THE 2018 CMBA AWARDS NOMINEES

The final ballot for the 2018 Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) Awards has gone out to all members, and the nominees for this year's awards are listed below. Congratulations and best wishes to everyone nominated!


Best Film Review/Drama 

• The Beautiful Refugees of Casablanca by Silver Screenings
• Curse of the Cat People by Caftan Woman
• Pre-Code Crazy: Two Seconds (1932) by Shadows and Satin
• Notorious (1946) by Down These Mean Streets
• A Hero of the Mind: Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet by A Viewer’s Guide to Classic Films 

Best Film Review/Musical or Comedy 

• On The Town: Celebrating Leonard Bernstein by Lady Eve’s Reel Life
• Sexual Predators in Film, Weinstein, 1937 by Cary Grant Won’t Eat You
• Pink Champagne and Diamonds: The Merry Widow. 1934 by A Viewer's Guide to Classic Films
• The Women of Old Hollywood: Doris Day in That Touch of Mink by Old Hollywood Films
• A Favourite for this Time of Year: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Caftan Woman
• Pre-Code Crazy: Madame Satan (1930) by Shadows and Satin
• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) by Critica Retro

Best Profile of a Performer or Filmmaker 

• A Mesmerizing Talent: The Life and Career of Conrad Veidt by Silent-ology
• Introducing the Father of Film Comedy: Max Linder by Silver Screenings
• The Extraordinary Mildred Natwick by Lady Eve's Reel Life
• Reel Infatuation Blogathon: Keye Luke as Lee Chan by Caftan Woman
• Standing Up for What's Right: The Friendship of Grace Kelly and Josephine Baker by Backlots
• Henry Stephenson: A Lovable Old Gent by Silver Scenes
• The Lon Chaney Sr. Blogathon: The First Character Actor And His Portrayal Of Disabled And Disfigured Characters by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films 

Best Article 

• Fascism, Nationalism and the Banned Films of Marlene Dietrich by Lady Eve's Reel LIfe
• Canadian Stereotypes from Classic Hollywood Film by Silver Screenings
• Judy Holliday and the Hollywood Blacklist: Testimony to SISS, 1952 by Backlots
• The Miracle Man (1919) by Critica Retro
• Singin' in the Rain (1952) by Hometowns to Hollywood
• A Little Touch of Blighty: The Hollywood Cricket Club by A Viewer's Guide to Classic Films
• Watching Silent Films With Our Grandparents by Silent-ology

Best Event

• Busby Berkeley Blogathon hosted by Hometowns to Hollywood
• Food in Film Blogathon co-hosted by Silver Screenings and Speakeasy
• Second Annual Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films
• World War I in Film Month by Silent-ology

Best Blog Design

• Silver Scenes
• Hometowns to Hollywood
• Java's Journey

Best Series

• Pre-Code Confidential by Cracked Rear Viewer
• 1917 Century Award Winners by Century Film Project
• The 1920s - Then and Now by Another Old Movie Blog
• Olivia de Havilland vs. FX by Backlots
• Heimatfilme and Other German Films of the 1940s by Silver Scenes 

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