The Classic Movie Blog Association established the annual CMBA Awards in 2010 as a means of honoring and promoting excellence in classic film blogging within the group. There are currently six categories: Best Review/Drama, Best Review/Comedy or Musical, Best Profile, Best Article, Best Series, and Best Event. Each year members submit their own work for consideration at the end of August. Two votes by the full CMBA membership are then held, the first to select five finalists in each category, the second to select a winner in each category.
Below is a listing of winners from 2010 through the current awards year.
Below is a listing of winners from 2010 through the current awards year.
2021 CMBA Award Winners
Best Classic Film Review/Drama
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945), a Black & White Jewel from Powell &Pressburger by Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Best Classic Film Review/Comedy or Musical
Noirvember Fun: My Favorite Brunette (1947) by Caftan Woman
Best Profile
Lucille Ball: Fashion Icon by Hometowns to Hollywood
Remembering Mabel Normand, Queen of Slapstick by Once Upon a Screen
Best Classic Film Article
In Memory of Buster and Eleanor’s House by Silent-ology
Best Classic Film Series
Old Hollywood Haunts by Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Best Classic Film Event
The 120 “Screwball” Years of Jean Arthur Blogathon by The Wonderful World of Cinema
2020 CMBA Award Winners
Best Classic Film Review/Drama
Mrs. Danvers, the Menace of Manderlay by Once Upon A Screen
Best Classic Film Review/Comedy or Musical
Favourite Movies: Call Me Madam, 1953 by Caftan Woman
Best Profile
Agnes Moorehead – A Bewitching Life by In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood
Best Classic Film Article
Rochester and Jack: Breaking Racial Barriers by Hometowns to Hollywood
Best Classic Film Series
TCM 2020 Summer Under the Stars by Shadows and Satin
Best Classic Film Event
The 4th Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon Begins hosted by Maddy Loves Her Classic Films
Best Film Review/Drama -The Beautiful Refugees of Casablanca - Silver Screenings
Best Film Review/Musical or Comedy "On the Town," in Celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s Centenary - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Best Profile of a Performer - A Mesmerizing Talent: The Life and Career of Conrad Veidt - Silent-ology
Best Classic Movie Article -Fascism, Nationalism and the Banned Films of Marlene Dietrich - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Blog Event -The Food in Film Blogathon - Silver Screenings and Speakeasy
Best Blog Design - Silver Scenes
Best Classic Movie Series - Olivia de Havilland vs. FX: Backlots at the Courthouse - Backlots
Best Film Review ( Drama )
Self-Plagiarism is Style: Hitchcock, Grant and North by Northwest (1959) - Once Upon a Screen
Best Film Review ( Musical/Comedy )
Me and My Pal (1933) - Caftan Woman
Best Classic Movie Article
A Government by Classic Movie Characters - Once Upon a Screen
Best Classic Movie Series
Crime Does Not Pay - Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer
Louise Fazenda, Comic Venus -Silentology
Best Classic Movie Event
What a Character! Blogathon - Once Upon a Screen
Best Blog Design
The Blonde at the Film
2016 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) - Caftan Woman
Best Film Review ( Musical )
The Gang's All Here (1943) - Second Sight Cinema
Best Classic Movie Article
Hal Roach and the "Lot" of Fun - Caftan Woman
Best Classic Movie Series
History Through Hollywood - The Blonde at the Film
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
Harry Carey and Harry Carey, Jr. - Caftan Woman
Best Blog Event
The 2016 TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon - Journeys in Classic Film
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Cinema Crossroads
2014 CiMBA AWARD Winners
2013 CiMBA Awards
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: DRAMA
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation - Once Upon a Screen
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Search for Beauty (1934) - Pre-Code.Com
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Top 10 Oscar-Less Dames and Their Oscar-Worthy Roles - Shadows and Satin
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
Cagney - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
BEST BLOG DESIGN
Pre-Code.com
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES
TCM Pre-Code Pick of the Month - Shadows and Satin
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
James Cagney Blogathon - The Movie Projector
2012 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
BEST FILM REVIEW (DRAMA)
Best Film Review (Musical or Comedy)
Love Me Tonight (1932) - R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector
Best Classic Movie Article
The Best Fred Astaire Musicals Without Ginger Rogers - R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
About John Gilbert: An Interview with Leatrice Gilbert Fountain - by The Lady Eve, Classic Film & TV Cafe
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
Trivia Time - by Paul2, Classic Film & TV Cafe
Best Classic Movie Discussion
10 Questions with John Stangeland, author of Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood - Cliff Aliperti, Warren-William.com
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Brian Kleeman, Classicfilmboy’s Movie Paradise
The Luso World Cinema Blogathon hosted by Critica Retro and Spellbound By Movies
2019 CMBA Award Winners
2019 CMBA Award Winners
Best Classic Film Review/Drama
Thoughts on the Son of the Sheik (1926) by Silent-ology
Best Classic Film Review/Comedy or Musical
His Girl Friday (1940) by Cinema Essentials
Best Profile
The Activism of Myrna Loy by Backlots
Best Classic Film Article
Irving Berlin at the Oscars by Caftan Woman
Best Classic Film Series
Sheik Month by Silent-ology
Best Classic Film Event
Vive la France! Blogathon hosted by Lady Eve's Reel Life and Silver Screen Modes
In addition, in 2019 the CMBA Board of Governors chose to present a special award to the group's founding member and first Board Chair, Rick Armstrong of The Classic Film & TV Cafe. Rick founded the CMBA 10 years earlier, on October 31, 2009. He developed the group's organizational structure as well as its charter and was instrumental in launching CMBA activities that have continued on, including annual blogathons and the CMBA Awards. Rick has continued to support and advise the Board whenever asked. And so, in the CMBA's 10th anniversary year, the Board honored Rick Armstrong with a special 2019 Board of Governors Award in recognition and appreciation of his efforts on behalf of the Classic Movie Blog Association and classic film blogging.
In addition, in 2019 the CMBA Board of Governors chose to present a special award to the group's founding member and first Board Chair, Rick Armstrong of The Classic Film & TV Cafe. Rick founded the CMBA 10 years earlier, on October 31, 2009. He developed the group's organizational structure as well as its charter and was instrumental in launching CMBA activities that have continued on, including annual blogathons and the CMBA Awards. Rick has continued to support and advise the Board whenever asked. And so, in the CMBA's 10th anniversary year, the Board honored Rick Armstrong with a special 2019 Board of Governors Award in recognition and appreciation of his efforts on behalf of the Classic Movie Blog Association and classic film blogging.
2018 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review/Drama -The Beautiful Refugees of Casablanca - Silver Screenings
Best Film Review/Musical or Comedy "On the Town," in Celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s Centenary - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Best Profile of a Performer - A Mesmerizing Talent: The Life and Career of Conrad Veidt - Silent-ology
Best Classic Movie Article -Fascism, Nationalism and the Banned Films of Marlene Dietrich - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Blog Event -The Food in Film Blogathon - Silver Screenings and Speakeasy
Best Blog Design - Silver Scenes
Best Classic Movie Series - Olivia de Havilland vs. FX: Backlots at the Courthouse - Backlots
2017 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review ( Drama )
Self-Plagiarism is Style: Hitchcock, Grant and North by Northwest (1959) - Once Upon a Screen
Best Film Review ( Musical/Comedy )
Me and My Pal (1933) - Caftan Woman
Best Classic Movie Article
A Government by Classic Movie Characters - Once Upon a Screen
Best Classic Movie Series
Crime Does Not Pay - Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer
Louise Fazenda, Comic Venus -Silentology
Best Classic Movie Event
What a Character! Blogathon - Once Upon a Screen
Best Blog Design
The Blonde at the Film
2016 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) - Caftan Woman
Best Film Review ( Musical )
The Gang's All Here (1943) - Second Sight Cinema
Best Classic Movie Article
Hal Roach and the "Lot" of Fun - Caftan Woman
Best Classic Movie Series
History Through Hollywood - The Blonde at the Film
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
Harry Carey and Harry Carey, Jr. - Caftan Woman
Best Blog Event
The 2016 TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon - Journeys in Classic Film
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Cinema Crossroads
2015 CMBA AWARD WINNERS
BEST FILM REVIEW: DRAMA
BEST FILM REVIEW: DRAMA
Queen Christina - Pre-Code.com
BEST FILM REVIEW: MUSICAL/COMEDY
In Defense of Lina Lamont - The Vintage Cameo
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Real Life Society Honor Slaying Inspires Two 1932 Films - Immortal Ephemera
MOVIE SERIES
History Through Hollywood - The Blonde at the Film
BEST PROFILE
Eddie Cantor - Once Upon a Screen
MOVIE EVENT
The Great Villain Blogathon - Speakeasy
BLOG DESIGN
BLOG DESIGN
Silver Scenes
2014 CiMBA AWARD Winners
BEST FILM REVIEW: DRAMA
Roman à Clef: All About Eve (1950) - LADY EVE'S REEL LIFE
BEST FILM REVIEW:
MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Meet Me in St. Louis - ONCE UPON A SCREEN
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
ClassicMovie History Project blogathon: 1945: CAFTAN WOMAN
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE
SERIES
The Year of Ann Blyth: ANOTHER OLD MOVIE BLOG
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
A Q&A with Joan Fontaine in Honor of Her 96th Birthday: BACKLOTS
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon: co-hosted by MOVIES SILENTLY
BEST BLOG DESIGN
The Blonde at the Film BEST BLOG DESIGN
2013 CiMBA Awards
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: DRAMA
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation - Once Upon a Screen
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Search for Beauty (1934) - Pre-Code.Com
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Top 10 Oscar-Less Dames and Their Oscar-Worthy Roles - Shadows and Satin
BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
Cagney - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
BEST BLOG DESIGN
Pre-Code.com
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES
TCM Pre-Code Pick of the Month - Shadows and Satin
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT
James Cagney Blogathon - The Movie Projector
2012 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
BEST FILM REVIEW (DRAMA)
Movie Review:
The Gunfighter - The Girl with the White Parasol,
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE
Minority
Opinion: The Magnificent Ambersons - Jim
Lane’s Cinedrome
BEST BLOG EVENT
A Month of Vertigo - Lady Eve’s Reel Life
BEST FILM REVIEW, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Grift Tips
from the Lady Eve
(1941) - 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
BEST PROFILE
OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER
Thelma Todd
Profile -
My Love of Old Hollywood,
BEST CLASSIC
MOVIE BLOG DESIGN
Sittin' On a
Backyard Fence
BEST CLASSIC MOVIE DISCUSSION
Interview with
Stunt Double Martha Crawford Cantarini - Twenty Four Frames
2011 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Lady Eve's Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Article
Mobsters, Pals and Skirts - ClassicBecky’s Brain Food
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex - Lady Eve's Reel Life
Best Classic Movie Article
Mobsters, Pals and Skirts - ClassicBecky’s Brain Food
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
The Loving Lucy Blogathon - True Classics
The Loving Lucy Blogathon - True Classics
Best Film Review (Musical or Comedy)
The Women (1939) - My Love of Old Hollywood,
The Women (1939) - My Love of Old Hollywood,
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
Celebrating Women in Film: The Silent Directors - True Classics
Celebrating Women in Film: The Silent Directors - True Classics
Best Classic Movie Discussion: Tie
The Final Scene of "The Heiress" - Backlots
and
3 on 3 Panel Discussions - Classic Film & TV Café
The Final Scene of "The Heiress" - Backlots
and
3 on 3 Panel Discussions - Classic Film & TV Café
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Via Margutta 51
2010 CiMBA AWARD WINNERS
Best Film Review (Drama)
“You know what they call my films today? Camp! High camp!” (A review of Targets) - Ivan G. Shreve, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Film Review (Drama)
“You know what they call my films today? Camp! High camp!” (A review of Targets) - Ivan G. Shreve, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
Best Film Review (Musical or Comedy)
Love Me Tonight (1932) - R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector
Best Classic Movie Article
The Best Fred Astaire Musicals Without Ginger Rogers - R.D. Finch, The Movie Projector
Best Profile of a Classic Movie Performer or Filmmaker
About John Gilbert: An Interview with Leatrice Gilbert Fountain - by The Lady Eve, Classic Film & TV Cafe
Best Classic Movie Blog Event
Trivia Time - by Paul2, Classic Film & TV Cafe
Best Classic Movie Discussion
10 Questions with John Stangeland, author of Warren William: Magnificent Scoundrel of Pre-Code Hollywood - Cliff Aliperti, Warren-William.com
Best Classic Movie Blog Design
Brian Kleeman, Classicfilmboy’s Movie Paradise
