Hear ye, hear ye! The Silent Movie Day Blogathon hosted by myself and In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is a little less than a week away!
If you haven’t heard, September 29th is officially National Silent Movie Day, and fans of our beloved era of film will be celebrating in all sorts of ways. Here’s a few ideas from the founders of this new holiday–you can:
- Host a virtual watch party.
- Host a silent movie or film series inside a brick and mortar venue or outdoor location.
- Coordinate the release of a book, blu-ray or premier new content on a digital platform of your choice.
- Schedule an in person or online lecture on silent movies or silent movie related subjects.
- Share silent movie recommendations on social media.
- Share current cinema titles that are influenced by silent movies on social media.
- Help spread awareness about silent movie history and statistics on social media.
- Arrange a walking or bus tour of locations connected to silent movie stars or industry.
- Organize a petition to help save a silent movie or silent movie related landmark.
…Or in our case, have a blogathon!
If you’re a blogger who’s just learning about this ‘thon and would like to join in the fun, go right ahead! A wide variety of topics are welcome.
The Roster:
Silent-ology: What is the greatest silent film?
In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood | TBA
Grace Kingsley’s Hollywood | Covering the lost film The Legend of Hollywood (1924)
Wild About Houdini | The silent films of Harry Houdini
Cinematic Scribblings | Tokyo Chorus (1931) and That Night’s Wife (1930)
Taking Up Room | Show People (1928)
ReelWeegieMidgetReviews | Silent Movie (1976)
Nitrateglow | Top grossing movies of 1921
Critica Retro | Souls for Sale (1923)
Caftan Woman | The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
The Thoughts of One Truly Loved | The Circus (1928)
All About Rudolph Valentino | Rudy’s influence on silents
The Story Enthusiast | The Scarlet Letter (1926)
Hometowns to Hollywood | Girl Shy (1924)
Cinematica | Coney Island (1917)
LA Daily Mirror | TBA
The Classic Movie Muse | Hot Water (1924)
MovieMovieBlogBlogII | The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
Strictly Vintage Hollywood | Lost film Uncharted Seas (1921)
Silver Screenings | The Hoodlum (1924)
Silent Locations | The Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley campaign
Century Film Project | The Nut (1921)
Laurel and Hardy Blog | The Battle of the Century (1927)
Brooksie At The Movies | Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
—
Silent-ology 
Looks like I got left off? I am reviewing Douglas Fairbanks in “The Nut.”
My apologies, adding you now!
I changed my choice to Silent Movie (1976)…
Fixed! My apologies, sometimes when I update posts on my phone WordPress acts a little wonky, always have to double check it actually saved everything I typed in…
Thanks.. no problems.
I have no blog but looking forward to reading all articles of the blogathon and happy to share a couple of suggestion on FB.
Happy for your support, Michael!
Hi there, here is my post for Wednesday’s blogathon… https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2021/09/27/films-silent-movie-1976/
from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
Awesome, thanks!
I think I was left off too. My blog is Brooksie At The Movies (https://brooksieatthemovies.weebly.com/) and the article will be called ‘Who Taught Valentino How to Tango?’, about Rudolph Valentino and the tango from ‘4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse’.
I updated it, thanks!
Hi Lea, here is my post for the blogathon:
https://theclassicmoviemuse.wordpress.com/2021/09/28/hot-water-1924-harold-lloyds-thanksgiving-ish-comedy-i-didnt-know-i-needed/
Thank you so much for hosting!
Wonderful, thank you!
My post on Girl Shy (1924) is ready to go: https://hometownstohollywood.com/film-reflections/films-of-the-1920s/girl-shy-1924/
Perfect, thanks Annette!
Hi Lea! My blog, BETTER LIVING THROUGH TELEVISION, will feature a post that highlights the home screen’s historical relationship with silent film from the medium’s Golden Age up to the mid-’70s. Click on my name starting Wednesday morning, and it’ll be there!
Aw, heck! It was done, so I published it now. https://betterlivingtv.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-29-is-national-silent-movie.html
Perfect, thanks Michael! 🙂
My post on The Scarlet Letter is ready. I’m very excited to read all the other entries!
Oops, forgot to leave the link:
Excellent, thank you!
Hello! I hope you are doing well! Here is my post. I am looking forward to tommorow!
Tomorrow that is 😉
I put this up around lunch time and I saw that Ben Model posted after I did, but it looks like both of our links vanished.
Ben’s link was there, but yours was missing–it’s fixed! That is very strange, I distinctly remember typing in your entry earlier today but don’t know why it didn’t save. Unless it’s one of those situations where WordPress doesn’t react unless you hit save more than one.
I can’t empathize this enough–in the past 2 years WordPress has been insanely buggy.