Since it is now June, here at PEPS, we are planning for July, #CleanMovieMonth. For the past two years, we have dedicated this whole month to the Motion Picture Production Code and the twenty years (1934-1954) when Joseph I. Breen’s leadership of the Production Code Administration (PCA) created decent films for everyone. As the highlight of this annual celebration, each year we host a blogathon around July 15, the anniversary of the PCA’s official formation. This blogathon has a different Code-centered theme each year. While we will wait until later in June to announce our plans for celebrating #CleanMovieMonth, we are announcing this year’s Code anniversary blogathon now!
In honor of the 86th anniversary of the PCA’s formation on July 15, 1934, we are hosting the Code Classics Blogathon! This blogathon is about the Code versions of classic literary works. Shakespeare plays, Dickens novels, Sherlock Holmes short stories, Victor Hugo novels, and iconic tales like Phantom of the Opera have been adapted in numerous formats, including dozens of film adaptions. Many of these iconic stories were made as Hollywood movies during the American Breen Era (1934-1954). This blogathon is dedicated to celebrating Code films of classic literature.
The Code Classics Blogathon will take place July 14-17. If you want to join, please read the below rules and then leave a comment, specifying your choice.
- Participants can write about one or more Code classics. Eligible films are those released between July 1934 and 1954.
- Note: These movies must be American. British films or foreign movies from any other country do not count as Code movies even if distributed in the United States during those twenty years. For example, neither the 1948 Oliver Twist nor the 1948 Anna Karenina qualifies as a Code film, since both were British productions.
- Code films reviewed must be adaptions of classic books, short stories, plays, or even poems. These adaptions don’t have to be faithful to source material to qualify.
- Participants may write as many entries as they choose.
- You may also compare a Code adaption of a story to its original source material or to an adaption from a different time period.
- There are no restrictions on duplicates, since everyone has a unique opinion on any film.
- Please include a link to this post and one of the blogathon banners on your post.
- Send us the link to your article(s) on July 14-17! Let us know if you need to post earlier or later.
- Start by leaving a comment below saying you want to join and tell us your proposed topic, if you have chosen one. If you have any questions about what films are eligible, just ask us in the comment section!
- Please help us spread the word about this blogathon with the banners below!
Here are the banners for this blogathon. Please use them in your posts and to help us advertise this event!
Current Roster of Participants:
- Tiffany Brannan of PEPS – Les Miserables (1935)
- Rebekah Brannan of PEPS – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
- J-Dub of Dubsism – The Three Musketeers (1948)
- MovieCritic of Movies Meet Their Match – The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- Ruth of Silver Screenings – Pride and Prejudice (1940)
- Rebecca Deniston of Taking Up Room – The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1950)
- Charity of The Sacred in the Secular – The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
- Joe Jordan – So Big (1953)
- Sally Silverscreen of 18 Cinema Lane – To Be Announced
- Eva Schon of Coffee, Classics, and Craziness – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- Gabriela of Pale Writer – To Be Announced
- Crystal Kalyana of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood – To Each His Own (1946)
Please join the Code Classics Blogathon today! We’ll see you in #CleanMovieMonth!
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Hi Tiffany and Rebekah, I’ve uploaded my entry here: https://silverscreenings.org/2020/07/08/the-cutthroat-marriage-business/
This will be fun! Thanks for organizing. 🙂
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Dear Ruth,
What an excellent entry! I just read it, and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to including this on the roster when the blogathon begins!
Yours Hopefilly,
Tiffany Brannan
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Hi Tiffany. I would like to sign up with “To Each His Own” ( 1946 ), if that’s okay?
My blog: In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood.
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Dear Crystal,
It’s wonderful to hear from you! I’ve looked at your blog lately and found it to be quite dormant. I’m glad to know that you are alright. I am so happy that you would like to join the blogathon. I just watched “To Each His Own” for the first time myself this week for the Olivia de Havilland Blogathon, which was hosted by Charity of The Sacred in the Secular. It just wasn’t the same without you as the host, although I am very glad that Charity, a new friend, hosted the celebration in your absence. I’ll put you down for “To Each His Own,” an excellent choice, and look forward to reading your article!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Does Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea count? It was released in December of 1954.
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Dear Eva,
That definitely counts as a Code film! I have watched that movie, and it is a great choice! Shall I add you to the roster with that film?
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Yes, I’ll review it!
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Dear Eva,
That’s wonderful! Happy Independence Day!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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What a great idea for a blogathon! I am planning on participating in the Clean Movie Month blogathon, so this is a perfect addition to the line-up on my blog! Right now, I don’t know what I’ll write about, but I will let you know as soon as possible. Speaking of blogathons, I’m hosting a blogathon that will take place in November. Here’s the link if you’re interested:
https://18cinemalane.com/2020/05/30/a-blogathon-to-be-thankful-for-coming-soon-to-a-blog-near-you/
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Dear Sally,
Thank you! I’m so glad that you are joining this blogathon and #CleanMovieMonth2020! You added so much to the event last year. I look forward to reading your entries this year. I added your name to the roster.
Thank you for telling me about your blogathon! You are really planning ahead for the holidays! It’s smart to announce a blogathon a few months in advance. I always wait until about a month before. I definitely want to join. I always want to join new blogathons, and this is a great topic! I will leave a comment on that post to tell you my topic.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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May I write something up on The Hound of the Baskervilles (starring Basil Rathbone)?
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Dear Charity,
That sounds wonderful! Thank you so much for joining. I just watched “The Hound of the Baskervilles” for the first time myself. I look forward to reading your review on it! I will add you to the roster.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Awesome! I’ll add the banner promoting the Blogathon to my sidebar. 🙂
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Here’s my entry: https://charitysplace.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/the-code-classics-blogathon-death-by-hellhound-or-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1939/
Thanks for letting me participate! 🙂
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Hi, Tiffany and Rebekah–this is such a great idea! I’d like to write about “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad,” if that’s OK. 🙂
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Dear Rebecca,
We’re glad that you like this topic! Thank you for wanting to join. “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad” is a wonderful idea. I remember seeing the “Wind in the Willows” section of this film after renting it from the library when I was about five years old. I have seen it since then, so I look forward to reading your review of it!
By the way, we would also love your participation in #CleanMovieMonth2020, our celebration of Code films throughout July (https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/announcing-cleanmoviemonth2020/). Even if you only join with one or two articles, we would love your participation!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Great, thanks, Tiffany! And yes, thank you, that would be great. I have a couple of reviews lined up that would work–“Moon Over Miami” and “Stagecoach,” if that’s OK.
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Dear Rebecca,
That sounds great! I look forward to reading them!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Hi Tiffany and Rebekah! I’d love to join, and will get back to you tomorrow with my choice.
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Dear Ruth,
That’s great! We’ll add you to the roster as To Be Decided and add your topic when you’ve chosen it. Thank you for joining!
By the way, I wanted to invite you to participate in #CleanMovieMonth2020 (https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2020/06/09/announcing-cleanmoviemonth2020/), our month-long celebration of Code films during July. Even if you only participate with one or two articles, we would love for you to join!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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I’d like to tackle Pride and Prejudice (1940), if not already taken.
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Dear Ruth,
That sounds wonderful! What a great choice. I’ve added you to the roster.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Hello, Brannans!
This sounds like a great blogathon! It’s a blend of two of my favorite things. I don’t know what I’ll review yet, but I’ll think about it and you can definitely count me in!
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That’s wonderful! We’re so glad that you like this topic. We’ll add you to the roster with your topic to be announced. We look forward to hearing your topic choice!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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I finally decided! I would like to do The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and talk about how it compares to the book. Thank you so much! I’ll also be participating in #CleanMovieMonth2020.
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That’s wonderful! I watched that movie for the first time a few months ago, and I was surprised by how much I loved it! I am eager to read your thoughts on it. #CleanMovieMonth2020 starts tomorrow, and I am excited about reading your contributions!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Would MGM’s 1948 release of “The Three Muskeeters” qualify for your event? If so, I would like to join!
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Dear J,
Yes, that would be perfect! Thank you so much for signing up for our blogathon! You’re the first participant! We’re looking forward to reading your post.
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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Outstanding. Thank you for allowing my participation! I’ve update my blog-a-thon page to include it!
https://dubsism.com/2020-movie-blog-a-thons/
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Thank you for adding our blogathon! We appreciate the publicity. I’m looking forward to your blogathon this week, The Disaster-a-thon!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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