The 2017 TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon
Below the cut you’ll find all the blogs currently scheduled to participate and the given days they’ll be posting. I will be updating this list daily throughout the month, posting links as they come in. Here’s to a great blogathon!
The Blonde Screwball reviews her autobiography
Rick’s Cafe Texan reviews Milland in Dial M for Murder (1954)
Old Hollywood Films profiles Lon Chaney
Rick’s Cafe Texan reviews Trevor in Texas (1941)
Champagne for Lunch reviews Gene in Inherit the Wind (1960)
Cinema Cities reviews Out of the Past (1947)
Cinema Cities reviews Never Say Goodbye (1946)
Champagne for Lunch reviews Eleanor in The Woman in White (1948)
Rick’s Cafe Texan looks at Franchot’s role in Midnight Mary (1933)
Rick’s Cafe Texan reviews If a Man Answers (1962)
Rick’s Cafe Texan looks at the politics in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
Champagne for Lunch reviews Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958)
Cinema Cities reviews Bachelor Mother (1939)
Old Hollywood Films ranks Ginger’s films with Fred Astaire
Rick’s Cafe Texan explores Wayne’s performance in The Searchers (1956)
Cracked Rear Viewer reviews Wayne in The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Silver Screen Modes examines Barbara’s best movies
Cinema Cities reviews The Lady Eve (1941)
Channel Tim reviews Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot (1967)
Champagne for Lunch reviews two Montalban features
Brown Girl’s Burden looks at Montalban’s power in his characters
Forgotten Films reviews Kissin’ Cousins (1964)
Old Hollywood Films analyzes the title musical number from Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Rick’s Cafe Texan reviews Rosalind in Auntie Mame (1958)
Cinema Cities reviews His Girl Friday (1940)
Musings of a Classic Film Addict recommends five films to check out on Rod Taylor’s day
Cinematic Scribblings looks at Lansbury in The World of Henry Orient (1964)
Brown Girl’s Burden looks at Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Cinema Cities reviews Penny Serenade (1941)
The Story Enthusiast looks at the various Cary Grant biographies out there
Watching Forever looks at five Harding films to watch out for
Classic Film Observations and Obsessions examines Ann’s contribution to the film Double Harness (1933)
Cinema Cities reviews Dear Heart (1964)
Phyllis Loves Classic Movies reviews Greer Garson in Her Twelve Men (1954)
Rick’s Cafe Texan looks at Garson in 1978’s Little Women
Vitaphone Dreamer reviews The Very Thought of You (1944)
Silents and Talkies reviews Simone in La Veuve Courderc (1971)
F for Films reviews James Cagney in Ragtime (1981)
Rick’s Cafe Texan looks at Caron’s autobiography, Thank Heaven
Strother Martin Film Project looks at PIckens’ collaborations with Strother Martin
I review Marion in When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
Rick’s Cafe Texan reviews Show People (1928)
Rick’s Cafe Texan looks at the lovely Liz in A Place in the Sun (1951)
Musings of a Classic Film Addict recommends five films to check out on Elizabeth Taylor’s day
Old Hollywood Films reviews National Velvet (1944)
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A freelance film critic whose work fuels the Rotten Tomatoes meter. I've been published on The Hollywood Reporter, Remezcla, and The Daily Beast. I've been featured in the L.A. Times. I currently run two podcasts, Citizen Dame and Ticklish Business.
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I want to cover Angela Lansbury day with a post about me meeting her and witnessing her live, if that is alright? I also want to do Barbara Stanwyck as well. For Barbara, I will write about her Academy Award nominated performances.
It looks like TCM accidentally put a picture of George Sanders for Dennis Morgan on the 24th – just checked the site and they’ve fixed it. 🙂
Looking forward to the blogathon!
Hey again! I’d also like to write about Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones.
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You’re good to go! Thanks for participating!
My post on Lon Chaney is now live
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2017/08/lon-chaney-life-in-film.html
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My Ginger Rogers article for Old Hollywood Films is ready to go
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2017/08/old-hollywood-top-five-fred-astaire.html
I didn’t have time to rewatch all of the films, so I did change it from ranking the films to my five favorite Astaire-Rogers dance numbers, but it’s done all the same.
Thanks for hosting!
Here is my entry. Hope I’m not late as have moved country so trying to find my feet…
https://thoughtsallsorts.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/summer-under-the-stars-john-wayne/
Hi Kristen, hope you’re feeling better! Just want to you know my SUTS post is up and running: http://crackedrearviewer.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/john-wayne-in-john-fords-the-long-voyage-home-united-artists-1940/
Hi Kristen. I’m sorry to say that I won’t be able to get a post written on time for Barbara Stanwyck today. I’ve had so many unexpected things come up which is preventing me from doing things. At this stage I am still right for Angela Lansbury day. Hopefully, I can make up for today’s post by covering another star on their allocated day. It’s a damn shame, as I really wanted to write about Stannyy.
My article about Jailhouse Rock is ready to go. Sorry I’m a little late.
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2017/08/old-hollywood-songs-jailhouse-rock.html
Here’s my post for Rod Taylor’s day! I can’t wait to write another one for Elizabeth Taylor on the 31st! https://annsblyth.wordpress.com/2017/08/18/the-2017-tcm-summer-under-the-stars-blogathon-my-top-five-picks-for-rod-taylors-tribute/
Here’s my post: https://cinematicscribblings.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/summer-under-the-stars-the-world-of-henry-orient-1964/ Thank you!
Hi Kristen, I published my Ann Harding post on Double Harness:
https://classicfilmobsessions.blogspot.com/2017/08/ann-harding-will-not-be-eclipsed-in.html
Hi! A little down to the wire, but here is my Simone Signoret post for today: http://silentsandtalkies.blogspot.com/2017/08/la-veuve-couderc-1971.html
My post on National Velvet for Old Hollywood Films is ready to go:
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2017/08/national-velvet.html
Thanks for hosting!
Hi again! Here’s my post for Elizabeth Taylor’s day. I couldn’t be happier to participate in such an incredible blogathon, and I can’t wait to do it again next year! https://annsblyth.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/the-2017-tcm-summer-under-the-stars-blogathon-my-top-five-picks-for-elizabeth-taylors-tribute/