tennis highlights
Once upon a screen... 
Yay, a blogathon special-made for my beloved Esther Williams! I’ll take Bathing Beauty. My blog is LoveLettersToOldHollywood.blogspot.com.
Wonderful!! You’re in with a terrific choice (obviously). 🙂
Just started started a blog: VictoriaMature.com
I’d like to reserve Million Dollar Mermaid (1953)…(And Footlight Serenade (1942) and Easy Living (1949), if they fit within the parameters of this blogathon…;-)
Just started a blog: VictoriaMature.com
I’d like to reserve Million Dollar Mermaid (1953)…(And Footlight Serenade (1942) and Easy Living (1949), if they fit within the parameters of this blogathon…;-)
Greetings!
Just started a blog: VictoriaMature.com …I’d like to reserve Million Dollar Mermaid (1953)…(And Footlight Serenade (1942) and Easy Living (1949) if they fit within the parameters of the blogathon…;-)
Best!
From the desk of Victoria Mature
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Lofty goals. 🙂 Sure. Adding you to the list for all three.
Thanks for the opportunity!
Hi Aurora. Put me down for Pat And Mike please.
Great! 🙂
Thanks Aurora,
Oh by the way, I’ve got two blogathons coming up. Did you want to participate in any of them? I know your taking a break away but I thought I’d ask. The links are below for both of them so you can ponder over it.
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/announcing-the-animals-in-film-blogathon/
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/announcing-the-bette-davis-blogathon/
Could I have The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)? My blog is Cinematic Scribblings: http://cinematicscribblings.wordpress.com. Thank you!
Yes, sounds great! I’ll add you to the list in a bit and thanks for joining us!
Just added. WP has been giving me trouble.
Thank you! I’m looking forward to it.
Does pool count? I’d like to cover The Color of Money, a movie I feel is very underrated.
Sorry, my blog is Moon in Gemini: https://debravega.wordpress.com/
Just added Debbie. WP troubles. I love that Fast Eddie is represented!! Always thrilled to have you on board! 🙂
I’d like to write on wrestling in the film Night and the City.
My blog is BNoirDetour.wordpress.com.
Hi! WordPress plays havoc with comments once in a while and this time it hid your comment until this morning! Very strange!! BUT, I’m super excited about you joining us!!
Aurora
Weird! happy to join in!
Hi Aurora, I’d like cover the original Rocky (1976), if that counts…? And I’m at Silver Screenings: http://silverscreenings.org/
Great idea for a blogathon! This will be fun.
All kudos to Rich. I’m just along for the ride. 🙂
ADORE ROCKY!! YAY! Thanks for joining us, Ruth!
Reblogged this on and commented:
It’s almost spring, and the blogathons are blooming like crazy! Here’s another tasty one for your perusal!
THANKS for the reblog!! 😀
THANKS for the shout out!!
Awesome idea! 🙂
I’d like to write about A League of their Own
My blog is The Wonderful World of Cinema
https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com
Terrific choice! Just rewatched that the other day.
I’d like to write about Jim Thorpe All American for Old Hollywood Films if that one isn’t taken.
Thanks
Wonderful!! Thanks, Amanda!
Love the Grease quote. If it makes you feel better, that’s *clearly* are far superior name 😉
Please could I take One in a Million, starring Sonja Henie?
And it’s https://girlsdofilm.wordpress.com/
Thank you!
For me from Eve Arden’s mouth makes it an instant classic. Such fun. Thanks so much for joining us and I love your choice!!
Hey! I’d like to contribute a review for Rocky Balboa. This is Louis from the Cinematic Frontier (https://cinematicfrontier.wordpress.com).
Great!!! I’ll add you to the list in a bit.
Thanks!
Hey there, can I claim Babe Ruth in Heading Home (1920) oh please, oh please, oh please?
UM….YES!!! I was so hoping you’d join us and add a touch of silence. 🙂 I chose a silent just in case. WoooooHooooo
Just how much focus has to be on the former athlete? He is one of a dozen central characters (not including the lead played by Lee Marvin), but Jim Brown had a significant presence in “The Dirty Dozen”. Or are only movies about athletes being allowed?
No! Jim Brown in DIZEN is exactly what we want. Let me know if you’re in. (Hope so!)
I meant DOZEN!
OK i’ll sign on for THE DIRTY DOZEN.
OK, I’ve settled on it. I’ll do “Amazing Grace and Chuck,” certainly enough there I’ve not yet covered.
Woooohoooo! I’ve been away this week unexpectedly (until Sunday night) and will update the list with your entry upon my return home.
No worries. Sounds great!
Hi there, I’d like to write about “Somebody Up There Likes Me” since it seems it’s not taken.
Forgot to reply.
You’re On!! BTW, you have the same name as my mother so I’m partial to it. 🙂
Great! Thanks. 🙂
How about the campy Viva Knievel from 1977. Long overdue for a rewatch.
OMG, that’s fantastic! What a blast from the past. I’ll add you to the list in the morning! 🙂
Awesome! Can’t wait to revisit Evel helping little Billy gain the power to walk at the orphanage one more time.
Hi Aurora! Could I please do “The Stratton Story” (1949)?
My blog: Back to Golden Days (http://back-to-golden-days.blogspot.pt/)
-Cátia. xo
Yes!!! And YAY!
This sounds like a great idea! I’d love to participate by looking at the wacky world of professional wrestling with 1981’s …All The Marbles, starring Peter Falk. Oh, by the way, I’m Gary over at Cracked Rear Viewer: http://crackedrearviewer.wordpress.com
Great Gary! Happy you’re joining us!
I’d like to write about The Freshman starring Harold Lloyd for LA Explorer (www.la-explorer.com). Thanks!
WONDERFUL!! Thanks! 🙂
I’ll do one on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in AIRPLANE!
My mostly-defunct blog is Zeppo Marxism (zeppomarxist.blogspot.com).
I’ll do one on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane!
My mostly-defunct blog is Zeppo Marxism (zeppomarxist.blogspot.com)
I’d like to do a short something about Nat Pendleton. Does it need to be him in a particular movie? My gradually developing blog is eyesonkite.wordpress.com
In reviewing the comments I don’t see my reply to you published so in case you didn’t see it – a general post about Nat Pendleton would be fantastic!!
Aurora
Hi, Aurora! May I please write about Brian’s Song (1971)? Meredy of Meredy.com – https://mrsskeffington.blogspot.com/
Yes, wonderful!
Ha! Caftan Woman beat me too it! Grr…. 🙂
This sounds fun…I’ll have to put on the thinking cap.
You were choosing RAWHIDE? LOL
After much internal debate…. I will write about Vijay Amritraj in OCTOPUSSY. This particular discussion will be housed in the house of Bond at thejamesbondsocialmediaproject.com.
I’d like to write about a TV movie from the 1980s called Quarterback Princess about a female football player. It stars Helen Hunt, Don Murray, and Tim Robbins.
My blog is Pop Culture Reverie. https://popculturereverie.wordpress.com/
Sounds great! Thanks for joining us.
May I write about WIMBLEDON (2004) and other tennis highlights on film? … Kellee aka @IrishJayhawk66 aka Outspoken & Freckled aka http://kelleepratt.com aka blood type AB+
LOL! YAY!!
Here’s my post: https://cinematicscribblings.wordpress.com/2016/06/03/of-athletics-and-angry-young-men-the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-runner-1962/ Thank you!
Thanks, Erin! Can’t wait to read it. 🙂
Aurora
Hi Aurora! I just uploaded my entry: https://silverscreenings.org/2016/06/03/rocky-boxing-and-the-1970s/
Looking forward to this! 🙂
Thanks, Ruth!!
Hello! Here’s my post: http://rheaven.blogspot.com/2016/06/bull-durham.html
Thank you!! Woohoo
My post is live! 🙂 http://bit.ly/brianssong1971
Here’s Number 4 the New York Yankees: http://www.caftanwoman.com/2016/06/athletes-in-film-blogathon-lou-gehrig.html
Thanks!!! 😀
My post on “All The Marbles” is up at http://crackedrearviewer.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/tag-team-turmoil-all-the-marbles-mgm-1981/ Enjoy!
WINDERFUL! 🙂
My post is up: https://bnoirdetour.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/8833/
Yay! Thanks so much!
Jim Brown & Co. await your perusal.
http://midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com/2016/06/dirty-deeds-done-dirt-cheap.html
Thanks! 🙂
My post for Old Hollywood Films on Jim Thorpe is ready to go
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2016/06/jim-thorpe-all-american.html
Thanks for hosting
Here’s my post: http://la-explorer.com/spotlight-harold-lloyds-freshman/
Thanks!