Hello again! Yes, another year will soon be at our door which means… more blogathons of course! You already know that I’ll be honouring Jean Simmons on her 90th birthday at the end of January with Phyllis Loves Her Classic Movies. BUT there’s someone else I’ve been desperate to honour AND invite you to honour him with me: the great and very underrated Arthur Kennedy. Since I’ve written about him for a past edition of the What A Character! Blogathon, he’s become my favourite character actor. I just LOVE. HIM. SO. MUCH. And he deserves more recognition.
But, we like to find good reasons to host a blogathon, more than just “I love this actor”. Ok, it’s a good reason enough, but I have a much better one: next February 17, Arthur Kennedy would have been 105 years old!
Arthur Kennedy is not only remembered for his work in the movie industry, but also for his brilliant (so I’ve read) performances on stage. He was, after all, the winner of a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a play for Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman. He was also nominated for no less than FIVE Oscars! How come we don’t talk about him more??
Well, now it’s your occasion to change that by participating to this blogathon!
Take a look at these few rules first.
1- Choose a subject and submit it by commenting on this post or via email at virginie.pronovost@gmail.com. Please provide the name of your blog, the URL and your twitter handle if you have one.
- It can be anything related to Arthur Kennedy (his films, his stage career, his work with Mark Robson, etc).
- Because I’m a good person I’ll allow duplicates for this blogathon. However, not more than two bloggers on the same subject!
- I will allow a maximum of two entries/person
- You can participate even if you don’t have a blog! Just send me your article via email and I’ll post it on my blog as a guest post.
- All articles must be new material
2- Once I’ve approved your subject, grab one of these banners and embellish your blog with it to help me promote the event!
3- The event will start on February 15 and will end on February 17, 2019. When it will start, I will publish a new post where you’ll be able to submit your entry.
4- A few requests:
- All post must show respect towards Arthur Kennedy. So if you don’t like him, this event might not be for you. But if you don’t know him, that’s different as the event could be a good opportunity for you to discover him! 😉
- If you want to participate, subscribe first. I don’t want you to write an article and then assume I’ll include it to the rooster if you haven’t subscribed first. I’ll accept last minute subscription, but subscribe!
5- If you have any question, don’t hesitate to ask!
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Subjects already claimed twice:
– Bright Victory
-Too Late For Tears
-Peyton Place
The participants!
The Wonderful World of Cinema – “Change of Address” – The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964)
Musings of a Classic Film Addict – Peyton Place (1957)
Pop Culture Reverie – Peyton Place (1957)
In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – Champion (1949)
Dubbism – Sport Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies : They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Caftan Woman – Bright Victory (1951)
The Stop Button – Bend of the River (1952)
Pale Writer – Bright Victory (1951)
Film Exodus – Boomerang (1947)
Realweegiemidget Reviews – A Summer Place (1959)
Movierob – Air Force (1943) and The Desperate Hours (1955)
Taking Up Room – Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Second Sight Cinema – Some Came Running (1958)
The Midnite Drive-In – High Sierra (1941) and Too Late for Tears (1949)
Silver Screenings – Too Late for Tears (1949)
Crítica Retrô – Trial (1955)
Silver Screen Classics – The Glass Menagerie (1950)
It Came from the Man Cave – Chicago Deadline (1949)
Silver Scenes – Murder, She Said (1961)
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See you in February!
Hi, Virginie! If it’s okay I’d love to write about Peyton Place (1957). I’m really excited to check out more of Arthur’s work!
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Sure! I need to see this one myself.
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Hi Virginie. I’m thinking of “A Summer Place “. Put me down for that. Thanks.
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Great choice! I’m not on my computer anymore so I’ll add you when I’ll be back from work tonight 🙂
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Hiya! I would love to participate by writing about ‘Boomerang’ (1947). 😊
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Excellent choice!
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Is the world ready for “Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies: They Died With Their Boots On”? If so, I can do it 🙂
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I’m ready haha!
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Arthur Kennedy is an old favourite around these parts. I’d like to look at one of his Oscar nominations, Bright Victory. Thanks, Virginie.
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Oh I love this film! Excellent choice! I’ll add you as soon as I’m back from work 🙂
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How about BEND OF THE RIVER for The Stop Button?
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You got it!
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Hi! I’ve never heard of Arthur Kennedy, but I’m always happy to discover a new, great actor. May I please write about Bright Victory?
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Sure! That was his Oscar winning role. 🙂 He was a terrific actor, so I’m glad you’re participating to discover him! Actually, he was in some pretty known classics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Desperate Hours or Elmer Gantry.
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Thank you! My gosh I must have seen him so many times then and not even known who he was! Glad I know now!
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Hey Ginnie, love you to add me with The President’s Plane Is Missing (1973) – love to revisit this guilty pleasure TV Movie with him. from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
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It’s yours!
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Thanks x Looking forward to reading more entries on this actor…
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can I do Air Force (1943) and The Desperate Hours (1955)?
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You got it! I LOVE The Desperate Hours!
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Hi, Virginie! I’d like to review Barrabas, please. I’ve never seen it, but it looks interesting. 🙂
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That should be Barabbas, actually. Gotta love spelling errors.
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I haven’t seen it either! Looking forward to read your article!
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Thanks, Virginie!
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Hi Virginie, I’m interested in writing about Some Came Running, but I also have a piece on The Lusty Men that was previously published on my blog. Are you allowing previously published pieces, or just original ones?
Also, just wondering about the subscription requirement—it’s the first time I’ve seen it. Are all blogathon participants required to subscribe?
Great idea for a blogathon! Kennedy is a wonderful actor who deserves the attention.
Thank you!
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Hi Lesley! Thanks for your interest in the blogathon! Arthur Kennedy is wonderful indeed!
Yes all participants are required to subscribe and new material only! I can add you for Some Came Running. 🙂 I only put the subscription requirement because during the last William Holden blogathon, someone just ask me if I could add his piece on The Wild Bunch to the and never subscribed before. Actually, the worst of it was that he didn’t even mentioned the event and the hosting blogs in his article. So I just thought he had a lot of nerves. Didn’t even answer. So now I add this rule whenever I host a blogathon just to avoid similar situations in the futur. 😉
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Man, that is orful—just plain rude. People who haven’t hosted an event or aren’t really part of the classic movie blogging community ignore the common courtesies, I suppose…. I would never do a blogathon post without a banner and a plug for the event/host—it’s not like we get paid for doing this. If it’s not fun, and we don’t treat each other with respect, the whole thing would break down, which would be a real pity.
Thanks, I look forward to the event, and it will be fun to write about SCR, a lurid number, and Kennedy is, as always, top-notch.
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Thanks for your comprehension Lesley! I’ll put you down for Some Came Running!
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How is it that High Sierra hasn’t been picket yet? I can understand Too Late for Tears as it is more obscure, but I would have thought at least High Sierra had been picked. Time for me to get back to the double feature theme of my blog. Please put me down for both.
Wuiggy @ The Midnite Drive-In
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It’s yours! Probably because Kennedy hasn’t a very big part in it.
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Only just now noticed it. You only have me down for High Sierra. I wanted Too Late for Tears, too.
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Fabulous idea! It’s about time Arthur Kennedy had a blogathon. 🙂
I’d love to do Too Late for Tears (1949), if not already taken.
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It hasn’t Ruth! I’ll add you!
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Hi Virginie. Can I change my choice of topic to “Champion” instead? I just finished watching it for the first time in a long time, and I much prefer that film.
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Of course!
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Thanks.
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Hey Virginie, thought of you the other day when I was writing about Thomas Mitchell for What a Character!, and found an audio recording of Mitchell as Willy Loman with the National Touring Company of Death of a Salesman, with Kennedy as Biff. So cool. It’s at the Internet Archive. As close as we will come to seeing them live…
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Ohhh that’s so cool!! Thanks for telling me Lesley!
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I finally made up my mind: I want to write about Trial (1956), one of his five Oscar-nominated performances.
Kisses!
Le from Critica Retro
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That’s one I want to see so badly but never found a way to watch it! Looking forward to read your piece. 🙂
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Hello! May I please write about his performance in The Glass Menagerie (1950)? Thank you!
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Of course! I’ll add your choice asap but for the moment I cannot use my computer.
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Thank you!
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If it is not too late I would love to review Chicago Deadline from 1949! I
Thanks
Bob from
It Came From The Man Cave!
http://www.mda4life.blogspot.com
Twitter is @mda4life
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Of course not! Thanks for joining 🙂
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thank you
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You forgot one of his movies.
A Summer Place (1959) with Sandra Dee, Troy Donahue, Dorothy McGuire & Richard Egan.
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What do you mean by “you forgot”?
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I mean that it wasn’t mention in your blog post. That’s all.
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The list of films you see on my post are the subject the participants of the blogathon have chosen. So if nobody has chosen A Summer Place, that’s why you don’t see it on the list…
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oh i see. it is a good movie though.
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Yes, actually one of the the participants initially chose it but she changed for Champion instead
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okay. feel free to check out my blog anytime you like.
ecsullivan83.blogspot.com
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Hi, Virginie! Just wanted to see if I can change my pick to “Lawrence of Arabia.” For some reason, the library I was going to get “Barabbus” from doesn’t have it anymore.
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Of course! I’ll change it asap
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Great, thanks, Virginie!
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I’ll go for Peyton Place, if that’s okay.
https://popculturereverie.wordpress.com/
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Ok sure!
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Hi Virginie, sorry but going to have to change my choice to The Summer Place (1959), is that ok for you?
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No prob!
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Thanks, tried and failed to get really into my old choice -some films just dont seem as good second time round…
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Yeah, it happens! I’m not too motivated about writing on a film I don’t like either tbh..
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Hi Virginie, I posted my article VERY early. Hope that’s ok…? I was so excited!
https://silverscreenings.org/2019/02/04/how-to-get-by-on-600000/
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No prob! I’m impatient to read that!
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I really enjoyed the Jean Simmons Blogathon so I can’t pass up on this one! Put me down for “Murder She Said” ( 1961 ), my favorite Arthur Kennedy performance. – Constance ( silverscenesblog.blogspot.com )
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Thanks for joining Constance!
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Hello, here’s my post for the blogathon… hope all goes well https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/films-a-summer-place-1959/ from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
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Thanks Gill! 🙂
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I am so sorry I missed this blogathon sadly I was under the weather.
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