We’re just a few days away from the three-day celebration of Dorothy and Lillian Gish, which Movies, Silently and TMP are co-hosting in honor of the 101st anniversary of the sisters’ film debut! The following is the schedule we’ve cooked up for each day of the blogathon.
If you’re participating and have a scheduling conflict, or haven’t yet joined us and would like to hop on the blogathon train just in time for the festivities, leave a comment here or email either one of your friendly hosts!
Day 1: September 7
Cinemalacrum – The Night of the Hunter
Critica Retro – Orphans of the Storm
Donald Mania – Video tribute
Falderal – Lillian’s relationship with Mary Pickford
The Film Writer – Profile of Lillian
Films Worth Watching – The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
The Motion Pictures – List of participants (to be updated throughout the blogathon w/ links)
Movies, Silently – Gretchen the Greenhorn
The Nitrate Diva – Hearts of the World
Nitrate Glow – Broken Blossoms/poetry inspired by the film
Once Upon a Screen – The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion – newspaper clippings
portraitsbyjenni – The Scarlet Letter + a post on a theater named after Lillian
Silent Volume – La Boheme
Silent Volume – Mothering Heart
They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To – The Whales of August
Day 2: September 8
Cinematic Catharsis – Broken Blossoms
Donald Mania – Article on Lillian’s influence on cinema
Don’t Upset Granny Gish – Article on becoming a Gish fan
The Film Writer – Profile of Dorothy
Films Worth Watching – True Heart Susie
The Great Katharine Hepburn – Remodeling Her Husband
MIB’s Instant Headache – Birth of a Nation Blu-ray
The Motion Pictures – Sweet Liberty
Outspoken and Freckled – The Night of the Hunter
Silent Volume – Birth of a Nation
Silent Volume – Intolerance
The Soul of the Plot – Duel in the Sun
Thrilling Days of Yesteryear – The Wind
Day 3: September 9
Don’t Upset Granny Gish – His Double Life
The Film Writer – Video
Girls Do Film – Romola
The Joy and Agony of Movies – Intolerance
The Last Drive In – Alfred Hitchcock Hour, “The Body in the Barn”
Motion Picture Gems – TBD
The Motion Pictures – The Cardinal
Movie Classics – The Scarlet Letter
The Movie Rat – Article on the Gish sisters’ film careers
Movies, Silently – The Unseen Enemy
The Nitrate Diva – Way Down East
Silent Volume – Birth of a Nation recut
Silver Screenings – Portrait of Jennie
Strictly Vintage Hollywood – Nell Gwynn
True Classics – La Boheme
This is going to be wonderful-What a great line up
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This sounds terrific. Looking forward to it.
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My post will be about “Centennial Summer”!
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