Last year I held an Alfred Hitchcock blogathon, it was a huge success and featured so many terrific Hitchcock related reviews and articles.The event ran for three days and you can read day 1 entries here, day 2 entries here, and day 3 entries here.
I have decided to run this blogathon again this year. I do hope that you can all join me in celebrating Alfred Hitchcock’s films. You can write about any of Hitchcock’s films. You can write about his TV series. You can write about Hitchcock himself, or about the actors and characters featured in his films and series.
You can write more than one entry if you wish to do so. I will accept two duplicates per film title. Previously published reviews and articles are more than welcome.
The blogathon will be held for two days on the 6th and 7th of July, 2018.
Just let me know what you would like to write about in the comments section below.Check the participation list to see who is writing about what. Take one of the banners from below and pop it on your site somewhere to help promote the event. Have fun writing!
Participation List
Maddylovesherclassicfilms: Rebecca and Vertigo
Silver Screen Classics: The 39 Steps
Down These Mean Streets: Notorious
The Humpo Show: Saboteur
Sat In Your Lap: The Wrong Man
Caftan Woman: Stage Fright
Wolffian Classics Movies Digest: Rear Window
Sparks From A Combustible Mind: The Trouble With Harry
Cracked Rear Viewer: Dial M For Murder
Realweegiemidgetreviews: Four O’Clock(episode of the TV series Suspicion)
dbmoviesblog: The Birds
Bonnywood Manor: Topaz
Vinnieh: Shadow Of A Doubt
Films On The Box: The Skin Game
Silver Screenings: Rope
Poppity: Marnie and North By Northwest
Retro Movie Buff: Foreign Correspondent
The Wonderful World Of Cinema: Lifeboat
The Stop Button: Young And Innocent
Taking Up Room: Blackmail and The Man Who Knew Too Much(1934)
The Midnite Drive-In: Psycho and Hitchcock(biopic of Hitch starring Anthony Hopkins)
Cinema Essentials: Dial M For Murder
In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: Mr. and Mrs. Smith and North By Northwest
Cary Grant Won’t Eat You: Torn Curtain
Pure Entertainment Preservation Society: Rebecca
I am also hosting another blogathon celebrating the film director David Lean. I’d love you to take part in that too. You can learn more and sign up here.
Hi Maddy! Would love to take part and write on The 39 Steps if that’s ok?
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Hi Paul. Good choice. Will add you now!
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I’d love to write about Notorious, my favorite, but I see it’s taken. If that doesn’t work, I’ll take Strangers on a Train.
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Hi. You can write about Notorious because I always allow two duplicates per film title in my blogathons. If you want to write about both of them or just Notorious let me know.
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Actually, I’ll take Strangers on a Train.
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Good choice, I’ll add you now.
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Could I do Saboteur?
I’ve not seen the film, so this is the perfect opportunity to do so 🙂
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Will add you now. Welcome aboard.
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I’d like to participate with a look at Stage Fright.
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Lovely to have you joining, Paddy. I’ll add you now.
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Yes!
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I would love to review Rear Window
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It’s all yours. Lovely to have you taking part.
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I’d like to review “The Trouble with Harry”. Of Hitchcock’s vast body of work, “Rear Window” is still perhaps my favorite, but as Wolffian got it first, I won’t copy. I found “Harry” to be hilarious, and will watch it again, just to make sure the plot is fresh in my mind. Thanks Maddy!! I LOVE Hitchcock and am glad to see another blog-a-thon featuring him. 😀
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It’s all yours. Very happy to have you joining!
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The Wrong Man (1956) please
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Great choice, this is such an underrated Hitchcock film I think. Welcome aboard.
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Hello, Maddy! I’m feeling much better, and would like to tackle “Dial M for Murder”!
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Hey Gary. Glad you’re feeling better. Good choice, I’ll add you now.
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Can I do Frenzy (1972), thanks Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews
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Good choice. Will add you now.
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I wanted to save “The Birds” for the next Halloween, but your blogathons are always so tempting. Can I review “The Birds”? P.S. My post will not be late like last time 🙂
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I’m very happy to hear you enjoy them. The Birds is all yours, I’ll add you to the list now. Don’t worry about being late lol.
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Hi, Maddy. If you don’t mind, let’s twist things up a bit. How about, once most folks have signed up and you have things sorted, you pick one out for me and I will happily run with it? I’m assuming this means I will end up with one of the lesser-known films, and I really like a challenge. Interested?
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Hi Brian. Your wish is my command. I will have a think and get back to you.
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Hi Brian. I’ve put all the titles in a hat. The winning film for you is Topaz(1969).
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Hi, Maddy. That’s a great choice. I haven’t seen the movie for a good 30 years so it will be a nice re-visit. Thank you for taking the time to select one…
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Hope you enjoy checking this one out again.
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I’d love to take part. Can I do Shadow of a Doubt?
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Excellent choice. Will add you now.
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Cheers.
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Hi Maddy – I’m going to try and blog more and think Alfred Hitchcock would be the perfect entry point. I would like to dig a little deeper into the past and will go for 1931’s THE SKIN GAME, an almost forgotten entry that deserves a bit of a retrospective.
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Welcome aboard. I’ll add you to the list now. I’m looking forward to your review because this is one of the few Hitchcock films that I’ve never seen!
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It’s certainly a long way down the list of must-see Hitchcock films, but I think it’s more interesting than it’s been given credit for, and there are definitely Hitch flourishes that are worth noting.
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Maddy! So glad you’re hosting this blogathon again. I’d love to do “Rope”.
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Rope is all yours, Ruth!
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Hello! I would love to write about ‘Marnie’! If no one takes ‘North by Northwest’, I would be happy to submit an article that I wrote for the AFI 100 Greatest Films list. 😀
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I’ll put you down for both. Welcome aboard!
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Hello, I missed this last year and would love to join in this year. I’d like to write about ‘Foreign Correspondent’, please. Thanks.
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Hello. It’s all yours. I’ll add you now.
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Thanks, Maddy!
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Hi again Maddy! I would like to write about Lifeboat! Not a film I’ve seen often but it’s so good! My blog is The Wonderful World of Cinema
https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/
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It’s all yours. It makes me feel sea sick because everyone is moving up and down all the time lol.
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Hahahaha!
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Can I do Young and Innocent for The Stop Button?
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Of course. I’ll add you now.
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Hi, Maddy! So glad you brought Hitchcock back. I’d like to review “Blackmail” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” please. 🙂
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They are all yours.Which version of The Man Who Knew Too Much are you writing about? 1934 or 1956?
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Thanks, Maddy! It’ll be the 1934 version. I’m curious about it–I didn’t know Hitchcock remade his own movie.
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I actually didn’t know that he had made two version of that film. I’m only familiar with the James Stewart/Doris Day one from 1956. 🙂
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I’m sure there is a logical reason why “Psycho” is not on the list yet…
Maybe they are all waiting for the ultimate psychotic blogger to claim it.
http://midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com
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PS I might be convinced into pairing that with the Anthony Hopkins portrayal of the behind the scenes to the movie.
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LOL. This and the Hitchcock biopic are all yours, Quiggy.
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Hi Maddy, sorry to be a pain but can I change to review one of the TV SERIES that he directed instead… The tv series is Suspicion and its Series 1 Episode 1, Four O’Clock from 1957. Thanks Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
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Of course.
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Thanks!
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Hi Maddy. I will do “North By Northwest” and “Mr and Mrs. Smith ( Hitchcock’s only comedy ). I wrote a post on that one a long time ago, but it needs updating.
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Good choices. I’ll add you now.
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Thanks.
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Has anyone grabbed Torn Curtain?
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They haven’t. It’s all yours, Leah. Thanks for joining.
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Thanks, Maddy!
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Dear Maddy,
I would like to participate in this blogathon by writing about “Rebecca.” I see that you are already writing about it, but I would also, if I may. This is a great topic!
By the way, I would like to invite you to join an event I am hosting on my website, #CleanMovieMonth: https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/july-is-cleanmoviemonth. Starting on July 1st, it’s a month long celebration of Code films and clean entertainment. All you have to do is watch movies from the greater Breen Era exclusively. Then, in the beginning of August, you can write an article about your thoughts on the experiment. It shouldn’t be hard for you, since I know how much you love old movies. Even if you think you’ll be too busy to write any articles for this event, I would be very grateful if you would read my announcement and consider reposting it on your website. Your articles get so much more traffic than mine do, and I could really use the publicity.
I hope you would agree to participate. I would be honored by your talent.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Hi Tiffany. Thanks for joining, I’ll add you to the list. Thank you for the invitation but I’m afraid I’m going to have decline. I am so busy at the moment at work and with other things, and I will be so for the next few months. As well as that, I have also already committed to a few other blogathons being held in July and August, and I highly doubt I will have time to fit another in. If anything changes and I do get some time though, I will think of a topic and let you know.
I will be happy to repost your announcement article on my blog after my Hitchcock blogathon has finished at the weekend. I wish you the best of luck with your event.
Have you and your sister considered applying to join the Classic Movie Blog Association? I joined last year. It is a group of bloggers who only write about classic era films and stars etc. I think you and your site would be a wonderful addition to the group. Here is the link for you to find more info and contact details. Joining the site could also help gain you some more followers and a wider audience.
http://clamba.blogspot.com/2009/10/classic-movie-blog-association-cmba.html.
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Dear Maddy,
I look forward to participating in your blogathon. I understand about being busy. Thank you for agreeing to republish my announcement! I appreciate it.
Thank you for the suggestion of joining the Classic Movie Blog Association. As a matter of fact, I have asked to join about three times, but I have never received any response. Since you are a member, I wonder if you could mention my membership to the administrators. I would really like to be a member, but for some reason my applications are not being received.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Thanks for understanding. That’s strange, normally you should hear back, even if it is to say you’ve not been accepted. I’d email again, but check the website to make sure you had the correct email.
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Here it is.
https://downthesemeanstreetsblog.blogspot.com/2018/07/notorious-1946.html
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Thanks! Can’t wait to read this.
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A couple of days early but here is my post.
http://midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com/2018/07/al-and-norm-match-made-in-hell.html
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Thanks Quiggy. Can’t wait to read this.
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Excellent reviews on both films, Quiggy. I hadn’t been told of the two twists in Psycho when I first saw it, so when the shower scene and the mother reveal arrived I was so shocked and just sat there stunned. It still shocks me whenever I watch it now, even though I know full well what happens.
Hitchcock was a good film and it was fun seeing the making of this classic in that film. Anthony Hopkins is good as Hitch(and the make-up is incredible). I thought Toby Jones was good as Hitchcock too in The Girl, which is about the making of The Birds.
Thanks so much for joining. Sorry I can’t leave a comment on your site! I am finding I can comment on blogs that have name and URL options available.
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I just watched my first Hitchcock movie on Sunday (The Man Who Knew Too Much) and I loved it! But, since I only have seen the one, I won’t participate this year. Maybe if you do it next year. 🙂
But, I will enjoy reading the entries! 😀
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You are more than welcome to join and review this film if you want to. It would interesting to get your thoughts as a first time viewer too.
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Hm… that’s a good idea. I’ll take you up on that! 😀
Movies Meet Their Match
https://moviesmeetmatch.blogspot.com/
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Glad to have you taking part. Which Man Who Knew Too Much version will you review? The 1934 or 1956 version?
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Hey Maddy. This is my post on Dial M for Murder:
https://www.cinemaessentials.com/2018/04/dial-m-for-murder-1954-hitchcock-review.html
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Thanks, Jay.
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my review for rear window(https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.blog/2018/07/05/rear-window/)thanks for hosting wonderful event
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Thanks
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Here’s my post for the first of your blogathons… https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/wee-reviews/suspicion-s1-ep-1-four-oclock-1957/ from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
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Thanks, Gill.
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Hey Maddy, I just uploaded my post here: https://silverscreenings.org/2018/07/05/alfred-hitchcocks-experimental-movie-as-stageplay/
Looking forward to this! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Ruth.
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Hi, Maddy. Here’s my questionable effort… https://brianlageose.blog/2018/07/06/i-never-knew-you-could-do-that-with-a-chicken/
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Thanks so much, Brian.
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Hello, Maddy, here is my post for the blogathon: https://dbmoviesblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/the-second-annual-alfred-hitchcock-blogathon-the-birds-1963/
Thank you for hosting, it is such a delight to read all the entries already available.
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Thanks so much.
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Sorry, Maddy. It’s not letting me reply up there. And sorry for the late notice. I’ll do the 1956 version.
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Thanks for letting me know.
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Dear Maddy,
Here is the link to my article on “Rebecca:” https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/day-6-of-cleanmoviemonth-rebecca-from-1940/. This article is from yesterday, but I have been unable to send it to you until now. Thank you for letting me participate in your blogathon. I hope it is a big success!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Thanks so much, Tiffany.
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