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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
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- 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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