AVA GARDNER Secret Conversations Qualifying Entry Task (Wk of July 15)

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

AVA GARDNER: The Secret Conversations — This Week’s Qualifying Entry Task:

In order to qualify for this week’s Ava Gardner Book Giveaway, you must complete the following task by Friday, July 19 at 5PM EST (i.e. any time between now and Friday, July 19 at 5PM EST):

In the book, Ava Gardner recalls dating Mickey Rooney, saying “It was flattering being with him, knowing that people were wondering who the hell I was…Mick was so famous. You have no idea how famous he was. Everybody loved him. Everybody wanted to be his friend. He’d introduce me — ‘This is my girlfriend. Isn’t she pretty?. She’s gonna be a big star’ he’d say”…

For this week’s Qualifying Entry Task, please:

1) CREATE your own list of “Five Fav Mickey Rooney Films” (pre-1970**)  via Classic Movie Hub’s ‘Create a List Tool” (click here)

2) TWEET (not DM) the Link to your “Five Fav Mickey Rooney Films” List:
TO @classicmoviehub
WITH the two hashtags #AvaGardner #QualifyingTask
BY Friday, July 19,  5PM EST

NEXT STEP: Once you have successfully completed the above Qualifying Entry Task, you will be eligible to win a copy of the book. Your next step will be to wait for my Trivia Question Tweet* which will be sent on Friday evening, July 19, at exactly 10PM EST — and correctly tweet the answer to the Trivia Question.  The FIRST PERSON to correctly Tweet the Answer to that Trivia Question wins the book (assuming they’re already eligible because they’ve successfully completed the above-referenced Qualifying Entry Task).

In other words, the first person who successfully completes this Qualifying Entry Task AND correctly answers the Friday night 10PM EST Trivia Question wins the book.

*Here’s my twitter handle @classicmoviehub

**If you have any questions, please feel free to DM me on Twitter @classicmoviehub

Contest Information and Rules.

And if you don’t want to wait to win a copy of the book, you can purchase it at amazon:

Good Luck!

–Annmarie Gatti from Classic Movie Hub

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Day One Recap: Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

Well, I am thrilled to have kicked off Day One of the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon! Thanks to everyone for making this such a wonderful event — so far!  For your viewing pleasure, I’ve listed all of today’s entries below — and now I hand over the reigns to the fabulous Once Upon a Screen (@CitizenScreen) who will be hosting Day Two of the event!

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Garbo and Garfield

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film – Day One Recap

Hosted by Annmarie at Classic Movie Hub

Silver Screenings – Bob Hope & Bing Crosby in a “Road” picture

The World’s Funniest Dissertation – Laurel and Hardy

Vienna’s Classic Hollywood – Thelma Ritter and Connie Gilchrist

Cinemalacrum – Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Godard’s Breathless

Cinematic Catharsis – Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula

Terrible Movies – Godzilla and Mothra

We Recycle Movies – Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson

Critica Retro – Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp film depictions

Silver Scenes – Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson

Hero Histories – The Lone Ranger & Tonto – film incarnations – Part 1

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video – The Lone Ranger & Tonto – Part 2

The Joy and Agony of Movies – Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

Furious Cinema – Lemmon and Matthau in The Odd Couple

Lindsay’s Movie Musings – Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda’s friendship

The Great Katharine Hepburn – Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant

Lime Reviews and Strawberry Confessions – Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom in Limelight

The Vintage Cameo – Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra

Virtual Virago – Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney

Shadows and Satin – Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake

Krell Laboratories – Special Japanese legends Pairings

Wide Screen World – Tom and Jerry

Durnmoose Movie Musings – Abbott & Costello (Part 1)

Maegan hosted on Citizen Screenings – Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Classic Movie Hub – Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont

Once Upon a Screen – Crawford and Gable

And for Day Two’s Event, please head on over to Once Upon a Screen (@CitizenScreen) where you’ll find entries about Greta Garbo and John Gilbert — Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers — Batman and Robin — and so many more!

On behalf of Aurora and myself, I want to thank all the bloggers who submitted entries to this event, making it an astounding success.  Neither of us imagined we’d get this many entires, but then who could resist those classic pairs?  It’s been great fun communicating with everyone, which is a wonderful reminder of the fabulous community of film lovers I happened across by chance.

Happy blogging.

–Annmarie

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Dynamic Duos in Classic Film: Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont: Maybe not the most romantic Dynamic Duo in Classic Film — but certainly one of the funniest…

I’ve been a huge fan of The Marx Brothers ever since I was a little kid (thanks to my father) — and to this day I still laugh out loud when I watch their films, marveling at their impeccable comic timing, their fast-paced witty dialog, and their masterful musicianship. But, whenever I think of The Marx Brothers, I also inevitably think of their fabulous comic foil, Margaret Dumont — in fact, I almost think of Dumont as one of the Marx Brothers. Interestingly enough I’m not alone in that notion, because in the words of the legendary Groucho Marx — Dumont was “practically the fifth Marx brother.”

Groucho and Dumont were a magnificent and inimitable comic pairing — Dumont playing the ever-so-sophisticated but more-than-slightly confused wealthy dowager (complete with gowns and tiaras!)– and Groucho playing the ‘devil-may-care’ suitor who, via his slapstick shenanigans and gold-digging fast-talk, alternately romances and insults Dumont to the hilt! Their witty wordplay is such fun and so rapid-fire that I find myself constantly rewinding their scenes so that I can revel in the subtle (and not-so-subtle) absurdities of their exhilarating and intelligently-funny dialog!

So, that said, here’s to the perfectly matched pair — the hilariously quick-witted Groucho, and perfectly straight-laced Dumont!

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Groucho Marx as Hammer and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Potter in The Cocoanuts Groucho Marx as Mr. Hammer and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Potter in The Cocoanuts (1929, directors Robert Florey, Joseph Santley)

Mrs. Potter: Get out of this room, or I’ll scream for the servants.
Mr. Hammer: Let the servants know! Let the whole world know! About us!
Mrs. Potter: You must leave my room. We must have regard for certain conventions.
Mr. Hammer: One guy isn’t enough, she’s gotta have a convention.

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Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Rittenhouse in Animal CrackersGroucho Marx as Captain Spaulding and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Rittenhouse in Animal Crackers (1930, director Victor Heerman)

Mrs. Rittenhouse: Captain, this leaves me speechless.
Capt. Spaulding: Well, see that you remain that way.

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Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Teasdale in Duck SoupGroucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Teasdale in Duck Soup (1933, director Leo McCarey)

Rufus T. Firefly: Not that I care, but where is your husband?
Mrs. Teasdale: Why, he’s dead.
Rufus T. Firefly: I bet he’s just using that as an excuse.
Mrs. Teasdale: I was with him to the very end.
Rufus T. Firefly: No wonder he passed away.
Mrs. Teasdale: I held him in my arms and kissed him.
Rufus T. Firefly: Oh, I see, then it was murder. Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.
Mrs. Teasdale: He left me his entire fortune.
Rufus T. Firefly: Is that so? Can’t you see what I’m trying to tell you, I love you.
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Groucho Marx as Otis B. Driftwood and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Claypool in A Night at the OperaGroucho Marx as Otis B. Driftwood and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Claypool in A Night at the Opera  (1935, director Sam Wood)

Otis B Driftwood: That woman? Do you know why I sat with her? Because she reminded me of you.
Mrs. Claypool: Really?
Otis B Driftwood: Of course, that’s why I’m sitting here with you. Because you remind me of you. Your eyes, your throat, your lips! Everything about you reminds me of you. Except you.

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Groucho Marx as Dr. Hugo Hackenbush and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Upjohn in A Day at the RacesGroucho Marx as Dr. Hugo Hackenbush and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Upjohn in A Day at the Races (1937, director Sam Wood)

Mrs. Upjohn: Hugo, I’m disappointed in you. To think of you dancing with that strange woman!
Dr. Hugo Hackenbush: Well don’t think of it. Think of me dancing with you!
Dr. Hugo Hackenbush (as he’s dancing with Mrs. Upjohn but looking over her shoulder and really talking to the beautiful blonde behind her): I’m crazy about you. Nothing will ever come between us again. You don’t know how lonely I get night after night in my little room at the Sanitarium…Room 412.

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Groucho Marx as Attorney J. Cheever Loophole and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury in At the CircusGroucho Marx as Attorney J. Cheever Loophole and Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury in At the Circus (1939, director Edward Buzzell)

Mrs. Suzanna Dukesbury: We must have regard for certain conventions.
J. Cheever Loophole: One guy isn’t enough. She’s gotta have a convention.

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Margaret Dumont as Martha Phelps and Groucho Marx as Wolf J. Flywheel in The Big StoreMargaret Dumont as Martha Phelps and Groucho Marx as Wolf J. Flywheel in The Big Store (1941, director Charles Reisner)

Martha Phelps: Oh, I’m afraid after we’re married a while a beautiful young girl will come along and you’ll forget all about me.
Wolf J. Flywhell: Don’t be silly. I’ll write you twice a week.

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And just for fun, another image – from Duck Soup:

Margaret Dumont and Groucho Marx in Duck Soup…..

And that is my entry for the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon — but there are sooooo many more wonderful Classic Bloggers participating in this event. So, if you want to take a look at the on- and off-screen stories of more Dynamic Duos, please be sure to check out the other entries.  I am honored to be co-hosting the event alongside Aurora of Once Upon a Screen.

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations Enter-to-Win Trivia Question (Friday July 12)

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

 

Okay, this is it!  Time for today’s Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, courtesy of Simon & Schuster!  (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry Task)

THE QUESTION:

In the book, Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, Ava talks candidly about her three marriages.  Her first marriage was to MGM mega-star, Mickey Rooney, whom she divorced in 1943 citing ‘incompatibility’ (or more candidly ‘infidelity’).  In 1945, Gardner married husband #2 — a popular big band leader and one of jazz’s finest clarinetists. Who was Ava Gardner’s 2nd husband? (TWEET your answer to @classicmoviehub)   [if you need a hint scroll below]

The FIRST person (who already completed this week’s Qualifying Entry Task) to correctly TWEET the answer to the above question — wins! :)

If you need help with the answer, please click here:

Bandleader Artie ShawThis famous Bandleader’s signature song was Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine”

You can read more about the book here at Simon & Schuster.

And if you don’t want to wait to win, you can buy it here at amazon:

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

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Mini Tribute: Tod Browning

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

Born July 12, 1880 Director Tod Browning!

Tod Browning directed over 60 films from 1915 through 1939, and is probably best known for directing Dracula (1931) and Freaks (1932), as well as his silent film collaborations with Lon Chaney.

After running away from home at the age of 16, Browning started performing in carnivals and sideshows. He later moved onto Vaudeville as a contortionist, then to acting in motion pictures — first in shorts (in 1913), then with his uncredited feature film debut in D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (in 1916). He moved on to directing shorts in 1915 and then to directing feature films in 1917. He met Lon Chaney in 1919, which resulted in ten collaborative films efforts including The Blackbird, The Unholy Three and The Unknown. After Chaney’s death in 1930, Browning went on to direct his best-known films, Dracula (1931) and Freaks (1932). Other notable Browning films include Mark of the Vampire and The Devil-Doll.

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Tod Browning DirectorTod Browning

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Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler and Tod Browning on the set of Dracula (1931)Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler and Tod Browning on the set of Dracula (1931)

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Tod Browning with Lionel Barrymore in The Devil DollTod Browning with Lionel Barrymore (‘disguised’ as woman) on the set of The Devil-Doll (1936)

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–Annmarie from Classic Movie Hub

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Classic Movie Legend Tribute: Thomas Mitchell

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Character Actor Thomas Mitchell, born July 11, 1892!

Veteran Character Actor Thomas Mitchell has appeared in such a wonderful array of iconic films — and has portrayed such a diverse palette of characters — that it’s almost hard to know where to begin! That said, I will do my best to do him justice here by highlighting some of his more famous roles!

Whoops, before I start, I also want to mention that Thomas Mitchell was the first person to win the ‘Triple Crown’ of acting – an Oscar in 1940 for Best Supporting Actor in Stagecoach, an Emmy in 1953 for Best Actor (comedy), and a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actor for the musical Hazel Flagg.

Now on with the ‘show’…

Thomas Mitchell with Vivien Leigh in Gone with the WindThomas Mitchell as Gerald O’Hara (Scarlet’s father) and Vivien Leigh as Scarlet in Gone with the Wind (1939, director Victor Fleming)

“Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O’Hara, that Tara, that land, doesn’t mean anything to you? Why, land is the only thing in the world worth workin’ for, worth fightin’ for, worth dyin’ for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.” -Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O’Hara in Gone with the Wind

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Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy with James Stewart as George Bailey in It's a Wonderful LifeThomas Mitchell as lovable but absent-minded Uncle Billy and James Stewart as George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, director Frank Capra)

“After all, Potter (Lionel Barrymore), some people like George HAD to stay at home.”
–Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life

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Cary Grant and Thomas Mitchell in Only Angels Have WingsCary Grant as pilot Geoff Carter and Thomas Mitchell as his right-hand-man Kid Dabb in Only Angels Have Wings (1939, director Howard Hawks)

“The only thing I can tell you about him, he’s a good guy for gals to stay away from.”
-Thomas Mitchell as Kid Dabb in Only Angels Have Wings

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Thomas Mitchell as Doc Boone in StagecoachThomas Mitchell as philosophical drunk Doc Boone in Stagecoach (1939, director John Ford)

“Is this the face that wrecked 1000 ships and burned the towerless tops of Illium? Farewell, fair Helen.”
– Thomas Mitchell as Dr. Josiah Boone in Stagecoach

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Thomas Mitchell with Jean Arthur and Jimmy Stewart in Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonThomas Mitchell as reporter Diz Moore with Jean Arthur as Clarissa Saunders and Jimmy Stewart as Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939, director Frank Capra)

“This is the most titanic battle of modern times. A David without even a slingshot rises to do battle against the mighty Goliath, the Taylor machine, allegedly crooked inside and out. Yeah, and for my money, you can cut out the allegedly‘”
-Thomas Mitchell as Diz Moore in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Thomas Mitchell as Mayor Jonas Henderson in High NoonThomas Mitchell as Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon (1952, director Fred Zinnemann)

“What this town owes Will Kane here it can never repay with money – and don’t ever forget it. He’s the best marshal we ever had. Maybe the best marshal we’ll ever have.”
-Thomas Mitchell as Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon

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AND LAST but certainly not least :)…

Thomas Mitchell as Tommie Blue in The Black SwanThomas Mitchell as Tyrone Power’s side-kick Tommy Blue in The Black Swan (1942, director Henry King)

“By land or by sea, you can always rely on Tom Blue for wrong doin’ of any nature!”
-Thomas Mitchell as Tommy Blue in The Black Swan

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

 

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AVA GARDNER Secret Conversations Qualifying Entry Task (Wk of July 8)

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

AVA GARDNER: The Secret Conversations — This Week’s Qualifying Entry Task:

In order to qualify for this week’s Ava Gardner Book Giveaway, you must complete the following task by Friday, July 12 at 5PM EST (i.e. any time between now and Friday, July 12 at 5PM EST):

In the book, author Peter Evans recounts his conversations with Ava, many late at night, when Ava speaks candidly about her loves, life and career — from her hardscrabble upbringing in rural North Carolina to starring alongside Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, and Humphrey Bogart, as well as her marriages to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra.

For this week’s Qualifying Entry Task, please:

1) RATE 10 Ava Gardner films at Classic Movie Hub  click here to see Ava Gardner movies  at Classic Movie Hub [AFTER YOU CLICK, SCROLL DOWN TO BOTTOM SECTION OF PAGE FOR FILMOGRAPHY]

2) TWEET (not DM) the Link to the Ava Gardner Page where you rated the films
TO @classicmoviehub
WITH the two hashtags #QualifyingTask #Rated10AvaGardnerFilms
BY Friday, July 12,  5PM EST

NEXT STEP: Once you have successfully completed the above Qualifying Entry Task, you will be eligible to win a copy of the book. Your next step will be to wait for my Trivia Question Tweet* which will be sent on Friday evening, April 12, at exactly 10PM EST — and correctly tweet the answer to the Trivia Question.  The FIRST PERSON to correctly Tweet the Answer to that Trivia Question wins the book (assuming they’re already eligible because they’ve successfully completed the above-referenced Qualifying Entry Task).

In other words, the first person who successfully completes this Qualifying Entry Task AND correctly answers the Friday night 10PM EST Trivia Question wins the book.

*Here’s my twitter handle @classicmoviehub

**If you have any questions, please feel free to DM me on Twitter @classicmoviehub

Contest Information and Rules.

And if you don’t want to wait to win a copy of the book, you can purchase it at amazon:

Good Luck!

–Annmarie Gatti from Classic Movie Hub

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Schedule: DYNAMIC DUOS in Classic Film blogathon

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

They’re almost here.  The perilous, precarious and/or personable pairs.

As the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film blogathon, co-hosted with the fabulous Once Upon a Screen (@CitizenScreen) draws near, it’s time to share the planned schedule. I can hardly contain my excitement at the incredible list of bloggers and topics that will be featured.  As you see below, it’s an impressive list – one that far exceeded my expectations in number, artist, genre and participant.  I’m so excited, in fact, that I want to look up, into the clouds as if John Gilbert were nibbling on my neck….oh.

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Garbo and Garfield

Participating Blogs / planned schedule:

Saturday, July 13th

Hosted by Annmarie at Classic Movie Hub

Silver Screenings – Bob Hope & Bing Crosby in a “Road” picture

Comet Over Hollywood – Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan

The World’s Funniest Dissertation – Laurel and Hardy

Vienna’s Classic Hollywood – Thelma Ritter and Connie Gilchrist

Cinemalacrum – Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Godard’s Breathless

Cinematic Catharsis – Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in Horror of Dracula

Terrible Movies – Godzilla and Mothra

We Recycle Movies – Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson

Critica Retro – Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp film depictions

Silver Scenes – Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson

Hero Histories – The Lone Ranger & Tonto – film incarnations – Part 1

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video – The Lone Ranger & Tonto – Part 2

The Joy and Agony of Movies – Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

Furious Cinema – Lemmon and Matthau in The Odd Couple

Lindsay’s Movie Musings – Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda’s friendship

The Great Katharine Hepburn – Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant

Lime Reviews and Strawberry Confessions – Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom in Limelight

The Stop Button – Lon Chaney Jr and Bela Lugosi

The Vintage Cameo – Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra

Virtual Virago – Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney

Shadows and Satin – Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake

Krell Laboratories – Special Japanese legends Pairings

Wide Screen World – Tom and Jerry

Durnmoose Movie Musings – Abbott & Costello (Part 1)

Maegan hosted on Citizen Screenings – Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

Classic Movie Hub – Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont

Once Upon a Screen – Crawford and Gable

Sunday, July 14

Hosted by Aurora at Once Upon a Screen

The Hollywood Revue – Greta Garbo and John Gilbert

Outspoken & Freckled – Nick and Nora Charles

Bogie Film Blog – Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre

Picture Spoilers – Dynamic Duos in Libeled Lady

Stardust – Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck

Caftan Woman – Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear – Martin and Lewis

Movies Silently – Vilma Banky & Ronald Colman in The Winning of Barbara Worth

Greg McCambley on Once Upon a Screen – Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles in The Third Man

Durnmoose Movie Musings – Abbott & Costello (Part 2)

Weird Flix – Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, 50th Anniversary of Beach Party

The Man on the Flying Trapeze — Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, focus on Hold Your Man

The Baz – Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone

Film Flare – Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren

The Jeanette MacDonald Blog – Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Classic Movie Man – Irene Dunne and Cary Grant

Be Careful! Your Hand! – Maleficent and her crow Diablo from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty

Noir and Chick Flicks – Carole Lombard and Cary Grant

Movie Mom – Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins

The Motion Pictures – Cary Grant and Joan Bennett in Big Brown Eyes and Wedding Present

She Blogged by Night – Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi

Hitless Wonder Movie Blog – Evelyn Ankers and Lon Chaney Jr.

Movie Classics – Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Western Comics Adventures – The Lone Ranger & Tonto – Part 3

The Last Drive In – Bette vs. Joan, “Get Back in the Chair Blanche”

The Last Drive In – Bette vs. Joan, “I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on Fire”

Trocadero Baby – Farley Granger and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train

goosepimply allover – Doris Day and Rock Hudson

The Nitrate Diva – Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich

Viv and Larry — Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier (on-screen and off-screen)

Citizen Screenings – Batman (1966)

Before I go I must express my thanks to all of you fabulous bloggers for making this event so special so borrowing the words of George M. Cohan I say…“My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.”

Um…OK.  I guess that’s corny.  Let me instead offer some advice…“Plastics.”  Or a wistful thought, “Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.”  

Don’t tell me I never gave you anything!

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦

If you’d like to take part and haven’t signed up, it’s not too late.  Here are the details:

When:  July 13 – 14

Just follow these simple steps:

Either via email to either host –

Annmarie @ClassicMovieHub of Classic Movie Hub classicmoviehub@gmail.com

Aurora @CitizenScreen of Once Upon a Screen citizenscreenclassics@gmail.com

Or in the comment section of this post make note of the following:

  • The Name and URL of your blog
  • Your email address
  • Your Twitter tag if you have one
  • Your choice of film/characters/personalities, etc.  (Although all entries are welcome, there are so many wonderful Duos to be discussed, we prefer no repeats)
  • Your post date preference if you have one (either July 13 or 14)
  • AND, please help us promote the event by placing one of the banners included in this post on your site along with a link to the host sites.

Banners:

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Ma and Pa Kettle

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Garbo and Garfield

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Martin and Lewis

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Fred and Ginger

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Crawford and Davis

One more thing – there are many more classic film events planned this summer.  For details visit the new Events Calendar featured at Classic Movie Hub.

Happy blogging!

Annmarie

 

 

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Just for Fun: the Inimitable Carmen Miranda?

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

Just for Fun: the Fabulous Carmen Miranda, and then some…

Carmen MirandaCarmen Miranda

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Well, they do say that Imitation is the Best form of Flattery!

Jerry Lewis imitating Carmen Miranda in the movie Scared Stiff 1953Jerry Lewis imitating Carmen Miranda in Scared Stiff (1953 George Marshall director)

Bugs Bunny as Carmen MirandaBugs Bunny as Carmen Miranda in What’s Cookin’ Doc (1944, Robert Clampett director)

Lucille Ball impersonating Carmen MirandaLucille Ball as Carmen Miranda in the I Love Lucy episode “Be a Pal” (Season 1, Episode 2) which aired on October 22, 1951 (Marc Daniels director)

Daffy Duck imitating Carmen Miranda in Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943, Friz Freleng director)

Mickey Rooney as Carmen MirandaMickey Rooney impersonating Carmen Miranda for Babes on Broadway (1941, Busby Berkeley director) (image © Underwood & Underwood/Corbis)

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–Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub

Visit CMH’s BlogHub for more posts about Carmen Miranda by Veteran and Emerging Classic Movie Bloggers.

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Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations Enter-to-Win Trivia Question (Friday July 5)

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Annmarie Gatti

Okay, this is it!  Time for the Trivia Question (red font below) that will determine this week’s winner of Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, courtesy of Simon & Schuster!  (remember, in order to win, you must have already pre-qualified via the Qualifying Entry Task)

THE QUESTION:

In the book, Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations, Ava describes the first time she met Mickey Rooney, who would soon become her first husband. In her own words:
“I can remember that first meeting with Mick clearly — probably because he was wearing a bowl of fruit on his head.”  Who was Mickey Rooney dressed up as when he met Ava for the first time?  (TWEET your answer to @classicmoviehub) [if you need a hint scroll below]

The FIRST person (who already completed this week’s Qualifying Entry Task) to correctly TWEET the answer to the above question — wins! :)

If you need help with the answer, please click here:

Mickey Rooney dressed as Carmen MirandaMickey Rooney was dressed as ????? when he met Ava Gardner for the first time. Rooney was filming Babes on Broadway with Judy Garland at the time, and was in costume for his South American dance number. Image © Underwood & Underwood/Corbis

You can read more about the book here at Simon & Schuster.

And if you don’t want to wait to win, you can buy it here at amazon:

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Contest Information and Rules.

Good Luck!

–Annmarie Gatti from Classic Movie Hub

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