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Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) Good luck! read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) Good luck! read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2)  3)  4) 5) Good luck! read more

Film Clip Find posts - a place to archive discoveries while going down the rabbit hole of research Description: a collection of film shorts featuring African-American singers of the 1940s Why I like this clip: beautiful singing from many artists I have not been exposed to; African-American pe read more

This is part of Hot and Bothered: The Films of 1932 Blogathon hosted by Aurora at Once Upon a Screen and Theresa at CineMaven's Essays from the Couch. For more steamy posts, click Day 1 and Day 2. The Task *To write about a film from 1932 *I chose Dancers in the Dark sight unseen because of the to read more

Freedom is not free. On this Independence Day, I would like to remember all those who fought for the freedom we enjoy by sharing Battleground (1949), a World War II film with authentic details and realistic characters. The movie is further fitting because one of its stars is George Murphy, t read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) Good luck! read more

How I feel by the end of May.... April and May are busy months in my neck of the woods. While my tweeps are gathering at the annual TCM Film Festival, I am readying students for state testing and our end of the year drama production. May sees me furiously grading papers to meet deadlines and calli read more

A little late, but I finally made it to the Liebster Ball to accept my awards. Thank you to Ginie from Wonderful World of Cinema and Christina Wehner for the kind nominations. In turn I would like to nominate the following blogs: Back to Golden Days Define Dancing Sister Celluloid If read more

This post is part of the Reel Infatuation Blogathon hosted by Font and Frock and Silver Screenings. To read about more cinematic crushes, click here.  The Task *To share a crush you have on a character  *The difficult part of this task was picking a character as opposed to an actor read more

This post is part of the Order in the Court! Blogathon hosted by Theresa at CineMaven's Essays from the Couch and Lesley at Second Sight Cinema. To read more judicial posts, click here. The Task To write about a classic film that brings the audience into the courtroom. The Film People Wil read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) Good luck! read more

Get your dancing shoes ready because the Gotta Dance! Blogathon has arrived! The Task Celebrate #NationalTapDanceDay and the great Bill Robinson and Fred Astaire with a post that celebrates dance in film. Everything is game: choreography, dancers, music, partnerships, style. The important ingr read more

This entry is part of the Gotta Dance! Blogathon hosted by Classic Reel Girl on May 25th. Click here to view more fabulous entries celebrating dance in film. ~  ~  ~ On Wednesday, May 25th, we celebrate National Tap Dance Day and the birth of the King of Tap himself, Bill "Bojangles" R read more

In honor of National Classic Movie Day, Rick from Classic Film and TV Cafe is hosting the 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon. The Task Pick five classic films you would want to have with you if stranded on a deserted island. Whittling my beloved film collection to only five was no easy tas read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1)   2) Good Luck! read more

This post is part of the Star-Studded Couple Blogathon hosted by Phyl over at Phyllis Loves Classic Movies. Click here to read more fabulous posts about star couples. Marge and Gower Champion were a popular dance team during the 1940s and 1950s. The married couple co-starred in seven films, m read more

Take a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a dancer whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. Then give yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie. 1) 2) 3) 4) and 5) Good luck! read more

Easter eggs. The wink and nod between filmmaker and audience. The quick quip that slips past censors. The hidden gem... ...and I love finding them.  In honor of Easter, March's Viewing Journal will include a few eggs I caught along with my usual musings. Movies covered include Beloved Enemy read more

Looks like I made a rookie mistake. Turns out there is another major blogathon occurring during the Gotta Dance! window, so I'm going to move my blogathon to May 25th, which is National Tap Dance Day.  Updated banners are available in my original post. Ciao til next time! read more