Announcing the John Ford Blogathon

My friend, Anna, sent me a copy of the Ford at Fox box set on the condition that we run a John Ford Blogathon. Anna blogs over at Bemused and Nonplussed.

I don't have a snappy title--"Print the Legend" was taken by a blogathon a couple of years ago and I don't want to nick that. So "The John Ford Blogathon" it is. If you want to participate, please leave your name and your blog in the comments and tell me what you want to write about. You can write about more than one thing. This is going to be a week-long affair. It will run July 7-July 13.

For myself, I'm planning on writing about How Green Was My Valley and probably some of Ford's work from the 1930s (since I have that shiny new box set), but all periods of his work are fair game. Entirely up to you. Duplicates are allowed, but if you want to shy away from repeating anyone, here's what folks want to write about:

The participants thus far:

Krell Laboratories (right here, as it so happens)--How Green Was My Valley and probably some other stuff.

Bemused and Nonplussed--the Ford at Fox box

Movies, Silently--Bucking Broadway

The Joy and Agony of Movies--They Were Expendable

Critica Retro--The Iron Horse

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear--Prisoner of Shark Island

Caftan Woman--The Informer

Vintage Cameo--My Darling Clementine

Outspoken and Freckled--The Quiet Man

21 Essays--Wagon Master

Directed by John Ford (tentative)--TBA

We Have the Stars--Wee Willie Winkie

Silver Screenings--The Sun Shines Bright

Phantom Empires--The Blue Eagle

Public Transportation Snob--She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The Grim Reader--The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Girls Do Film--The Grapes of Wrath

The Girl with the White Parasol--Young Mister Lincoln and/or The Whole Town's Talking

Microbrewed Reviews--The Searchers (and tentatively, Donovan's Reef)

The Round Place in the Middle--Drums Along the Mohawk

Mayerson on Animation--Submarine Patrol

Movie Fanfare--Up the River

The Great Katharine Hepburn--Mary Queen of Scots and Ford and Kate

Once Upon a Screen--Rio Grande (and maybe The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)

Mildred's Fatburgers--The Lost Patrol

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog--The Horse Soldiers

Dammaged Goods--Donovan's Reef

Christy's Inkwell--Maureen O'Hara and John Ford

The Stop Button--The Whole Town's Talking

She Blogged by Night--Fort Apache

Ferdy on Films/This Island Rod--TBD

Curtsies and Hand Grenades--Young Mister Lincoln and/or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

All Things Kevyn--10 Favorite Lesser-known John Ford Films

The Suesue Applegate Blog--The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence

The Cinema Packrat--TBD

David Meuel--Women in John Ford

Barry Bradford--Young Mr. Lincoln

Cary Grant Won't Eat You--Mister Roberts

Portraits by Jenni--Sergeant Rutledge

Tom Price--The Last Hurrah and/or The Horse Soldiers

Anyway, here are some banners.

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