March Blogathons

John Garfield's 100th Birthday Blogathon Entry Deadline: Now Dates: March 1st-4th, 2013 Host: They Don't Make 'Em Like They...

Thursday, February 28, 2013
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This Above All (1942) - War Drama with Tyrone Power

Is this a RomCom with a backdrop of war or is this a war film with a bit of romance to leaven it? Is this movie more about British clas...

Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Little Women (1949) - Drama with Peter Lawford and June Allyson

What can you say about a story that, despite having been written 145 years a go , still resonates with people enough to be on reading l...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Diamond Horseshoe (1945) - Musical with Betty Grable and Dick Haymes

 Musical Monday A show business veteran believes his son's infatuation with a musical performer will prevent the son from becoming a ...

Monday, February 25, 2013
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A Kiss for Corliss (1949) - Shirley Temple's Last Comedy (to date)

Comedy Friday A teenager becomes infatuated with an adult, much to her parents' chagrin. A Kiss for Corliss (1949) is the s...

Friday, February 22, 2013
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Cottage to Let (1941) - British Thriller with Humor

Thriller Thursday Cottage to Let (1941) follows an eccentric inventor and his wife who rent out property in the English countryside durin...

Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Pin Up Girl (1944) with Betty Grable

 Wartime  Wednesday Pin Up Girl (1944) is the movie where alluring movie star Betty Grable makes like Clark Kent and becomes unrecognizabl...

Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)

Drama Tuesday Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) (or That Movie in Which Roddy McDowall Turns Into Tyrone Power and Become...

Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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On The Town (1949) and Musical Noir

On the Town (1949) follows three sailors on 24-hour leave. It's just a  feel-good Gene Kelly -Comden and Green musical and nothing...

Monday, February 18, 2013
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CMBA Blogathon- Fabulous 1940s - A Letter to Three Wives (1949) is Eve's Warm Up

While Gene Kelly leaped around New York, while Olivia DeHavilland melted into Monty Clift’s embrace, and while Katharine Hepburn j...

Sunday, February 17, 2013
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