We are so excited, we can hardly contain ourselves – and for Two Big Reasons!
Firstly, you’re invited to help us celebrate one of the most remarkable actresses in Classic Hollywood: the fabulous Miriam Hopkins. The blogathon will run January 22-25, 2015, and we’d love to have you join us.
Secondly, we’re excited to be co-hosting this event with our über-chic friend Maedez of A Small Press Life. But that ain’t the half of it! This blogathon with correspond with the launch of her new movie blog, Font and Frock, in January, 2015.
Who says January is a dreary month?
Ms Hopkins’ Requests:
A list of Miriam’s movies can be found HERE.
We hope to see you at the Miriam Hopkins Blogathon (Jan 22-25, 2015)!
Participants to date:
Blog | Topic/Movie | Website URL |
A Small Press Life | Design for Living (1933) | http://onetrackmuse.com/ |
Silver Screenings | Old Acquaintance (1943) | https://silverscreenings.org/ |
Speakeasy | Trouble in Paradise (1932) | http://hqofk.wordpress.com/ |
The Last Drive-in | Don’t Open Til Doomsday, from The Outer Limits (1964) | http://thelastdrivein.com/ |
The Last Drive-in | The Children’s Hour (1961) | http://thelastdrivein.com/ |
A Person in the Dark | Carrie (1952) | http://flickchick1953.blogspot.ca/ |
Wide Screen World | The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) | http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/ |
Shadows & Satin | 24 Hours (1931) | http://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/ |
Carole & Co. | Fast and Loose (1930) | http://caroleandco.wordpress.com |
Caftan Woman | The Stranger’s Return (1933) | http://www.caftanwoman.com |
Nitrate Diva | The Story of Temple Drake (1933) | http://nitratediva.wordpress.com/ |
Moon in Gemini | Virginia City (1940) | http://debravega.wordpress.com/ |
Girls Do Film | Design for Living (1933) | http://girlsdofilm.wordpress.com/ |
miriam24seven | Men are not Gods | http://miriam24seven.weebly.com/reviews.html |
Now Voyaging | Trouble in Paradise (1932) | http://nowvoyaging.wordpress.com/ |
Movie Classics | Becky Sharp (1935) | http://movieclassics.wordpress.com/ |
Fond of Fiction & Film | The Old Maid (1939) | http://she-is-too-fond-of-books.blogspot.ca/ |
Critica Retrô | The Woman I Love (1937) | http://criticaretro.blogspot.ca/ |
Journeys in Classic Film | The Heiress (1949) | http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/ |
Twenty Four Frames | The Story of Temple Drake (1933) | http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com |
The Movie Rat | The Children’s Hour (movie vs. stage versions) | http://themovierat.com |
Once upon a Screen | The Mating Season | http://aurorasginjoint.com/ |
Public Transportation Snob | Design for Living (1933) | http://www.ptsnob.com/ |
Margaret Perry | Profile of Miriam Hopkins | http://margaretperry.org/ |
wolffianclassicmoviesdigest | Trouble Paradise, Heiress, Mating Season, Old Maid | https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/ |
Second Sight Cinema | Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde | http://secondsightcinema.com/ |
Yay! I’m thrilled to see the amazing “Trouble in Paradise” accounted for already!
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Me too! Kristina will do a good job.
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I’m looking forward to it!
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thanks in advance, love that movie, love Miriam, your idea for the blogathon and love that there’s a new blog on the horizon too 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad that there are other people out there who appreciate Miriam. Sometimes I think we are part of a very small club.
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Reblogged this on A Small Press Life and commented:
I’m thrilled and honored to be co-hosting The Miriam Hopkins Blogathon with Ruth of Silver Screenings. Watch this space for updates!
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She was in a bizarre episode of The Outer Limits called Don’t Open Til Doomsday. I swear that Davis & Crawford got their Grande Dame Guignol look from Miriam!!!!
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Jo, does this mean you’re volunteering your mad blogging skills for this episode in the blogathon? (Hint hint)
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Well I suppose it does sort of lend my kind of wily ways to the celebration! She was great as Aunt Lily Mortar in The Children’s Hour… but I’m sure someone’s gonna snatch that up before I finish answering this
and then there’s Savage Intruder a rare 70’s grande dame guignol psycho-flick…
But her character in Don’t Open Til Doomsday is just grotesque and offbeat enough to temp me to chime in!!!
Okay, consider me in!!!!
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That’s great, Jo! Yay! So glad you’re joining us. I’ll be updating the list later tonight. I’m so pleased you’ll be covering “Don’t Own Til Doomsday”.
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Ooh – may I write about “Carrie”?
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Oh yes please! I’ve never seen this one. Thanks for joining us, and looking forward to your post! 🙂
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Carrie is fantastic. You need to see it!
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I’ll take Smiling Lieutenant.
widescreenworld.blogspot.com
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Ooh – another one I’d really like to see. It’s all yours, Rich. So glad you’re going to join us!
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OMG, are you KIDDING me?!? I lurve Miriam Hopkins!! Please please please sign me up for 24 Hours, Ruth — I’m just as excited as you are! 🙂
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You got it! Yay! I’m so glad you’ll be joining us. This is ANOTHER Miriam film I haven’t seen, so I’m pumped about read your review.
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Reblogged this on Rogues & Vagabonds.
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Would like to write about “Fast And Loose,” the only film she made with Carole Lombard (who would vie with her for several roles over the years).
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Yay! That would be terrific! It’s only fitting that Carole Lombard make a guest appearance in this blogathon. So glad you’ll be joining us!
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I’d like to contribute something on “The Stranger’s Return”. A salute to Miriam is a wonderful idea!
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Hooray! So glad you’re coming to the Miriam Party! Very much looking forward to your review of “The Stranger’s Return”. 🙂
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Just announced the blogathon at Carole & Co. — and also created a banner of my own!
http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/742682.html
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Love the new banner!
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This is really exciting! I’d like to take part but am not sure which film to take – can I think about it and return soon?
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Of course! Please let us know which film you’d like to pick. (A tough choice, I know!) Judy, I’m so glad you want to join us.
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Thanks! As a big fan of 19th-century literature, I’ve finally decided to do Becky Sharp – I hope that is OK!
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Judy, that is a perfect fit! Yes, please! (I’ll be updating the list in a few hours.)
So glad you chose Becky Sharp. I was worried it would be overlooked.
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So cool to see a blogathon in Hopkins’s honor! She’s pretty underrated, all things considered, and just the right gal to pep up January. I recently saw Hopkins in “The Story of Temple Drake” and her performance just floored me! I’d love to write about that please.
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Hooray! I was hoping “The Story of Temple Drake” would be chosen, and I’m so glad you’re going to do it. 🙂 I’ll be updating the list later tonight.
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Totally agree she was incredible in The Story of Temple Drake!!! So glad you’re covering that one! Cheers Joey
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I know it’s already been taken BUT as you said duplicates were ok PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE may I write about Design for Living too?!
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Oh yes, please! Whee! Very happy you’re going to participate. Looking forward to your thoughts of “Design for Living”.
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Haha–of course, I JUST wrote a blog post about The Heiress, which would have been my first choice.
Instead, I’ll claim Virginia City. I love Westerns and have never seen this one. I can’t believe it. Miriam, Errol Flynn and Randolph Scott! Directed by Michael Curtiz! How did this fly under my radar?
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Oh please, yes, do “Virginia City”. So happy to see you’re joining us, Debbie. Yay!
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Ruth! Has anyone asked for her marvelous performance as Lily Mortar in The Children’s Hour? If I can do two I’d love to take that one on aside from her Grande Dame performance in The Outer Limits…. PS This is going to be an amazing Blogathon!!!! Hurray
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Really? You would do two posts for our Miriam? Then, yes please! Thanks, Jo. I’d love to see your thoughts on “The Children’s Hour”. 🙂
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Yay!!!!!!!
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Can I join in? I’ll do OLD ACQUAINTANCE if it’s ok! 🙂
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Hi again! I received your email and have updated the movie choice. Let me know if I’ve overlooked anything. 🙂
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Can I join in? I’ll do OLD ACQUAINTANCE if it’s ok. 🙂
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Absolutely! We have you down for “Old Acquaintance”. So glad you could join us for the Miriam Party!
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Hello! Words cannot adequately express my excitement at the news of this Miriamstravaganza! I’d like to contribute something on Men Are Not Gods, if I may. (@miriam24seven)
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My bloG, miriam24seven, is soon to be live and I will send the URL. Thanks.
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Hi there! Here you are! The comments worked, but I was not around to approve them. Yes, please send us the URL when you’re ready. And I LOVE the phrase Miriamstravaganza!
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As the creator and administrator of the Lombard-related site Carole & Co. (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/), which has been up for nearly 7 1/2 years, I wish you well with your Hopkins endeavor.
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This is a wonderful idea for a blogathon, may I join with a post on The Old Maid.
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Oh yes, please! Hooray! I’ll be updating list later & will add you. Glad you can join us!
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So, I already have stuff to look forward to in 2015!
Can I write about The Woman I Love (1937, with Paul Muni)?
Kisses!
Le
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Oh yes, Le, absolutely! I was hoping you’d join us. I will be updating the list later today. Looking forward to your review. 🙂
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Put me down for TEMPLE DRAKE.
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Yay! You got it, John! I was hoping you could join us. I’ll update the list later this morning.
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My “I’m not joining blogathons in 2015” lasted about a minute and a half!! Is THE MATING SEASON (1951) available? If so I’d like to do my post on that one. 🙂
Aurora
Once Upon a Screen
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Really? You’ll do The Mating Season?! Yay!! It’s one of my ALL-TIME FAVES, and Miriam is perfectly marvelous in it. I have added you to the list and will update the site later this weekend. So glad you’re joining us for this blogathon, Auora. 🙂
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May I write a “People Profile” post about Hopkins, rather than about any of her films? She had a really interesting personal life, and I’d like to showcase that for my contribution.
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Of course! That would be fantastic! We’ll add you to the list.
So glad you could join us, Margaret. 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Movie Rat and commented:
One of the events I will be prepping for is this one, so please excuse missed days between now and then.
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Hello! I finally have an URL for you. I’m new to the blogging game. I will be blogging about Men Are Not Gods. Can you explain a bit more about how this event works? For example, is it OK to post ahead of the blogging period? So looking forward to next Thursday!
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Hi Colleen! I saw your new site and it looks great! I will add your URL to the list.
It is A-OK to post ahead of time. At the end of each day during the blogathon, we’ll post a recap of the day’s blogs. I see your (fab) article is already live, so I’ll be sure to include it on the first day’s recap.
So glad you’re joining us! And be sure to check out the other entries, too. 🙂
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my name is joey,i am a reviewer for wolffian classic movies digest,https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/ I would love review The Heiress(1949) and Trouble in Paradise(1932) for THE MIRIAM HOPKINS BLOGATHON. i would be happy take part in it
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Joey, we’re thrilled you want to join us! I’ll add you to the list and update this part in the next day or so. Looking forward to it!
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Hey, would love to get in on this… Okay to do Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? I’m Lesley at secondsightcinema.com.
Thanks!
xxoo
Lesley
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Lesley, we would LOVE to have you join us with Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde. Miriam is wonderful in that film. I have updated the list – looking forward to this! 🙂
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I happened across this Blogathon today at Public Transportation Snob. I see that the commenter just prior to me offered to do Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It’s the same film, but I’ve got a review of it I wrote a while back that I can share, if you are interested.
You can read it here: http://tipsfromchip.blogspot.com/2013/11/movie-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1931.html
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We’d LOVE to have you join us! May we link to your film in our recap post either tonight or tomorrow night?
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Yes, please do.
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Thank you for posting this last year. It opened up my eyes to her work. last year I watched three of the films she starred in: Virginia City, Old Acquaintance, and Barbary Coast. I appreciate your blog! Thanks! Here’s my blog just in case you’re interested: writingclimatechangebackintohistory.wordpress.com
and the most recent post: https://writingclimatechangebackintohistory.wordpress.com/hunters-and-anglers/
Cheers and Happy New Year! Maria
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Thanks for dropping by – I will check out your fab blog soon! 🙂
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