Hey there!
I’m so happy to announce that The Golden Boy Blogathon: a William Holden Celebration will be back again this year! William Holden is my second favourite actor and I truly enjoyed celebrating him via this blog last year. It was quite a success and everybody wrote marvellous pieces! So, it obviously had to be back! 🙂
Everybody is welcomed to participate. The event will take place from April 15 to April 17 (on Bill’s birthday), 2017.
As usual, there are some simple rules to follow:
1- Choose your subject. It can be anything related to William Holden. Please, no duplicates. William Holden had a long and beautiful career, so there are plenty of ideas. Of course, if you want to write something very personal like a tribute on why you love him (like I did last year), I can allow duplicates, because it’s a very vague topic. You can write more than one entry, but I would prefer you to limit yourself to two, precisely to give the chance to others to write about a topic they love (as I don’t allow duplicates).
2- Submit your subject by commenting on this post. You can also submit it via email at virginie.pronovost@gmail.com, Twitter @Ginnie_SP or via The Wonderful World of Cinema’s Facebook Page. Give me the name of your blog, the URL, and your topic.
3- Once your choice has been confirmed, please grab one of these banners to help me promote the event on your blog. The more the merrier! 🙂
4- On twitter, use the following hashtag: #2GoldenBoyBlogathon
5- On the blogathon dates, April 15, 16 and 17, 2017, I will publish a new post where you’ll be able to submit your entries. You can also send them via email, Facebook or Twitter.
6- If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. And enjoy yourself! 🙂
Here is the roster :
- The Flapper Dame – Apartment for Peggy (1948)
- Caftan Woman – Boots Malone (1952)
- Juliet Campbell (guest post at The Wonderful World of Cinema) – The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
- In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Wolffian Classics Movies Digest – Sabrina (1954)
- Thoughts All Sorts – Wild Rovers (1971)
- Cinema Cities – Overview of 9 William Holden’s films nominated for Best Picture
- Love Letters to Old Hollywood – Paris When it Sizzles (1964)
- Back to Golden Days – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- The Midnite Drive-In – The Horse Soldiers (1959)
- Life Daily Lessons Blog – Born Yesterday (1950)
- Realweegmidget Reviews – Network (1976)
- Crítica Retrô – Golden Boy (1939)
- Hamlette’s Soliloquy – Texas (1941)
- Champagne for Lunch – Toward the Unknown (1956)
- Musings of a Classic Film Addict – Stalag 17 (1953)
- Old Hollywood Films – The Country Girl (1954)
- Crimson Kimono – Breezy (1973)
- The Stop Button – The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Charlene’s (Mostly) Classic Movie Reviews – The Towering Inferno (1974)
- Maddy Loves her Classic Films – William Holden as a Actor
- Whimsically Classic – Picnic (1955)
- Coffee, Classics & Craziness – The Devil’s Brigade (1968)
- The Wonderful World of Cinema – My Favourite William Holden’s Moments
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Once again, let’s make him smile! 🙂 That smile! ❤
GINNIE! YOU KNOW I CAN’T PASS THIS UP- Sign me up for Apartment For Peggy (1948) – I love that movie and Bill is adorable in it- as always!!
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Awesome Emily! 🙂
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Another fun blogathon💗 Could you add me to the list for Born Yesterday (1950) unless it it is already taken. Thank you😊
Katrina
https://wordpress.com/post/lifelessonsweb.me
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It’s not! 🙂 Thanks for joining!
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Fantastic!I am looking forward to it.xx
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I would like to contribute a piece on Boots Malone, a long-time favourite.
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Awesome! Thanks for participating 🙂
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I just might try The Counterfeit Traitor, Virginie…He was awesome in that!!
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Awesome Juliet! You can send me your text via email on one of the blogathon dates (virginie.pronovost@gmail.com) and I’ll add it here as a guest post. 🙂
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So glad this is back this year, I really enjoyed participating in the first one! This time around I’d like to write an overview of the 9 films Bill starred in that got Oscar nominated for Best Picture, just to sort of encapsulate how great his career was over a 35+ year time span. 🙂
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good topic! Thanks for joining 🙂
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Oooh…another year is over…Could I pick “Wild Rovers” this year please?
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It’s yours! 🙂
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Much appreciated.
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Finally, an excuse to get around to a movie I’ve been neglecting for way too long…”The Horse Soldiers”. (yes, uncanny as it sounds, there are actually a few John Wayne movies I haven’t seen yet…)
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It’s yours ! 🙂
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Hi, Virginie! So glad you’re bringing this back for a second year! I LOVE William Holden! 🙂
Could I please take “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)? I’ve been wanting to see it for quite some time, so this is the perfect opportunity to finally do it.
-Cátia. xo
Back to Golden Days (http://back-to-golden-days.blogspot.pt/)
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Sure! Thanks for joining 🙂
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I was so sad when I had to drop out of this last year — yay for a second chance! Could I please take Paris When It Sizzles? I didn’t get to do it last time and I’d still love to write about it.
LoveLettersToOldHollywood.blogspot.com
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Yay I’m glad you’re in! Paris is yours 🙂
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Hi Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews, can I do S.O.B? My blog is at…, https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/
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Sure! Thanks for joining 🙂
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Great thanks for having me xx
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A lot of attendances so far, but luckily nobody chose Golden Boy (1939), my first choice. Is it OK?
Kisses!
Le
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yes! I love this film!
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Ooooh! I’d love to join this too. Can I write about “Texas” (1941)?
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Sure! 🙂
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Sorry its Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews – can I change my choice to Network ? Sorry to be a pain xx
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ahaha no problem! 🙂 I’ll change it!
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Thanks X
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Hey Virginie, thanks so much for honoring Bill again this year! He deserves it. I’ll write about Toward the Unknown (1956). My blog: champagneforlunch.wordpress.com
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It’s yours! Glad you participate 🙂
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This is such a great idea! William Holden is one of my favorites too. I’d love to write about Stalag 17, as I’ve been wanting to see it for a while and this would be the perfect opportunity! Thanks!
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It’s a great film! Thanks for joining 🙂
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I would like to write about The Country Girl for Old Hollywood Films.
Thanks, Amanda
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Awesome choice I love this film!
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Great news that there’s a second edition of the Golden Boy blogathon. I see that no one is covering BREEZY (1973). I’d like to revisit it.
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A beautiful film! It’s yours 🙂
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Could I do THE WILD BUNCH (no one’s taken it?!?!) for The Stop Button?
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Sure! 🙂
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Such a great actor to honour and so many wonderful films! If not yet taken, can I write about The Towering Inferno? Thanks!!
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Sure! I love this film! Somehow your comment was in the spam section (??) but luckily I saw it!
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Hi Virginie. I’d love to take part in this. I’m a new blogger, so this would be my first ever blogathon. I see so many of the titles I was hoping to write about have sadly already been bagged, so could I write about William as an actor and discuss some of his films/performances that are the most special to me? Maddy
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That sounds fine to me! You’ll see blogathon are addictive (and a great way to increase the popularity of your blog) ^^
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Thank you so much. Do we just upload our posts on our own blogs on the day and you will just put links up on your site? Looking forward to taking part.
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Yes exactly ^^ Well, when the blogathon will start I will add a new post where people would submit their entry in the comments section (like, the link to your post) so I can add it to the roster.
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https://whimsicallyclassic.wordpress.com/
Whimsically Classic
I’d like to write about William Holden and “Picnic.”
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Great! Thanks for joining 🙂
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I’d like to write a short post about The Devil’s Brigade (1968). 🙂 This blogathon looks awesome!
~Eva
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Great choice! I love this film!
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Hey Virginie! Here’s my post:
http://loveletterstooldhollywood.blogspot.com/2017/04/holden-and-hepburn-are-screwballs-in.html
Thanks for hosting this!
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Thanks Michaela! Impatient to read it! 😀
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[…] to Virginie and The Wonderful World of Cinema for hosting another round of The Golden Boy Blogathon. To view all the entries, click on the image […]
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My post on BREEZY is up. Thanks for hosting. http://crimsonkimono.com/2017/play-breezy-for-me/
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Got it! 🙂 Thanks so much for your participation!
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