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The Luso World Cinema Blogathon Topic Ideas

If you’re overwhelmed by the variety of Luso World Cinema Blogathon topics to choose from, I’m compiled some possible topics.

My Luso World Cinema Blogathon Co-Host

Meet my Luso World Cinema Blogathon co-host Letícia Magalhães of the blog Crítica Retrô!

Announcing the Luso World Cinema Blogathon!

Today is Mary Astor day on Turner Classic Movies’ Summer Under the Stars schedule, so what more perfect day is there to announce the launch of the Luso World Cinema Blogathon?

An Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood in CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (1927)

Beth Ann Gallagher
1920s, Available on DVD, Blogathons, Children of Divorce (1927), Clara Bow, Divorce, Era, Esther Ralston, Flicker Alley's Children of Divorce, Gary Cooper, Hedda Hopper, Holidays, Movies, National Flapper Day, Silent Film, Sisterhood
Nov 16, 2016
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In honor of National Flapper Day, I’ve reposted my essay on CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (1927), which was originally published on Flicker Alley‘s blog. Before they were jazz babies, they were jazz orphans. Their parents’ marriages dissolved under the influence of new post-war mores, and childhoods became a belated war casualty. Lacking role models, another generation seems doomed…

Celebrating National Classic Movie Day with the 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon

Beth Ann Gallagher
5 Movies on an Island, Blogathons, Classic Film, Holidays, National Classic Movie Day
May 15, 2016
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Monday, May 16 is National Classic Movie Day. As part of its festivities, I’ve joined other classic film bloggers in promoting the holiday with the 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon. I’ve selected five classic movies that would entertain and sustain me on this miraculous deserted island having screening capabilities. I explain my choices below!…

Criterion Blogathon: Judex (1963)

Beth Ann Gallagher
1960s, Blogathons, Channing Pollock, Criterion, Directors, Édith Scob, Era, Foreign, Francine Bergé, French, Georges Franju, Michel Vitold, Remakes
Nov 22, 2015
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Why the fervor over the Criterion Collection? When DVD technology was new, I read in Movieline and other magazines filmmakers and actors praising the technology and claiming watching DVDs was like taking a film class. DVDs offered extras that most VHS tapes did not. Today the content on DVDs and Blu-rays varies. They might contain…

The William Wellman Blogathon: Maybe It’s Love (1930)

Beth Ann Gallagher
Blogathons, Collegiate, Comedians & Comediennes, Comedies, Directors, Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, Pre-Code, William Wellman, William Wellman
Sep 13, 2015
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After William Wellman got sick of his treatment at Paramount Pictures, he showed why his nickname “Wild Bill” stuck. He covered Producer B.P. Schulberg‘s desk in manure and left a note on top of the pile reading: “Here’s what I think of your lousy script!” Despite his bad boy behavior, Wellman was in demand. He could make any…

For the Love of Film Blogathon: The Tin Man (1935)

Beth Ann Gallagher
1930s, Blogathons, Comedies, Era, For the Love of Film, Patsy Kelly, Pre-Code, Slapstick, Thelma Todd
May 17, 2015
8 Comments

I’ve been planning a post on The Tin Man for a while, and the For Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon has provided the perfect push to write about this odd comedy short. Every year the blogathon has a theme, and this year’s theme is science fiction. The Tin Man fits the theme like Frankenstein…

For the Love of Film Blogathon 2015

Beth Ann Gallagher
1910s, Blogathons, Era, Film Preservation, For the Love of Film, Science Fiction, Silent Film
May 12, 2015
9 Comments

Yesterday I wanted some background noise TV, but when I turned it on an error message popped up on my screen, and that led me to contacting cable support, who worked me through a series of steps only to tell me that my receiver/DVR combo unit had died. I thought I had lost all my…

The Pre-Code Blogathon: Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Beth Ann Gallagher
Available on DVD, Blogathons, Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins, Pre-Code, Pre-Code, Uncategorized
Apr 4, 2015
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It’s hard not to get seduced into enjoying Trouble in Paradise. Ernst Lubitsch‘s 1932 pre-code delights on all levels. Leads Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall look their best while giving career high performances. The dialogue they speak with ease is witty, naughty, and quotable. They move about in gorgeous art deco sets. The…

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