Happy New Year to you all. I would like to invite you all to join me this April to celebrate Stewart Granger. Stewart Granger was born James Lablache Stewart, in Kensington, London, on the 6th of May 1913.Changing his name(we can’t have more than one Jimmy Stewart after all) to Stewart Granger, he would go on to become one of the biggest film stars of the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s.
Stewart was one of the most intense and handsome leading men of the classic film era. With that distinctive voice of his, coupled with his smouldering good looks and intense presence, Stewart Granger is someone who you don’t forget in a hurry.

Stewart Granger in Footsteps In The Fog. Screenshot by me.
Stewart worked in his native Britain for much of his career. Gainsborough melodramas were the films in which he first gained fame. He would go on to become a big star in America too. He could play gentle and romantic men, as well as brooding and dark villains or troubled men. He was married to Jean Simmons for ten years.
For this blogathon you can write about any of Stewart’s films or TV appearances. You can write about the films he made with Jean Simmons. You can focus on his British or his American film career. You can write a tribute to him. If you ever met or corresponded with him you can write about that experience too. If you have never seen one of his films before, why not take this opportunity to finally do so?
The blogathon will be held on the 13th and 14th of April, 2019. Please post your entries on or before those dates. I will accept just the two duplicates per screen title. You may post up to three entries each if you wish to do so.
Take one of the banners below to place on your site to help promote the event. Let me know what you want to write about below. Check the participation list below to see which titles have been claimed. Have fun writing about Stewart and watching his films.
The Participation List
Maddy Loves Her Classic Films: Caravan
Pale Writer: Love Story and Footsteps In The Fog
Pleasant Street: The Man In Grey
Realweegiemidgetreviews: The Wild Geese
The Stop Button: Moonfleet
Mikestakeonthemovies: The Secret Invasion
Dubsism: King Solomon’s Mines
Catftan Woman: The Last Hunt
MovieRob: Sodom And Gomorrah and The Secret Invasion
The Midnite Drive-In: North To Alaska
Poppity: Scaramouche and Fanny By Gaslight
Critica Retro: Salome
In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: The Little Hut
Hi Maddy! May I please write about Stewart’s performance in Love Story?
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Of course you can. Lovely film.
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Thank you 😊
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I’d like to tackle The Man in Grey
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It’s all yours.
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Hi Maddy, and Happy New Year from Portland,Oregon. We do like our Stewart Granger, all the way back to “North To Alaska” and “King Solomon’s Mines”. Here’s a nugget for ya:my late brother-in-law worked with him in 1964 on a made-in-Yugoslavia, German produced western called “Flaming Frontier” (I’ve never seen it). Had a great time, and said Granger was a wonderful raconteur. Many years later my sis was shopping in her local market (in Pacific Paliades, California and she saw Granger. She didn’t want to bother him, figuring he would never remember someone he’d met a few times decades earlier. Sure enough he walked up and said “What, are you stuck up or something?” and gave her a hug. Great guy. Meanwhile, have you seen “Mary Poppins Returns” or “Roma”? Cheers, Mark
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Happy New Year, Mark. Great story there about Stewart. Not seen either of those films yet but really want to.
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Hi there, can you add me with The Wild Geese (1978)? thanks Gill from Realweegiemidget Reviews
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It’s all yours.
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Thanks xx Hope you having a lovely New Year so far…
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Oooh. Can I do MOONFLEET for The Stop Button?
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You certainly can, Andrew. Happy New Year to you.
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Happy New Year!
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Great idea. Love to feature Granger on a regular basis so how about The Secret Invasion from 1964.
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It’s all yours. Not familiar with that one, so am looking forward to reading about that! Happy New Year, Mike.
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If the world is ready for “Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies: King Solomon’s Mines,” I’m ready to do it 🙂
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The world is ready and waiting. 😉
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Hi. Stewart Granger, eh? H’m. Put me down for the TV movie Any Second Now.
https://www.caftanwoman.com/
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It’s all yours, Paddy.
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Im In! Can I do Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) and The Secret Invasion (1964)?
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They’re all yours. Happy New Year.
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Another chance to cover a John Wayne movie. Please let me have North to Alaska.
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It’s all yours, Quiggy. Happy New Year.
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Hey there, Maddy! I would love to write on ‘Fanny by Gaslight’. If no one signs up for it, I would also like to take ‘Scaramouche’. 😊
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They are all yours!
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A very nice tribute Maddy! The best wishes to you for the new year. Cheers!
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Thanks, John. Happy New Year to you too.
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A light bulb went on over my head and I’d like to change my Granger selection to The Last Hunt. I hope this is okay.
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It sure is. Will change it.
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Thanks a lot. I promise that it is settled.
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Can I write about Salome (1953), please?
Thanks!
Le from Critica Retro
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It’s all yours. Welcome to the blogathon.
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Hello Maddy, may I write about ‘Scaramouche’ too? Thanks!
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Sure!
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Thank you!
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Hello Maddy, I’m sorry but I’m going to have to pull out of the blogathon. Something unexpected has come up this week that won’t leave me any time to write. Sorry again and I hope I can take part in the next one.
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No worries. Thanks for letting me know. Take care.
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Hey Maddy. I’m sailing abroad on the 16th, but I would have time for this blogathon. I don’t recall ever seeing a Stewart Granger movie, but I really want to see “The Little Hut” ( 1957 ). Can you put me down for that? I will have my article published early.
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Sure.
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Thanks Maddy. I’m looking forward to finally watching this movie. It’s been on my “Must Watch” list for ages.
By the way, I announced another blogathon the other night. I would love to invite you to join in. Here is the link if interested.
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/announcing-the-rosalind-russell-blogathon/
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Hiya Maddy! Here is my entry for ‘Fanny by Gaslight’. 🙂
https://poppitytalksclassicfilm.wordpress.com/2019/04/11/classic-film-talk-fanny-by-gaslight-1944/
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Thanks, Erica. Can’t wait to read it.
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