Who's the Greatest Villain of Them All?

Join the Great Villain Blogathon, April 20 - 26

You are cordially invited to participate in the Great Villain Blogathon, a celebration, an examination, a rumination on your choice of classic movie menace. Whether human, fantastical, alien, mineral or animal, whether horseback or spaceship, clad in a toga, trench coat or cardigan, whether mantrap, mild mannered or commanding vast armies, write up a post on your favorite movie baddie, doer of dastardly deeds or offender of moral order.

Your co-hosts in this exploration of villainy are...

Ruth of Silver Screenings: 925screenings@gmail.com

Karen of Shadows and Satin: thedarkpages@yahoo.com

Kristina of Speakeasy: mail.speakeasy@yahoo.com

If you wish to take part, please leave a comment on any of the host blogs or send an email, and prepare to share who you think is filmdom's worst.

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Sleuthaton, A Classic Detective Blogathon

Mysteries! One of the most popular motion picture genres and one of the most versatile. Here is your chance to celebrate the many faces of the classic movie mystery. Join CMBA member blog Movies Silently at the "Sleuthathon," where the classic detectives of pre-1965 cinema and television will have their day in the sun.

The event is open to CMBA members and non-members alike and will be held on March 16-17, 2014. Click here, for details. 

 

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31 Days of Oscar 2014 Blogathon

Starting on February 1^st a mammoth blogathon event to coincide with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) annual 31 Days of Oscar celebration is being hosted by CMBA member blogs Citizen Screen and Outspoken and Freckled along with Paula’s Cinema Club.

Share stories about the films and players that made an impact throughout Oscar’s distinguished history. Talk about the films, actors or directors that deserved an Oscar nod and were ignored or about films that inspire you with their music or lighting. The world’s your golden oyster, so, the envelope please…

Here are the topics by week: 

Week 1 – the weekend of Feb. 1 2: Oscar Snubs! Let’s let the venting kick things off! 
Week 2 – the weekend of Feb. 8 – 9: Music, Costumes, Cinematography, Writing, etc. You name it, it’s in! 
Week 3 – the weekend of Feb. 15 – 16: Actors! Lead and supporting take center stage! 
Week 4 – the weekend of Feb. 22 – 23: The Directors! 
Week 5 – the weekend of Feb. 28 – Mar. 1: The Movies! 

The three blogs are taking turns hosting, but participants can submit topics either by leaving comments on any one of the blogs - or via twitter or by email. Please include the following: 

• Title and link to your blog
• Contact information
• Topic 

For more information contact: Aurora (@CitizenScreen) of Once Upon a Screen, Kellee (@IrishJayHawk66) of Outspoken and Freckled, or Paula (@Paula Guthat) of Paula's Cinema Club.

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CMBA NEW MEMBER ELECTION

This month CMBA members will vote on potential new member blogs. An email will soon be sent to all current members that will include links to the blogs under consideration, a brief background on each of the blogs and a link to the ballot. The window for members to cast votes is one week.

Twelve blogs will be on the ballot. Since CMBA admits a maximum of twelve new member blogs per year, no more applications for membership are being accepted for this voting period. In the event that all blogs under consideration are not voted in (70% "yes" votes are required), the next new member election will be held in April.

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Extra! Extra! Read All About It! It's CMBA Blogathon Time

It's time to read all about the passion for film that stirs in the hearts of our fellow CMBA members!

Click on the links below and enjoy:

Monday, December 2

Rick @ Classic Film & TV Cafe: The People That Inspired My Love of Classic Films

John @ Twenty Four Frames: A Budding Cinephile

Ruth @ Silver Screenings: Laurel & Hardy Silent Shorts

Marsha @ A Person in the Dark: The Public Enemy

Tuesday, December 3

Margaret @ The Great Katharine Hepburn: The Women

Ivan @ Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: King Kong

Fritzi @ Movies, Silently: City Lights

David @ The Man on the Flying Trapeze: Singin' in the Rain

Wednesday, December 4

Patty @ The Lady Eve's Reel Life: The Gay Divorcee

Aurora @ Once Upon a Screen: Meet Me in St. Louis

Meredith @ Dear Mr. Gable: Gone With the Wind

David @ A Trip Down Memory Lane: The Wizard of Oz

Karen @ Shadows and Satin: Red Dust

Thursday, December 5

Java @ Java's Journey: Hit the Deck

Kellee@ Outspoken & Freckled: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Paddy @ Caftan Woman: Shane

Lara @ Backlots: Lili

Friday, December 6

Page @ My Love of Old Hollywood: My Man Godfrey

Ginny @ Old Movies Nostalgia: The Philadelphia Story

Danny @ Pre-Code.Com: Duck Soup

Donna @ Strictly Vintage Hollywood: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Dorian @ Tales of the Easily Distracted: North by Northwest

Tracy @ Random Ramblings of a Broadway, Film, and TV Fan : Film Passion 101: A Daughter's Education in Cinema.

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It's Almost Time For The CMBA Blogathon!

CMBA Blogathon: Film Passion 101

Who can forget that one film that lit the spark that became the flame of passion for classic film?

From December 2 - 6 the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) will be hosting a blogathon that will allow us to share that special moment and its meaning and get to know what makes the members of CMBA tick!

Here's the stellar list of participants (drum roll please):

Monday, December 2

Rick @ Classic Film & TV Cafe: The People That Inspired My Love of Classic Films

John @ Twenty Four Frames: A Budding Cinephile

Ruth @ Silver Screenings: Laurel & Hardy Silent Shorts

Marsha @ A Person in the Dark: The Public Enemy

Tuesday, December 3

Margaret @ The Great Katharine Hepburn: The Women

Ivan @ Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: King Kong

Fritzi @ Movies, Silently: City Lights

David @ The Man on the Flying Trapeze: Singin' in the Rain

Wednesday, December 4

Patty @ The Lady Eve's Reel Life: The Gay Divorcee

Aurora @ Once Upon a Screen: Meet Me in St. Louis

Meredith @ Dear Mr. Gable: Gone With the Wind

David @ A Trip Down Memory Lane: The Wizard of Oz

Karen @ Shadows and Satin: Red Dust

Thursday, December 5

Java @ Java's Journey: Hit the Deck

Kellee@ Outspoken & Freckled: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Paddy @ Caftan Woman: Shane

Lara @ Backlots: Lili

Patti @ They Don't Make 'Em Like The Used To:  Roman Holiday

Friday, December 6

Tracy @ Random Ramblings of a Broadway, Film, and TV Fan : Film Passion 101: A Daughter's Education in Cinema.

Page @ My Love of Old Hollywood: My Man Godfrey

Ginny @ Old Movies Nostalgia: The Philadelphia Story

Danny @ Pre-Code.Com: Duck Soup

Donna @ Strictly Vintage Hollywood: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Dorian @ Tales of the Easily Distracted: North by Northwest

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IT'S CMBA BLOGATHON TIME!

CMBA Blogathon: Film Passion 101

Who can forget that one film that lit the spark that became the flame of passion for classic film?

From December 2 - 6 the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) will be hosting a blogathon that will allow us to share that special moment and its meaning and get to know what makes the members of CMBA tick!

The blogathon is for CMBA members only, so be sure to add CMBA Blogathon in your post title, include a link to the post schedule on our blog site, and add the banner of your choice to your blog.

Please email classic.movie.blog.assoc@gmail.com

by November 25th to lets us know which film you will be reviewing.

Please use "CMBA Film Passion 101 Blogathon" for your e-mail title.

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Movies Silently and The Last Drive In host The Lon Chaney Blogathon

Movies Silently and The Last Drive In invite you to join us in celebrating the careers of Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney, Jr. This versatile father and son managed to create some of the scariest and most iconic monsters in classic Hollywood but their accomplishments sans makeup were just as impressive.

The event will be held November 15-18, 2013 to coincide with the 88th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera. The blogathon is open to CMBA members and non-members alike. We will be featuring reviews, scrapbooks, video tributes and musical tributes. We would love for you to join us in honoring these astonishingly talented men.

Click the links above for info on the blogathon!

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2013 CiMBA Award Winners!

Congratulations to all these deserving blogs! Well done!

BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: DRAMA

"Scarface: The Shame of a Nation" Once Upon a Screen http://aurorasginjoint.com/2013/03/09/scarface-the-shame-of-a-nation/

BEST CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: MUSICAL OR COMEDY

"Search for Beauty (1934)". Pre-Code.Com, http://pre-code.com/search-for-beauty-1934-review/

BEST CLASSIC MOVIE ARTICLE

"Top 10 Oscar-Less Dames and Their Oscar-Worthy Roles." Shadows and Satin, http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/top-10-oscar-less-dames-and-their-oscar-worthy-roles/

BEST PROFILE OF A CLASSIC MOVIE PERFORMER OR FILMMAKER

“Cagney,” The Lady Eve’s Reel Life: http://eves-reel-life.blogspot.com/2013/04/cagney.html

BEST BLOG DESIGN

Pre-Code.Com, http://pre-code.com/

BEST CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES

"TCM Pre-Code Pick of the Month." Shadows and Satin,http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/tcm-pick-of-november-pre-code/,http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2012/12/08/tcm-pick-of-month-pre-code/,http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/tcm-pick-for-january-pre-code/,http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/tcm-pick-for-february-pre-code/,http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/tcm-pick-of-the-month-pre-code/

BEST CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG EVENT

James Cagney Blogathon. The Movie Projector. http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

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Hammer Halloween Blogathon

The Classic Film & TV Café will host the Hammer Halloween Blogathon on October 21-25. The blogathon will consist of blog posts about the classic horror, science fiction, and suspense films made by Britain's Hammer Films Productions. Any blogger may participate, providing that he or she complies with the Café's family-friendly blogathon guidelines.

Each film can only be reviewed by one blogger. All posts will appear on the blogger's web site. Individuals are responsible for the content of their blog posts, to include the use of any photographs, video clips, etc. A master schedule of all blogathon posts will appear on this web site. The number of participating bloggers will be limited to 30 and posting dates will be assigned to participants. 

If you're interested in participating, send an e-mail to: blogathon@classicfilmtvcafe.com. Be sure your e-mail includes your name, blog's name and web address, and the title of your post. The cut-off date for accepting blogathon entries will be Saturday, October 12th. Click here to view the continuously updated schedule of posts.

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