Friday July 1st marks a milestone in the life of Olivia de Havilland, who will be celebrating her 100th year of birth. To commemorate her centennial I am honored to be co-hosting a blogathon with the lovely Phyllis from Phyllis Loves Classic Movies.
Olivia de Havilland rose to stardom in 1939 when she played the role of cousin, Melanie in Gone With The Wind. Following the films success de Havilland was cast in an array of critically acclaimed productions that spotlighted her versatility as an actress and garnering her Academy Award nominations.
It’s not often that one of cinema’s most prominent stars reaches the wipe old age of 100, but Olivia who is known for her longevity and for being the oldest Oscar winner alive will be accomplishing everything on July 1st when she hits that remarkable age. With all that said it’s only natural that Phyllis and I decided to pay homage to Olivia on her centenary by hosting a blogathon.
RULES:
1. Feel free to write about any subject relating to Olivia de Havilland or any aspect of her life and career. As long as the topic relates to Olivia or her filmography, it’s more than welcome.
2. Due to Olivia’s extensive body of work and a diverse range of topics, I’m allowing no more than two duplicate entries. If you have a film or topic in mind, act fast. It’s first in best dressed.
3. When: The Blogathon will be held on July 1st – 3rd, 2016, so you can post on any of those dates.
4. To express your interest in participating in the blogathon, leave a comment on my blog or on Phyllis’s blog along with the name and URL of your blog, and the subject you wish to cover, or you can always register by email at: carolelombardforever@yahoo.com or by contacting Phyllis at solidmoonlight@gmail.com. For those of you who wish to register by email, please be sure to include the name and URL 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 all join Olivia on this special occasion by helping her celebrate her 100th Birthday.
ROSTER, WITH THE LIST OF PARTICIPATING BLOGS:
In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: Olivia de Havilland life story and The Heiress ( 1949 )
Phyllis Loves Classic Movies: They Died With Their Boots On ( 1941 )
Back To Golden Days: The Heiress ( 1949 )
Pop Culture Reverie: To Each His Own ( 1946 )
Moon In Gemini: Gone With The Wind ( 1939 )
Hamlette’s Soliloquy: The Proud Rebel ( 1958 )
Musings Of An Introvert: A Midsummer’s Night Dream ( 1935 ) and The Adventures Of Robin Hood ( 1938 )
The Wonderful World Of Cinema: Dark Mirror ( 1946 )
A Shroud Of Thoughts: It’s Love I’m After ( 1937 )
Cinema Cities: Olivia de Havilland’s Oscar nominated performances.
Silver Screenings: The Snake Pit ( 1948 )
Critica Retro: The Strawberry Blonde ( 1941 )
B Noir Detour: Dark Mirror ( 1946 )
The Cinematic Frontier: Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 )
Old Hollywood Films: Light In The Piazza ( 1962 )
Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog: The Great Garrick ( 1937 )
Simoa Writes: Olivia de Havilland tribute.
Bewitched With Classic TV: Olivia de Havilland’s television appearances.
Lauren Champkin: Gone With The Wind ( 1939 )
Love Letters To Old Hollywood: The Adventures Of Robin Hood ( 1938 )
Christina Rehner: Princess O’Rourke ( 1943 )
Karavansara: The Raffles ( 1939 )
Wolffian Classic Movies Digest: In This Our Life ( 1942 )
Defiant Success: The Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn collaborations.
Meredy.com: Not As A Stranger ( 1955 )
Portraits By Jenni: Dodge City ( 1939 )
The Motion Pictures: Olivia de Havilland tribute/ Life story.
All Good Things: Government Girl ( 1943 )
An Ode To Dust: Wings Of The Navy ( 1939 )
Smitten Kitten Vintage: Santa Fe Trail ( 1940 )
Caftan Woman: The Male Animal ( 1942 )
LA Explorer: Devotion ( 1946 )
Cindy Bruchman: The Snake Pit ( 1948 )
Goose Pimply All Over: To Each His Own ( 1946 )
Silver Screen Modes: My Cousin Rachel ( 1952 )
Movie Rob: The Ambassador’s Daughter ( 1956 )
Movie Classics: Hold Back The Dawn ( 1941 )
Big V Riot Squad: Olivia de Havilland on the radio
The Last Drive In: Lady In A Cage ( 1964 )
Strictly Vintage Hollywood: The Strawberry Blonde ( 1941 )
Status Pro 1978 Replay: Alibi Ike ( 1935 )
Dark Lane Creative: Lady In A Cage ( 1964 )
Stars and Letters: Correspondence from Olivia
Musings Of A Classic Film Addict: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth and Essex ( 1939 )
Reel Weedgie Midget: The Swarm ( 1978 )
Danny Reviews: Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 )
Classic Film Obsessions: Olivia’s appearance as “Mystery Guest” on “What’s My Line”
In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood. 
Hi, Crystal! It’s wonderful that Olivia will be celebrated through this blogathon! Can I write about The Strawberry Blonde (1941)?
Kisses!
Le
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Hey Le. I’ve got you down for “The Strawberry Blonde”. A film that I haven’t seen in years. Thanks for joining.
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I see you already have one for The Dark Mirror. I’d like to be the second, as it’s her only noir. I’ll pick a specific topic, most likely gender roles from a feminist film studies perspective.
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Sounds interesting. I’ll put you down for Dark Mirror, and if you have anything else in mind you can let me know. I love that movie too.
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Great. If she was in anything else related to crime or noir, let me know!
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I’ll have a look through her filmography for you.
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I looked it over, but am not a big de Havilland watcher, so Dark Mirror is the only dark film of hers I know. Well, Snake Pit is dark, but in a different way.
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I have the DVD of “My Cousin Rachel”, and it’s got a Noirish feel to it.
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Looks interesting. I’ll try to see it.
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Hey Crystal! I’d like to tackle “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte.”
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Hi Louis. Excellent choice. One of my favorite thrillers.
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I’ll take Light in the Piazza for Old Hollywood Films, http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com.
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Thanks Amanda. I’ll put you down for it.
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Hi Crystal! So exciting! I’d like to write about Olivia in My Love Came Back and My Cousin Rachel. My blog is Define Dancing: simoa-writes@gmail.com
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Hi Crystal, I messed up on my last comment. I’d like to write about My Love Came Back and My Cousin Rachel. My blog is Define Dancing: simoa-writes.blogspot.com
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Hi Simoa. Thanks for joining. Two excellent choices. I’ll add you to the roster.
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The Great Garrick (1937), directed by one of my favorite filmmakers, James Whale! http://psychotronicpaul.blogspot.com
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If no one else has, I’ll take the second slot for Adventures of Robin Hood!
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I’ve got you down for it on my end! 🙂
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I’ll put you down for it on my end. Thanks Michaela.
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Could I write about Princess O’Rourke? I’m Christina Wehner at https://christinawehner.wordpress.com/
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Love that movie!! I’ll put you down for it on my end 🙂
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You sure can. I’ll put you down for it.
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Here I am!
Is “Raffles” (1939) still available?
It would be perfect for the Karavansara blog (http://karavansara.live)
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It’s yours!
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Hi Davide. I’ll put you down for it on my end. Look forward to your entry as I’ve never seen that movie.
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Perfect!
I think I saw it last something like fifteen years ago… it’s a good opportunity for a re-watch.
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I would love to review this in our life
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So glad to see that “In This Our Life” has finally been claimed. Love that movie. Great choice Joey.
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Ooh ooh ooh! Can I talk about her films with Errol Flynn? I’m Anna of Defiant Success (http://movienut14.blogspot.com).
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Hi Anna. Great choice. Thanks for joining
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Please put me down for the Olivia Blogathon, and I’ll be writing about one of her collaborations with Errol Flynn, Dodge City.
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Great choice. Thanks for joining
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I would like “Santa Fe Trail” please!
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I will put you down. Thanks Rhonda.
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I’d love to join the tributes to Olivia with a piece on “The Male Animal”.
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Hi Patricia. I will add you to the list. Thanks for joining.
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I’d like to write about Devotion for LA Explorer (www.la-explorer.com). Thanks!
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Hi Melanie. Great choice. Glad to see that “Devotion” is finally being covered.
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Looks like a lot of interest on this wonderful actress on her 100th birthday. May I put in for My Cousin Rachel if a second slot is not taken already? Thanks.
Christian
http://www.silverscreenmodes.com
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Hi Christian. I’ve got you down for “My Cousin Rachel”. Thanks for joining.
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Hey Crystal,
Sorry that I missed ur previous blogathon.
Hope to get (at least) one film in for this one.
Always love ur choices of topics!
keep up the excellent work
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Hey Rob. No problems. We’re more than happy to have you join. Let me know when you decide on a topic.
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Is it a problem if my review goes up a few days beforehand? Or do u prefer specifically between 1-3?
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Hi Rob. Whatever is easier for you. I don’t mind entries being submitted early as I usually do get early entries with other blogathons.
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Ok. So I will probably post at the end of June
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Hi Rob. Hope things are going well with you. I thought I would drop by to let you know that I’ve just announced my Second Annual Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon, and would love to invite you to join in. The link is below with more details.
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/announcing-the-second-annual-barrymore-trilogy-blogathon/
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can i have the ambassador’s daughter?
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The Ambassador’s Daughter is all yours. I’ve never seen that film, so I look forward to your entry. Thanks for joining.
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I’ve never seen it either. Can’t wait to watch it too
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Hi Crystal, thanks for inviting me. I’d like to review Hold Back the Dawn please. My blog is movieclassics.wordpress.com
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Hi Judy. I’ll put you down for it. Thanks for joining the party.
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Hi Crystal. I’d like to write about Olivia de Havilland on the Radio.
Joe Thompson
The Big V Riot Squad
http://bigvriotsquad.blogspot.com/
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Hi Joe. Great choice. Thanks for joining the party.
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Hi Crystal! I’m going to force myself to finish my Monolith update in time for your blogathon, so I’ll go ahead and reserve ‘Alibi Ike’, if that’s cool. Thanks again for letting me take part in the festivities!
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Hi Todd. Sorry I’ve only just seen this comment. No problems. I’ll add you to the roster. I’ve also announced my Second Annual Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon, if you interested in joining.
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/announcing-the-second-annual-barrymore-trilogy-blogathon/
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Hi Crystal, many thanks for the invitation. I thought I’d bite the bullet and look at Lady in a Cage, if that’s okay?
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Hi James. Great choice. I’ll add you to the roster. Thanks for joining.
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Hi Crystal,
Can I join with correspondence from Olivia? Thanks!
Janet from Stars and Letters
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Hi Janet. You sure can. I’ll put you down for it. Thanks for joining. I’m also hosting another blogathon, if your interested in joining. The link is below with more details.
https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2016/05/28/announcing-the-joan-crawford-blogathon/
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Hi, lovelies! Could I write about The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex if that’s not taken? This will be my first blogathon from this blog, so I’m really excited!
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Hey. “The Private Lives Of Elizabeth and Essex is still available, so it’s all yours. I’ll put you down for it. Thanks so much for joining. I look forward to reading your new blog.
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Hi Crystal, I just wanted to let you know that it’s looking like I’ll have to withdraw my entry from your blogathon. I’m terribly sorry to be missing it, but I have a great big scheduling conflict before/during/after the blogathon dates, so I will not be able to find any time to write up a post. Again, thanks so much for inviting me!
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Hi, Sorry won’t be able to take part in the blogathon this week, so you can put the Swarm up for grabs.
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Hello! If it’s not too late I’d like to join the blogathon with a post about Olivia’s appearances as ‘Mystery Guest’ on “What’s My Line” in the 1950s and 60s. I expect this will be posted on Sunday 7/3 but could be earlier…
Thank you! classicfilmobsessions.blogspot.com
Jocelyn
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Hey. We’d love to have you on board. I love with Olivia’s appearance on “Mystery Guest”. I’ll put you down for it. Thanks so much for joining.
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Great, thanks!
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I mentioned your blogathon in my latest article, and thought you all might like the link: http://www.examiner.com/article/global-celebrations-mark-centenary-tribute-for-actress-olivia-de-havilland
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Thanks for giving the blogathon a plug Christy.
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You’re very welcome! Good job!
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Hi Crystal,
I was going to write about Princess O’Rourke, but unfortunately, the DVD seems to have gotten lost in the mail and I do not have it at all. I was wondering if I could write about The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex instead?
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Since only one person is writing about it that is fine!!! Luckily I recently wrote about Princess O’Rourke and included the link for it in my post so it will still be represented 🙂
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Thanks! And I was so looking forward to seeing Princess O’Rourke after reading your post! 🙂 But hopefully I will get a chance to see it soon.
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Hi Christina. That’s not a problem. It’s happened to me too when I’ve wanted to write for blogathons. Sure. You can do “The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex”
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My post is up:
https://bnoirdetour.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/the-dark-mirror-1946-olivia-de-havilland-centenary/
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Thanks. Looking forward to it.
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Here’s my entry! http://movienut14.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-olivia-de-havilland-centenary.html
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