Saturday, November 18, 2017

ANNOUNCING The Bill & Myrna New Year's Blogathon!


For the past few years, TCM has shown the Thin Man films for a New Year's marathon. To celebrate our favorite fictional married couple, The Flapper Dame and I thought it would be fun to celebrate with Bill and Myrna in another way - with a blogathon!! Therefore, we are excited to announce The Bill and Myrna New Year's Blogathon 🍸 which will take place from January 1-3, 2018.


Bill and Myrna made fourteen films together and many, many more on their own, so there are lots of fabulous movies to talk about. They also had amazing friendships and lots of personal stories that would be fun to write about, so we ask that there be no duplicates so we can cover as much of these two amazing actors lives and careers as possible. Once you've decided on a topic, let one of us know in the comments section with the name and link to your blog. Finally, grab a banner (I'm pretty excited with how they turned out) and spread the word! Oh, and free martini's for everyone!! ;)





The Guest List:

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies: TBA
The Flapper Dame: TBA
Love Letters to Old Hollywood: I Love You Again (1940) & So Goes My Love (1946)
The Midnite Drive-In: The Thin Man (1934)
Movies Meet Their Match: The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Maddy Loves Her Classic Films: Powell and Loy as an on-screen couple
Caftan Woman: After the Thin Man (1936)
Musings of a Classic Film Addict: Double Wedding (1937)
Critica Retro: Love Crazy (1940)
Hamlette's Soliloquy: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Charlene's (Mostly) Classic Movie Reviews: Evelyn Prentice (1934)
Blog of the Darned: Another Thin Man (1939)
Old Hollywood Films: Libeled Lady (1936)

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29 comments:

  1. MichaelaNovember 18, 2017 at 3:50 PM

    OH MY GOSH. This is amazing. And those banners are lovely! I'd like to do I Love You Again and So Goes My Love. (I'm feeling ambitious!)

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    1. PhylNovember 18, 2017 at 10:20 PM

      I've been wanting to host this for over a year now. Thanks! I like your ambition :)

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  2. QuiggyNovember 18, 2017 at 4:21 PM

    Not sure if I should take this on or not. I'm running my Inspirational Heroes blogathon around the same time. But it would be a good excuse to do The Thin Man. (No I'm not going to take on all of he Thin Man movies, just the first one.) Pencil me in for it. I'll let you know in December if I can fulfill the obligation.

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  3. Chloe the MovieCriticNovember 18, 2017 at 5:30 PM

    This is awesome! Bill and Myrna are two of my favorite actors! I will have to think of something!

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    1. PhylNovember 18, 2017 at 10:22 PM

      Can't wait to hear your topic!

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    2. Chloe the MovieCriticDecember 4, 2017 at 4:16 PM

      I have finlly decided, I'll do The Great Ziegfeld (1936) if no one else has taken it.

      Movies Meet Their Match, https://moviesmeetmatch.blogspot.com

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    3. PhylDecember 4, 2017 at 5:58 PM

      You’ve got it! Such a great movie :)

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  4. Caftan WomanNovember 19, 2017 at 11:37 AM

    I must (MUST!) write up something on my personal New Year's Eve staple, After the Thin Man.

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  5. Caftan WomanNovember 19, 2017 at 11:40 AM

    PS: I was so excited I forgot the link to my blog (I always do, it seems): http://www.caftanwoman.com/

    Also, I forgot to congratulate you on the wonderful banners to go with the wonderful blogathon.

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  6. Realweegiemidget ReviewsNovember 20, 2017 at 10:49 AM

    Hi there, can I review Myrna Loy in Airport 75? Love Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/

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  7. LêNovember 20, 2017 at 2:14 PM

    YAY! I want to write about Love Crazy (1940).
    Kisses! And what wonderful banners are those! <3

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  8. Hamlette (Rachel)November 21, 2017 at 9:06 AM

    Like Quiggy, I'm hesitant to sign on because I'm co-hosting the Inspirational Heroes blogathon with him just-before-and-slightly-overlapping-with this one, but... Myrna Loy. Um. Hmmm. I've never properly reviewed The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), so can I have that one? At Hamlette's Soliloquy, of course.

    LOVE the buttons!

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    1. PhylNovember 21, 2017 at 3:59 PM

      It was originally supposed to be a birthday blogathon in August but that didn't happen and I was afraid if I waited till next August someone else would do it!

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  9. charsmoviereviewsDecember 18, 2017 at 3:34 PM

    Hello! I was wondering if I could write about Evelyn Prentice? Thanks so much!!

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  10. Chris SturhannDecember 18, 2017 at 5:52 PM

    I thought about this and then looked at the lineup and my first two choices, Love Crazy and I Love You Again, were taken. Then I noticed that the first two Thin Man movies were also taken, but the my favorite in the series is the third one, Another Thin Man. Can I do that one? My blog is Blog of the Darned: https://chrissturhann.blogspot.com/.

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  11. Amanda GarrettDecember 20, 2017 at 6:27 PM

    I'm last minute, but I'd like to write about Libeled Lady for Old Hollywood Films.

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  12. Realweegiemidget ReviewsDecember 26, 2017 at 1:08 PM

    sorry but i can't enter this blogathon as my computer keyboard is playing up x sorry for any inconvenience x gill

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  13. Chris SturhannDecember 31, 2017 at 11:09 PM

    I posted my piece on Another Thin Man a little early, it's up at:
    https://chrissturhann.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-bill-and-myrna-new-years-blogathon.html

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    1. PhylJanuary 1, 2018 at 11:29 AM

      Thanks! I've just put up the blogathon page. Happy New Year!

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  14. QuiggyJanuary 1, 2018 at 6:02 AM

    http://midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com/2018/01/in-like-thin.html

    My post is up

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