This page is dedicated to an event I am very proud to have been a part of, The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, an event conceived and led by Fritzi at Movies Silently and co-hosted by Ruth at Silver Screenings and your truly at Once Upon a Screen. Just chosen the “Best Classic Movie Blog Event” of 2014 by the members of the Classic Movie Blog Association.
Following is the entire roster of entries to the first-ever Classic Movie History Project Blogathon, which as you can see from the event banner covered the history of film from 1915 to 1950. Each and every entry is absolutely fantastic. Enjoy!
As I’ve done with other blogathons I’ve co-hosted, I created this page so that anyone who’s interested (like me) can access all of the entries from one area. So, without further ado here they are – separated into the eras we each hosted:
Enjoy!
Entries for The Silent Era:
Introduction by Movies Silently – The Silent Era, A Little Appetizer
1915
Three-part article on the 14 films Cecil B. DeMille released in 1915:
Cecil B. DeMille in 1915: Civil Wars! Stage Coaches! The Stock Exchange! Montenegro?
Cecil B. DeMille in 1915: Hot Sands, Hotter Love, Tenements and Wild Geese
Cecil B. DeMille in 1915: Gypsies, Censors and Thieves
1916
Big V Riot Squad – A Funny Year
1917
A Person in the Dark – Vamps, Tramps and Box Office Champs
1918
A Small Press Life – The Magic of Mabel and Mickey
1919
Totally Filmi – D.G. Phalke and Kaliya Mardan
Kaliya Mardan (D.G. Phalke, 1919)
1920
Durnmoose Movie Musings – A Cinematic Year Of Darkness And Light
1921
By Silent Volume – Four reviews of notable silents from Sweden, Germany and the United States:
1922
Family Friendly Reviews – 1922 from a family-friendly perspective
1923
The Filmatelist – Of Tramps and Vamps
1924
Nitrate Glow – Hits and Misses of 1924
1925
Critica Retro – An Unforgettable Year! (Be sure to click the “translate” button!)
1926
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Entries for The “Talkies” Era:
Introduction by Silver Screenings – the “Talkies” era and An Uncertain World
1927
Goregirl’s Dungeon – a look at the year in film.
1928
Self-Styled Siren – King Vidor’s realization that talking pictures were here to stay.
1929
Silver Screenings – reviews They Had to See Paris as a barometer of 1929.
1930
The Artistic Packrat – reviews Animal Crackers as a demonstration of improvements in motion picture sound.
1931
Immortal Ephemera – a look at the movie cycles of 1931 and includes a review of City Streets.
1932
Ann Dvorak – “Oh, what a Pre-Code year it was!”
1933
Outspoken & Freckled – a magical year in cinema.
1934
Nitrate Diva – censorship in post-Code Hollywood.
1935
Absolutely Merle – a look at five films that brought about significant “firsts” in 1935.
1936
Lasso the Movies – “1936: The Power of Hindsight.”
1937
The Motion Pictures – the most popular films of the year.
1938
Speakeasy – heroes and villains of 1938.
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Entries for The War Years:
Introduction by Once Upon a Screen – The War Years
1939
Once Upon a Screen – Here’s to you, 1939!
1940
Girls Do Film – “It Was a Political Year”
1941
The Joy and Agony of Movies – “Hollywood and WWII”
1942
Wide Screen World – The Hollywood Canteen
1943
The Last Drive-In – “A Symphony of Dark Patches – The Val Lewton Legacy 1943”
1944
The Movie Rat – Carmen Miranda, The Three Caballeros and the Good Neighbor Policy
1945
Caftan Woman – 1945
1946
Syncroniciti – There Ain’t No Place That Far: Disney’s Song of the South, 1946
1947
Crimson Kimono – Damsels in Distress, a series of 1947 noir films.
1948
Hye’s Musings – Major cinematic events
1949
Portraits by Jenni – Pinky
1950
Vienna’s Classic Hollywood – Spotlight on 1950
Fantastic!
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I’m lucky to have been presented the opportunity to co-host several fantastic events during the two years this blog has been in existence and The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon is way up there on the list. I must extend a special THANK YOU to Fritzi at Movies Silently who came up with this idea and then actually asked me to join her and Ruth of Silver Screenings to tag along and play host for an era. I had a fabulous time, am overwhelmed by the response and the effort each and every blogger put into each post. Best of all – WE’LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR!!
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Hi Aurora, for the History Project Blogathon, I’d like to post, “How Fashions Sold the Movies, 1930-1940.”
Okay?
Wonderful! I’ll add you to the list, Christian.
Okay, great. Looking forward to it Aurora.
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How sweet! Thanks so much for your kind words. Best of luck with your new blog. I’d be happy to help in any way I can.