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ANNOUNCEMENT:  The British Empire Blogathon!

9/13/2014

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They said that the sun never sets on the British Empire;  well,  in a different sense it did, as it no longer exists.  There was a lot of amazing cross-pollination of cultures and ideas at that time,  with poetry, literature and art extolling the virtues of Queen Victoria and her predecessors & successors.  Films were made from the earliest days of the art,  and a great many of them are legendary, with some of the best actors in history!

They said that the sun never sets on the British Empire;  well,  in a different sense it did, as it no longer exists.  There was a lot of amazing cross-pollination of cultures and ideas at that time,  with poetry, literature and art extolling the virtues of Queen Victoria and her predecessors & successors.  Films were made from the earliest days of the art,  and a great many of them are legendary, with some of the best actors in film history!

We love these movies!  They're like cowboy pictures with monocles,  wild adventures at what the English perceived to be the farthest frontiers of the Earth.  We'd love to see what everyone has seen,  and to read what you all have to say about this great stuff!  I'm sure there are bunches I haven't thought of.

The event is scheduled for November 14th through the 17th;  we're looking forward to your pick (or picks!  The more the merrier) !

Contact me HERE to join, or contact  Jeff at The Stalking Moon HERE.  You may also place the request in the comments section with this post.  Feel free to ask any questions that you may have.  Please include the title and link to your blog, contact information and of course the title of the film(s) you'd like to cover; also include a link to this post in your review and also to Jeff's post, HERE,  and use one of the banners below in the post.

A few rules of the game:

  • Films set during the British Empire, particularly with archetypal British characters and subjects.
  • No duplicates, but different versions of the same films are ok.
  • Films made pre-1980, with bonus karma points for those filmed while the empire was in existence.
  • While grinding political axes is ok, to a great extent we would prefer that the films be chosen because they are cool and exciting to watch, in the same way that Westerns and Foreign Legion films are.  That doesn't mean that the Brits have to be the good guys!
  • The more stiff-upper-lip and "I say, old chap", the better!

There are bonus points for films set in less commonly-thought of places;  Australia, for instance,  and Canada (Mountie pictures, especially about the Riel rebellion against the Crown)...film people are so varied, it's exciting to see what you watch! 

This is the first Blogathon event for both of us, so we're including ourselves (and because it's our kind of fun!).  We hope you enjoy this event!
 
Some Suggestions:
  • Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
  • Those Magnificent Men in
               their Flying Machines (1965)
  • Bengal Brigade (1954)
  • Saskatchewan (1954)
  • The Little Princess (1939)
  • Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
  • The Naked Prey (1965)

So many others, too!
  • The Scarlet Coat (1955)
  • Zulu Dawn (1979)
  • Sanders of the River (1935)
  • Khartoum (1966)
  • Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
  • Stanley and Livingston (1939)
  • The Drum (1938)

CONTRIBUTORS:

SPEAKEASY
- The Man Who Would be king (1975)
MOVIES SILENTLY - The Four Feathers, the 1929 & 1939 versions
Thrilling Days of Yesteryear - Carry On...Up the Khyber (1968)
SILVER SCREENINGS - The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Tipping My Fedora - The Letter (1940)
Tales of the Easily Distracted - Gunga Din (1939)
Mikes Take on the Movies - Royal Flash (1975)
Girls Do Film - The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
A Person in the Dark - The Letter (1929)
CITIZEN SCREEN - The Little Princess (1917)
Critica Retro - The Rains Came (1939)
Silver Scenes - Kim (1950) and Flame Over India (1959)
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier - Black Narcissus (1947)
CAFTAN WOMAN - The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Mildred's Fatburgers - Zulu (1964)
Kevin's Movie Corner - The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Sometimes They Go to Eleven - The Chess Players (1977) & Breaker Morant (1980)
Moon in Gemini - Young Winston (1972)
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings - King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
Classic Movie Hub - Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Stalking Moon (guest post by Jerry Entract) - The Drum (1938)
History on Film - The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Shameless Pile of Stuff - Khartoum (1966)
Random Pictures -
The Heart of the Matter (1953)
The Stalking Moon - Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Phantom Empires - Three Sergeants of Bengal (1964)
A banner, old chap?
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46 Comments
Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. link
9/13/2014 12:18:48 pm

I really shouldn't commit to this - since I promised myself I'd taper off - but this would give me a chance to watch the 1929 version of <b>The Four Feathers</b>, so count me in.

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Clayton
9/13/2014 12:46:48 pm

Hey there, that one is already taken by Movies Silently (as well as the 1939 version).

Do you have another choice perhaps?

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Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. link
9/13/2014 12:53:32 pm

How about <b>Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)</b>? I'm pretty sure no one's thought of that one.

Clayton
9/13/2014 01:27:11 pm

Ivan, it's yours, and, if I may say, a smashing choice!

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Silver Screenings link
9/13/2014 02:04:41 pm

This may be a stretch, but could I do "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"?

Great idea for a blogathon! This will be fun.

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Clayton
9/13/2014 02:24:05 pm

It's yours! Thanks for signing up! :)

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Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) link
9/13/2014 05:40:01 pm

Sounds great - could you put me down for A PASSAGE TO INDIA (1984) and THE LETTER (1941)?

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Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) link
9/13/2014 05:41:57 pm

Sorry, what a dunderhead - PASSAGE TO INDIA is after the cut-off point - is THE LETTER from 1941 OK though?

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Clayton
9/14/2014 02:49:07 am

THE LETTER is perfect! Welcome aboard, sir!

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Aurora link
9/14/2014 01:10:57 am

Jolly good! How about THE KING AND I? If that doesn't meet your criteria then I'll choose another. :)

Aurora

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Clayton
9/14/2014 02:50:39 am

Hey there! I'm sorry, it's a lovely film, but a bit outside the fence; do you have another?

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Aurora
9/14/2014 02:54:08 am

LOL! I tried. :)

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Mike Perry link
9/14/2014 06:36:23 am

I would love to join in with Royal Flash if you think it's appropriate.

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Clayton
9/14/2014 06:41:37 am

I say old chap, I believe you've got it!

!975, McDowell, Reed? Oh, yes.

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Mike Perry
9/14/2014 06:47:29 am

Champion! Champion!

GirlsDoFilm link
9/14/2014 07:02:22 am

Great idea for a blogathon, and I'd love to write about The Charge of the Light Brigade, if it hasn't already been taken?

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Clayton
9/14/2014 07:15:52 am

Certainly! But which version? 1936, 1968, or both?

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FlickChick link
9/14/2014 07:37:19 am

A little late to the party - how about The Letter (1929 version)?

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Clayton
9/14/2014 07:41:48 am

The 1929 version is yours!

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Le link
9/14/2014 10:30:30 am

Hi! Could I write about The Rains Came?
I'm Le from the blog Critica Retro :)
Greetings!

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Clayton
9/14/2014 10:39:36 am

The Rains Came 1939 is all yours! Welcome!

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Constance Metzinger link
9/14/2014 12:35:19 pm

By george, this is a jipper! Plummy good idea, I say. Would it be unsporting to choose two films? There are two of us afterall. Double trouble, what what. If it's jolly well okay, then here are our picks :
Kim ( 1950 ) and Flame Over India ( 1959 ).

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Clayton
9/14/2014 01:41:09 pm

If madame requires two fillums, then, by Jove, two fillums she shall have!

Welcome to the show!

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Beth link
9/16/2014 11:52:40 pm

Please, sirs, may I take ZULU (1964)?

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Clayton
9/17/2014 01:14:58 am

Indeed you may! I was wondering who might nab that! :)

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Beth link
9/17/2014 02:52:22 am

Hurrah! Capital.

Jenni link
9/18/2014 09:35:17 am

I'd love to write about Brief Encounter, as it falls in the time frame of the British Empire, the doctor going to Kenya eventually. I write two blogs a week for our local newspaper and the Friday post is about a classic movie. Put me down for Nov. 14th-thanks!

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Clayton
9/18/2014 09:46:00 am

I'm sorry, but Brief Encounter isn't suitable for this particular blogathon; there's nothing particularly about the Empire about it. It's basically just an English film...the fact that the guy is going to South Africa is secondary...he could be going anywhere. :)

If you're intent on writing about it, there's a "Stage to screen" blogathon, and that would suit this film just fine.

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Giles link
9/19/2014 06:10:27 am

Capital idea for a blogathon.

I'm feeling decidedly greedy at the prospect. Might I bag two films?

I'd like Breaker Morant and The Chess Players

Giles

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Clayton
9/19/2014 08:03:22 am

Not at all, sirrah! Those two are yours!

Please check the blog name and link for accuracy, would you?
There's a good chap. :)

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Debbie Vega link
9/21/2014 05:24:25 am

Would Barry Lyndon be acceptable? I would love to write about it.

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Clayton
9/21/2014 05:41:20 am

Hi, Debbie! I do love that film, but it isn't quite what we're looking for. Do you have another choice? We'd love to have you on board. :)

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Debbie Vega link
9/21/2014 08:10:41 am

How about Young Winston? My parents took me to see it when I was a kid and I haven't seen it since. I think it would be fun to revisit after all this time.

Clayton
9/21/2014 08:25:54 am

Smashing choice! Right up the proverbial alley. It's yours.

Andrew link
9/26/2014 04:50:46 pm

Hello, I would like to write about The Charge of the Light Brigade, the 1936 version, if it has not been taken.

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Clayton
9/26/2014 07:45:44 pm

Great! It's yours! Thanks for joining in.

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David Inman link
10/6/2014 05:24:57 am

Is it too late for me to jump in with "Laughter in Paradise"? Thanks!

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Clayton
10/6/2014 06:38:40 am

Hi! I'm sorry, that isn't a film about the British Empire, that's a British film about English people in England. We're looking for things about the Empire as a colonial & nationalist entity...GUNGA DIN, ZULU, ETC.

Do you have another pick?

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Graduated Cylinder link
10/20/2014 03:20:38 am

Hello! I think Khartoum (1966) is still not taken! Could I write about it?

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Clayton
10/20/2014 05:56:13 am

Of course! It's a great pick, thanks!

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Amy Johnson link
10/25/2014 08:16:04 am

Might I cover "The Heart of the Matter" (1953)? Smashing idea for a blogathon! :-)

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Clayton
10/25/2014 10:11:25 am

Sure! Sounds fine. :)

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Silver Screenings link
11/14/2014 11:52:15 am

Clayton, dear chap! I've posted about Colonel Blimp here: http://silverscreenings.org/2014/11/14/winston-churchill-vs-colonel-blimp/
Looking forward to reading all these entries!

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Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) link
11/15/2014 06:42:54 pm

I've now posted my review of the 1940 version of THE LETTER - thanks for all the hosting Clayton!

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Debra Vega link
11/15/2014 10:42:01 pm

My post about Young Winston is up!

Loving all the great articles!

http://debravega.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/the-british-empire-in-film-blogathon-young-winston-1972/#more-4639

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Minoo @ Classic Movie Hub link
11/17/2014 12:22:22 am

Hello. Here is my contribution for the Blogathon, my post on Lawrence of Arabia.

http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/british-empire-in-film-blogathon-lawrence-of-arabia/

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