Classic Chops: August 10th

Good news, everyone!  We’re back with another edition of “Classic Chops”…


Site Name: The Lady Eve's Reel Life
aka 'Ann Newton' of "Shadow of a Doubt"
Submitted by: The Lady Eve's Reel Life

Site Name: Where Danger Lives

50 Greatest Sci-Fi Poster Countdown

50-41

40-31

30-21

20-11

10-1

Submitted by: Top 10 Films

Site Name: Silver Emulsion

The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)

Submitted by: Silver Emulsion

Site Name: Plutonium Shores

Charlie: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Submitted by: Plutonium Shores

Site Name: FilmClassics

Oscar Worthy Performances ~ Without the Oscar (II)

Submitted by: FilmClassics

Site Name: Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog

Interview with Silent Film Accompanist Jeff Rapsis

Submitted by: Out of the Past ~ A Classic Film Blog

Site Name: Garbo Laughs

’50s Monster Mash Blogathon: 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Submitted by: True Classics: The ABCs of Classic Film

This last entry (and a previous entry from last week at The Most Beautiful Fraud in the World) was one of forty essays contributed to the Monster Mash Blogathon held this past July 28-August 2 at Forgotten Classics of Yesteryear, an event that featured participation from several of the LAMB’s classic movie blog members.  In fact, there are a number of upcoming blogathons of interest to film fans coming up in the near future—one of which will commemorate the recent centennial birthday of director Nicholas Ray and will be hosted by Cinema Viewfinder from September 5-8.  Interested LAMBs are encouraged to mosey on over to that blog for the skinny on all the details.

On a personal note, I want to thank each and every one of you good people who take the time to e-mail your submissions to me every week to keep Classic Chops healthy and running strong—the response has been simply tremendous, and there have been times in the past when I’ve had to “hold over” people’s contributions due to the sheer volume of entries.  Rest assured, if you’ve sent me something in the past and it hasn’t shown up yet I’ve definitely got it in the queue…and if the support for this feature continues I may have beef up the weekly slots another notch or two.  Even though I originally set the criterion at films released in 1965 and before, I have “cheated” a little and included films after that date that I don’t think too many people would dispute are “classics.”  Simply send your submissions to classicchops@gmail.com by August 16 at 6:00pm EST…and any questions, comments, suggestions and baseball pennants should be addressed to that same e-mail address as well.

As always…until next time…see you at the movies!