Category Archives: Blogathons

National Classic Movie Day: 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Annmarie Gatti

If you were stranded on a deserted island and could only watch five movies over and over, what would they be??? When Rick from Classic Film and TV Cafe announced the ‘5 Movies on an Island’ Blogathon, I was elated. … Continue reading →

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Words, Words, Words! The CMBA Spring Blogathon: Robert Riskin

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Annmarie Gatti

 The Wonderful Words of Robert Riskin “Behold the walls of Jericho! Maybe not as thick as the ones that Joshua blew down with his trumpet, but a lot safer. You see, I have no trumpet.” – Clark Gable in It … Continue reading →

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The Universal Pictures Blogathon: Dracula (1931)

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

“I never drink…wine” Bela Lugosi as Dracula, need I say more? I’d venture to guess that many classic movie fans have fond (or not so fond) memories of being scared out-of-their-wits when they were kids as they watched Frankenstein, Dracula, … Continue reading →

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CMBA Blogathon: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Blogathon – A Hard Day’s Night

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

 “A train and a room, and a car and a room, and a room and a room…”  A Hard Day’s Night has been touted by fans and critics alike as one of the most influential musical films of all time and … Continue reading →

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Lauren Bacall Blogthon: Behind-the-Scenes with Baby

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

  In Celebration of the Lovely Lauren Bacall, a Behind-the-Scenes Pictorial… As probably all of us classic movie fans know, Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart met while filming To Have and Have Not (1944). Bacall was only 19 at the … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon: Cactus Flower

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

Ingrid Bergman as the ‘uptight outta sight’ Miss Dickinson… in Cactus Flower… Cactus Flower, starring Walter Matthau, Goldie Hawn and the lovely Ingrid Bergman Why do I love this film? Well, there are so many reasons… the spiraling-out-of-control plot, the … Continue reading →

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The Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon: Lionel Barrymore in You Can’t Take It With You

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

“You can’t take it with you… So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.”    Lionel Barrymore as Grandpa Vanderhoff ….. Anyone who knows … Continue reading →

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In Celebration of National Classic Movie Day: “My Favorite Classic Movie” Blogathon — You Can’t Take It With You

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

“You can’t take it with you… So what good is it? As near as I can see, the only thing you can take with you is the love of your friends.”   -Grandpa Vanderhoff ….. Anyone who knows me, knows that … Continue reading →

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From a Lord to a Queen: Katharine Hepburn Blogathon

Posted on May 12, 2015 by minooallen

From a Lord to a Queen: Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole and Anthony Hopkins star in The Lion in Winter (1968, Anthony Harvey director) It only makes sense that The Great Katharine Hepburn would take on the role as … Continue reading →

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Shorts, A Tiny Blogathon: What’s Opera Doc?

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Annmarie Gatti

  Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit! Okay, anyone who knows me, knows that I’m a huge Looney Tunes fan — so how happy am I to be writing about “What’s Opera, Doc?” for this Tiny Blogathon? Well, I’m smiling right now … Continue reading →

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