They Remade What?! Blogathon

Well, the day is here, the kickoff to my first Blogathon!!! Here is where you will find all the links to the entries. I will update the page as they come in over the next few days. A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated and made this blogathon a success!!! I can't wait to read all of the wonderful entries!!!



How interesting...

Movie Movie Blog Blog proves that the second time around definitely isn't the charm in Double Indemnity - 1944 & 1973

                   

Love Letters to Old Hollywood gives us "Twice the Laughs" in her post on Libeled Lady (1936) and Easy to Wed (1946). Libeled Lady will be airing on TCM on November 13th at 11pm so MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

                     

Love Letters also gives us twice the fun in two locations with her second entry on That Night in Rio (1941) & Trouble on the Riviera (1951).

Silver Screenings shows us that  A Love Affair Recycled can turn out pretty good.

CineMaven looks at the cult classic Cat People (1942) and it's remake (1982) from the safety of her couch (check out the cool banner she made!).

 

BNoirDetour contemplaits age differences in The Big Sleep (1946) & The Long Goodbye (1978).

Cinematic Scribblings takes a look at a foreign remake by it's own director in Ozu vs. Ozu: A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) and Floating Weeds (1959)

Wide Screen World compares horror in 1960 vs. 1986 in Little Shop of Horrors.

               

The ships have sailed over at Caftan Woman's as she looks at One Way Passage (1932) & 'Til We Meet Again (1940).

Sometimes They Go To Eleven looks at, not eleven, but Ten Films Remade By Their Directors.

So many deadly ways...

NITRATEGLOW hunts down the deadly differences in The Most Dangerous Game, A Game of Death, & Run For the Sun.

Serendipitous Anachronisms takes a "swingin’ trip to Coolsville" with Ocean's 11 (1960) & Ocean's Eleven (2001).

Speakeasy shows how Ransom isn't always a bad thing, when it's a remake of a movie that is.

Old Hollywood Films proves that love letters never go out of style with The Shop Around the Corner and Its Remakes.

Crítica Retrô recommends lots of Kleenex when watching Imitation of Life (1934 & 1959).

Musings of an Introvert pits Danny Kaye against Ben Stiller in A Duel of Walter Mitty!

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World takes us on a jungle adventure with Irwin Allen's The Lost World.

Silentology pays homage to her favorite vampire film Nosferatu (1922 & 1979) in time for Halloween.

Silver Scenes clues us in on what happens when you mix zombies with zany comedy in Scared Stiff (1953).

They remade what?

Once Upon A Screen brings us another classic noir with Out of the Past (1947) remade Against All Odds (1984).

                   

Movie Classics shares a pocketful of Apple Annie with Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933) and Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

The Wonderful World of Cinema explores what happens when classic Katharine Hepburn gets remade in Music in the High Society of The Philadelphia Story.

Why? Just why?

Movies Silently takes on child stars and silent vs. talkies in Peck's Bad Boy (1921 & 1934).

Reel Distracted tackles Mummy Issues with The Mummy (1932 & 1999).

Remakes sure are painful!

Our Cynical Omelet brings us Paris and Gamines and Spies, Oh, My! Charade and Its Remake.

Poor kid. She watched too many remakes.

 

Musings of an Introvert wonders How Many Times Can You Remake Little Miss Marker?!

Mother Time Musings looks at Pre and Post Depression Era Wealth in Holiday (1930 & 1938)

Back to Golden Days brings us a Clark Gable remake of Clark Gable in Red Dust (1932) & Mogambo (1953).

        

Your host has trouble picking a favorite when she compares My Favorite Wife (1940) & Move Over, Darling (1963).

THANK YOU ! THANK YOU!

The Big One-Year Anniversary!!!

Well, I did it!!! I kept up this blog for a full year!!! A couple months were a little short post-wise but all in all I am very proud of how it has turned out. I have over 7000 views, been nominated for two Liebsters, and my first Blogathon kicks off tomorrow with over 30 entries!

Looking back, my first posts consisted of holiday photos and film lists. The New Year started off with the loss of some of Hollywood and Television's beloved stars. Then I did a Countdown to the Oscars, and learned a lot along the way. After that I got hooked on Blogathons, as you can see from all the banners running down the side of the page. And now it has come full circle with ME hosting one!!!

I would like to thank each and every one of my readers and all who took the time to comment. It is a great feeling when you know someone has read and enjoyed something you wrote. The Classic Film community is the greatest at making a newcomer feel welcome.

For my One-Year Anniversary, I thought I'd share another film list with you: a list of my favorite films through the years (some years it's impossible to pick just one!).

Silent - The Gold Rush (1925)
1931 - Platinum Blonde
1932 - Taxi!
1933 - The Kennel Murder Case
1934 - The Thin Man (there's several more for this year ;)
1935 - The Whole Town's Talking
1936 - Libeled Lady & Theadora Goes Wild
1937 - Double Wedding
1938 - Bringing Up Baby & Four Daughters
1939 - The Wizard of Oz & Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1940 - Rebecca
1941 - Meet John Doe & Mr. and Mrs. Smith
1942 - Cat People
1943 - Shadow of a Doubt
1944 - Arsenic and Old Lace
1945 - Christmas in Connecticut
1946 - A Stolen Life & Nobody Lives Forever
1947 - My Favorite Brunette & Miracle on 34th Street
1948 - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1949 - The Lady Takes a Sailor
1950 - Rio Grande
1951 - The Lemon Drop Kid
1952 - The Quiet Man
1953 - Roman Holiday
1954 - White Christmas
1955 - We're No Angels
1956 - The Searchers
1957 - Tammy and the Bachelor
1958 - The Defiant Ones
1959 - Gidget
1960 - Who Was That Lady?
1961 - The Comancheros
1962 - The War Lover
1963 - The Pink Panther & Sunday in New York & Donovan's Reef & Lilies of the Field
1964 - 36 Hours & The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1965 - Cat Ballou
1966 - Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1969 - Support Your Local Sheriff

1976 - Rocky
1977 - Smokey and the Bandit

1979 - Rocky II
1980 - The Blues Brothers

1982 - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1985 - Clue
1986 - The Three Amigos!
1987 - Moonstruck & The Princess Bride
1988 - Funny Farm
1989 - See No Evil, Hear No Evil & When Harry Met Sally
1990 - Home Alone

1992 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1993 - Robin Hood Men in Tights & Sleepless in Seattle
1994 - Maverick
1995 - Apollo 13
1996 - Down Periscope
1997 - Conspiracy Theory
1998 - You've Got Mail
1999 - The Mummy
2000 - Gladiator
2001 - Ocean's 11
2002 - Signs & The Bourne Identity
2003 - Shanghai Knights
2004 - Elf & National Treasure & Ocean's 12
2005 - Mr. and Mrs. Smith
2006 - Deja Vu & The Holiday
2007 - Becoming Jane
2008 - The Young Victoria & 27 Dresses
2009 - Sherlock Holmes
2010 - The King's Speech
2011 - The Adjustment Bureau & Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2012 - The Vow
2013 - White House Down
2014 - Maleficent
2015 - The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Happy Birthday Carole Lombard!!!

Birth name: Jane Alice Peters
Height: 5'2"
Nicknames: The Profane Angel, The Hoosier Tornado, The Queen of Screwball Comedy
Death Date: Jan. 16, 1942 (plane crash, age 33). View her grave here.
Spouses: William Powell, 1931-1933; Clark Gable, 1939 - 1942 (her death)

 

In 1926 her face was badly cut in a car accident. She underwent plastic surgery without anesthesia, as it was believed that if it was used the scars would be worse. She learned everything she could about lighting so that the scar wouldn't be visible in her films. It can sometimes be seen on her left cheek.

Her and Clark Gable spent part of their honeymoon at the Willows Inn in Palm Springs, California. You can still stay in the room, which is called "The Liberty Suite" and hasn't been changed since they stayed there.

"Elegant but accessible, beautiful but unpretentious." - TCM

Interesting article on Carole Lombard's lasting impact on Napa

Can't Miss Movies to Watch on TCM in October

Sorry for the lack of posts last month; I started teaching again and am just getting into the swing of things.

There's several exciting things going on this month. First of all, on the eighth is the FIRST ANNIVERSARY of my blog!!!! Then, the very next day I will kicking off my VERY FIRST BLOGATHON!!! That's right! You only have a week to finish up those posts!! After that we'll be diving right into spooky movies in anticipation of Halloween.

Other things to look forward to this month:

Oct. 6: My favorite Carole Lombard's Birthday

Oct. 12: John Wayne and the Two Pedros for the Hollywood's Hispanic Heritage Blogathon hosted by Once Upon A Screen.

Oct. 18: Post honoring Henry Travers (best known for his role as 'Clarence' in It's a Wonderful Life) on the 50th Anniversary of his death.

Oct. 29-31: The Universal Pictures Blogathon hosted by Silver Scenes.

TCM Schedule

 

5th @ 9:30pm - trailer

 

10 @6am - trailer

10th @ 1:15am Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (in case you missed it last month)

 

11th @ 11am Moguls and Movie Stars 1929-1941 - This 7-part documentary actually starts on the 4th and airs every Sunday. Read more about it here.

 

16 @ 8:45am - trailer

 

18th @ 10 & 11am Moguls and Movie Stars 1941-1950, 1950-1960

 

23rd @ 8pm - if you participated of the Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon you probably read CineMaven's amazing post.

 

25th @ 10am Moguls and Movie Stars 1960-1969

 

30th @ 8pm Cat People