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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