In commemoration of Ethel Barrymore’s, 136th Birthday on August 15th, I’m hosting
, The Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon, a blogging event for film
enthusiast bloggers to coalesce by paying tribute to the ‘Royal family of Hollywood’, known as the fabulous Barrymore’s. Ethel Barrymore has been my third favorite actress for many years, and being an ardent supporter
of Ethel, I’m also very passionate about John and Lionel. To me, the Barrymore siblings are very underrated, and definitely deserve more recognition than what they have received during the years, so for the special
day, I thought I would honor the Barrymore’s by hosting
a blogathon, dedicated to the entire Barrymore family, starting
from Louisa Lane Drew and continuing
on to the present day with John’s granddaughter, Drew Barrymore.
BLOGATHON RULES:
1. You can write about any subject relating to the Barrymore’s, or any movie from the filmography of any member from the Barrymore family of actors. The choice
is yours
. As long as the topic relates to any aspect of the Barrymore’s or their career
, it’s more than welcome.
2. Duplicates are welcome. While many blogathons don’t allow duplicates, I’m more than happy to have more than one person blogging about the same subject.
3. To express your interest in participating
in the blogathon, leave a comment on my blog, along with the name of your
blog, and the subject you wish to cover, or send me an email
at: carolelombardforever yahoo
.com. If you decide to register
by email
, please be sure to include the name of your
blog, and the topic you wish to cover. Once you get confirmation
, please spread the word
about this blogathon by advertising the event on your blog. Below are a few banners, so grab yourself a banner, and let’s celebrate the indelible Barrymore’s.
ROSTER, WITH THE LIST OF PARTICIPATING BLOGS:
http://silverscreenings.wordpress.com/: Twentieth Century ( 1934 )
http://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/: Ever After ( 1998 )
http://kelleepratt.com/: Outspoken And Freckled: Grand Hotel( 1932 )
http://thegreatkh.blogspot.co.uk/: You Can’t Take It With You ( 1938 )
http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/: John Barrymore’s marriage to Elaine Barrie.
http://mercurie.blogspot.com/: Lionel Barrymore as Mr. Potter in ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ ( 1946 )
http://www.criterionblues.com/: Jaid Barrymore. The Last Days Of Disco ( 1998 )
https://girlsdofilm.wordpress.com/: Riding In Cars With Boys ( 2001 )
http://onceuponascreen.wordpress.com/: Rasputin And The Empress ( 1932 )
http://bnoirdetour.wordpress.com/: Lionel Barrymore as James Temple in ‘Key Largo’ ( 1948 )
http://apersoninthedarkwww.flickchick1953.blogspot.com/: ‘Keeping Up With The Barrymore’s’. A wink of how they might fare in the day of reality TV.
http://debravega.wordpress.com/: The Wedding Singer ( 1998 )
http://serendipitousanachronisms.wordpress.com/: Grey Gardens ( 2009 )
https://thatothercritic.wordpress.com/: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde ( 1920 )
http://www.thestopbutton.com/: Grand Hotel( 1932 )
http://theblondeatthefilm.wordpress.com/: Midnight ( 1939 )
http://nitrateglow.wordpress.com/: The Beloved Rogue ( 1927 )
http://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/: Portrait Of Jennie ( 1948 ) and Johnny Trouble ( 1957 )
http://criticaretro.blogspot.com/: Sherlock Holmes ( 1922 )
http://movieclassics.wordpress.com/: Dinner At Eight ( 1933 )
http://iheartingrid.wordpress.com/: Lionel Barrymore as James Temple in ‘Key Largo’ ( 1948 ) and John and Lionel Barrymore in ‘Grand Hotel’ ( 1932 )
http://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/: Reviews of a selection of John Barrymore’s classic movies, and a John Barrymore life story.
http://loveletterstooldhollywood.blogspot.com/: Duel In The Sun ( 1946 )
http://twentiethcenturygirl.wordpress.com/: You Can’t Take It With You ( 1938 )
http://popculturereverie.wordpress.com/: High School Confidential ( 1958 )
https://cinemavensessaysfromthecouch.wordpress.com/: Ethel Barrymore as Miss. Willey in ‘Night Song’ ( 1947 )
http://nowvoyaging.wordpress.com/: Arsene Lupin ( 1932 )
http://portraitsbyjenni.wordpress.com/: Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie in the ‘Dr. Kildare’ series
http://www.puregoldenclassics1951.blogspot.com/: Midnight ( 1939 )
http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.ca/: The Mysterious Island ( 1929 )
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/: None But The Lonely Heart ( 1944 )
http://dandayjr35.blogspot.com.au/: Svengali ( 1931 )
http://moviemovieblogblog.wordpress.com/: John Barrymore’s friendship with W.C Fields and The Bundy Drive Boys
https://hqofk.wordpress.com/: A Free Soul ( 1931 )
http://backtotheviewer.wordpress.com/: 50 First Dates ( 2004 )
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/: In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: Ethel Barrymore in ‘The Secret Of Convict Lake’ ( 1951 ) and “Night Song ( 1947 )
http://myclassicmovies.wordpress.com/: When A Man Loves ( 1927 )
http://www.caftanwoman.com/: Lionel Barrymore’s performance in ‘Down To The Sea In Ships’ ( 1949 )
http://www.darklanecreative.com/: John Drew Barrymore’s performance in ‘While The City Sleeps’ ( 1956 )
http://mibih.wordpress.com/: The Spiral Staircase ( 1946 )
http://www.shebloggedbynight.com/: West Of Zanzibar ( 1928 )
goosepimplyallover.wordpress.com: Pinky ( 1949 )
http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/: On Borrowed Time ( 1939 )
https://smittenkittenvintage.wordpress.com/: History of John Barrymore
http://www.barrybradford.com/blog: Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind ( 2002 )
http://twentyfourframes.wordpress.com/: Ethel Barrymore as Mrs. Warren in ‘The Spiral Staircase’ ( 1946 )
http://mikestakeonthemovies.wordpress.com/: Deadline USA ( 1952 )
http://cinematicfrontier.wordpress.com/: E.T ( 1982 )
http://home2hollywood.wordpress.com/: The Barrymore’s time in Philadelphia
http://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/: The Spiral Staircase ( 1946 )
http://movierob.wordpress.com/: Barrymore ( 2011 )
http://concentrationmoon.wordpress.com/: The Temptress ( 1926 )
http://grandoldmovies.wordpress.com/: John Barrymore in ‘The Great Profile’ and ‘The Invisible Woman’ ( 1940 )
http://everythingnoir.wordpress.com/: Lionel Barrymore in ‘Key Largo’ ( 1948 )
http://anotheroldmovieblog.blogspot.com/: “There Isn’t Anymore.”. The heritage of the Barrymore family.
http://365days365classiccinemareview.wordpress.com/: Overview of Lionel Barrymore’s career.
http://lecinemadreams.blogspot.com/: Drew Barrymore in ‘Everyone Says I Love You’ ( 1996 )
http://fourstarfilmfan.wordpress.com/: Grand Hotel ( 1932 ) and Dinner At Eight ( 1933 )
http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com/: Portrait Of Jennie ( 1948 )
http://psychotronicpaul.blogspot.com.au/: This Side Of Heaven ( 1934 )
http://twitter.com/CrimsonK1959: Drew Barrymore in ‘Music And Lyrics” ( 2007 )
http://makeminecriterion.wordpress.com/: Svengali ( 1931 )
http://twitter.com/Barry_Cinematic: The Devil Doll ( 1936 )
http://sistercelluloid.wordpress.com/: John Barrymore’s Gothic townhouse in Greenwich Village, that served as his residence between 1917 – 1920.
http://poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/: Pinky ( 1949 )
http://acidemic.blogspot.com/: Drinking with John Barrymore.
http://moviefanfare/: Too Much, Too Soon ( Biopic on John and Diana Barrymore. ) 1958.
http://carygrantwonteatyou.com/: Charlie’s Angels ( 2000 )
http://sacredcelluloid/: The Invisible Woman ( 1940 )
http://cultmovievault.wordpress.com/: The Mad Genius ( 1931 )
Thatclassicmovielife.wordpress.com/: Romeo And Juliet ( 1936 )
wordpress@classicmoviehub.com: You Can’t Take It With You ( 1938 )
http://www.mildredsfatburgers.com/: The Farmer’s Daughter ( 1947 )
Silverscreenmodes: A Free Soul ( 1931 )
http://100filmsinayear.wordpress.com/: Sherlock Holmes ( 1922 )
http://psychotronicpaul.blogspot.com/: WW1 era farce comedies of Mr. And Mrs. Sidney Drew.
http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/: John Barrymore and Carole Lombard in “True Confession” ( 1937 )
Thanks very much for the invitation! As a fan of movie musicals, I’d like to write about Drew Barrymore in Woody Allen’s “Everyone Says I Love You” 1996
My blog is: http://lecinemadreams.blogspot.com/
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Excellent choice. I’ve added you to the roster.
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I suspect others are writing on Grand Hotel and Dinner at Eight, but I would enjoy writing on those two if possible since I just recently saw them. My blog is 4 Star Films (https://fourstarfilmfan.wordpress.com/). Thank you for the invite!
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Both are excellent choices, and I’ve added you to the roster.
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Thanks for your feedback and invitation to revisit the Barrymore clan. My theme is: Drew Sings! (Music and Lyrics, Lucky You.)
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Excellent choice. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Thanks for the invite. This sounds like a great opportunity for me (Make Mine Criterion!) to finally write about Svengali! Okay?
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Excellent choice. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Hi, There! Thanks so much for the invite. I would like to review The Devil Doll, with Lionel Barrymore. Thanks! – Barry at Cinematic Catharsis
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You’re welcome. I’m glad that somebody is finally doing “The Devil Doll”. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Fantastic! Looking forward to taking part. It appears the link to my blog is broken, however. My blog link is: http://cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/
Thanks again!
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I’d love to do the story of John Barrymore’s gothic townhouse in Greenwich Village, where he lived from 1917 to 1920. It is about as Barrymore as it gets… 🙂
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Oh that is an excellent choice. Wonderful. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Mine shall be: “Drinking with John” – How Twentieth Century, Bill of Divorcement, Grand Hotel and Dinner at Eight are the ultimate bender quadrilogy – and also if you can find it, Frederic March as JB in THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (at acidemic.blogspot.com)
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Ok. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Greetings. I received your Barrymore Blogathon invitation and would like to sign up on behalf of MovieFanFare. On Friday 8/14 I’ll be reviewing the 1958 biodrama Too Much, Too Soon, starring Dorothy Malone as Diana Barrymore and Errol Flynn as her father, John Barrymore. We’ll put a banner up on our homepage by tomorrow. Thanks.
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Hi Gary. Great choice. I look forward to reading your piece on it. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Very cool idea for a blogathon. I don’t have a blog but I’ll be reading all the entries. I like the Barrymore brothers but I love Ethel a bit more. I’ve recently been able to catch up on many of her lesser known films through the double wonders of Youtube (Deadline U.S.A., Moss Rose & The Secret of Convict Lake) and TCM (Johnny Trouble & It’s a Big Country). Now if I could only find Just for You somewhere I’ll have seen her complete filmography not counting her silents.
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Has anyone snatched Charlie’s Angels yet?:) Great idea for a blogathon!
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Could I write about “The Invisible Woman” (1940)? It’s a strange, little send-up of Universal’s horror films, but features John Barrymore in one of his last film roles.
My blog’s web address is sacred-celluloid.blogspot.com.
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Hi Nick. Thanks. I’ve just added you to the roster. I accidentally sent you a message on your blog about the blogathon earlier, not knowing that you had already requested your choice
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Thanks for the invite: any chance of doing The Mad Genius (1931)?
BJR
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That’s not a problem. I’ve added you to the roster. Thanks for joining.
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Hi, I know it’s taken already, but if it’s okay with you, I’d like to do “You Can’t Take It With You”. It’s one of my all-time favorite movies. 🙂
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That’s not a problem with me. It’s a great choice, and I agree about the movie being a personal favorite. I highly treasure it too. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Hi!
Thanks so much for the invitation!
I’d be very interested in writing about the 1936 Romeo and Juliet.
Emily (thatclassicmovielife)
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Hey. Thanks for joining. Excellent choice. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Hi!
Can you change the link to my page as thatclassicmovielife.com?
Idk why it’s the 007 blog. That’s mine but something totally different.
Thanks!!
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No problems. I will change it right away. Thanks for letting me know.
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Hi!
I’m doing the 1936 Romeo and Juliet and it’s still listed as the understanding007 blog
I just wanted to check again and make sure you could change the link to my blog: thatclassicmovielife.wordpress.com
Thanks 🙂
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Hey. Sorry about that. I will change it right away.
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This looks fantastic! Unfortunately, I am moving house (and cities) around the time of the blogathon, so I won’t be able to participate. Thanks for the invite, and I look forward to reading everyone’s entries!
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Hi Maedez,
I’ve only just seen this message until now. The blogathon went well, and seeing that you weren’t able to participate in the Barrymore blogathon, I’ve just announced a new blogathon that you might be interested in? The link is below
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/in-the-good-old-days-of-classic-hollywood-presents-the-lauren-bacall-blogathon/
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Hi! May I take The Farmer’s Daughter (1947)?
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Excellent choice. I’ll add you to the roster.
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Sorry about my tardiness responding to your invite! May I be a second voice on Sherlock Holmes (1922), please? My blog’s address is 100filmsinayear.wordpress.com.
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Of course you can. It’s always good to have two takes on the same movie. Excellent choice, and I’ll add you to the roster.
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I would like to write a post about the WW1 era farce comedies of Mr. And Mrs. Sidney Drew. Sidney, who died in 1919, was an uncle of John, Ethel and Lionel.
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Great choice. I’ll add you to the roster.
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My blogathon entry about John Barrymore and the Bundy Drive Boys is posted at: https://moviemovieblogblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/30/a-short-history-of-john-barrymore-and-the-bundy-drive-boys/
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Thanks so much for that Steve. I’ll save it and exhibit it on my site on Wednesday, the day the blogathon opens. I’ve also seen that your hosting 2 blogathons. I’ll be right over to see what I can do for them.
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Hi, my post is up a few days early:
https://debravega.wordpress.com/2015/08/09/the-barrymore-trilogy-blogathon-the-wedding-singer/
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Thank you Debbie.
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Hi Crystal! Here is my contribution for Grey Gardens 2009! Thanks for hosting such a great event! Can’t wait to read everything
https://serendipitousanachronisms.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/the-barrymore-trilogy-blogathon-grey-gardens-2009/
-cheers!
Summer Reeves | Twitter: @kitschmeonce | Serendipitousanachronisms.wordpress.com
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You’re welcome. Thanks so much for participating.
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Hi there! I uploaded my post on Twentieth Century a bit early…I was so excited I couldn’t wait! 🙂
http://silverscreenings.org/2015/08/10/john-barrymore-how-to-suffer-nobly-for-art/
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No problems. I look forward to reading it. I will be setting up my new page on my blog to exhibit the entries first thing in the morning, so yours will be at the top.
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Sounds good! I will link to it when it’s up.
Thanks for organizing this. It’s about time the Barrymores had their own blogathon, for pete sake!
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I’ve always thought the Barrymore’s were underrated. I’ll send you the link when I post it.
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Hi. Sorry about not approving you. I didnt actually know you had joined up. So sorry about that. I will add your post to the roster. Thanks for participating. And once again sorryfor not approvin.
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I know it’s a little early, but I went ahead and published my post. Here’s the link:
http://loveletterstooldhollywood.blogspot.com/2015/08/jennifer-jones-and-greg-peck-cant-quit.html
Thanks for hosting this!
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Thanks Michaela.
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My review of None But the Lonely Heart is ready to go: http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2015/08/none-but-lonely-heart.html
Thanks for hosting!
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Thanks so much for participating. I’ll get that up for you
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My review for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial has been posted. You can find it here: https://cinematicfrontier.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial-1982/
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Thanks so much for participating. I’ll post it up.
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Here’s my contribution: https://movierob.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/barrymore-trilogy-blogathon-barrymore-2011/
tnx, learned a lot from this movie!
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Thanks so much for participating. I’ll post it up.
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Tnx for the invitation!
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Here’s my post on The Farmer’s Daughter: http://www.mildredsfatburgers.com/the-blog/these-days-they-yell-for-anything. Thanks for letting me play!
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My post on Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog has posted. Thanks for inviting me to participate – now if I could only see more of the great comedies starring Mr and Mrs. Sidney Drew. http://psychotronicpaul.blogspot.com/2015/08/and-this-blog-loves-mr-and-mrs-sidney.html
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Got mine posted. Thanks again for hosting! Great idea for a blogathon.
http://thestopbutton.com/2015/08/15/grand-hotel-1932/
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Thanks so much for participating. I look forward to reading your post.
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My blog has been inactive for a month. Looks like I missed the party. Sorry, sorry, sorry! http://crimsonkimono.com/2015/the-barrymore-blogathon-drew-sings/
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Sorry wont be able to do this blogathon, good luck and hope to join in with the next one- was going to be reviewing ET with Drew Barrymore.
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Ok. No problem. I look forward to receiving the article on E.T.
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Sorry I thought you were talking about the Joan Crawford blogathon. I’m just curious. In August, I noticed that your going to be away, but you’ve sent in your articles early for all the other blogathons in August. Why is it just mine you are bowing out of??
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I couldnt not do the JC one as had been unwell and had written to you to cancel the ET one as was travelling over these days. The other ones I simply needed to update. The other one’s I just needed to update. Sorry again.
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