If you're a blogger with an interest in fairy tales, consider joining CMBA member Hamlette's Soliloquy for her "We Love Fairy Tales Week," Feb. 9-14. Learn more here: hamlette.blogspot.com/2026/01/anno...

Remembering one of my favorite pre-Code dames, Kay Francis, born on today's date in 1905. She was memorable in so many films -- my favorites include Mandalay, The House on 56th Street, Confession, and Mary Stevens, M.D. (And she shares a birthday with my youngest daughter -- how can I not love her!)

All week, CMBA writers posted about Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror, but they write great stuff about classic film all the time. Discover and support them by visiting clamba.blogspot.com letterboxd.com/clmba/

Watching Forever delves into dark obsession and haunting silent menace in The Unknown for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon @watchingforever.bsky.social watchingforever.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/a...

Taking UP Room explores psychological horror and body angst in The Hands of Orlac for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon takinguproom.com/2025/11/14/t...

All week, CMBA writers posted about Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror, but they write great stuff about classic film all the time. Discover and support them by visiting clamba.blogspot.com letterboxd.com/clmba/

The Last Drive In examines Otherness: Flesh, Science and the Grotesque in Island of Lost Souls (1932 ) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon @thelastdrivein.bsky.social thelastdrivein.com/2025/11/14/w...

Shadowplay brings us a look at Drums O' Voodoo AKA Louisiana,(1934), for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon dcairns.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/v...

Make Mine Film Noir steps into the shadows of Weimar Berlin with M (1931), a chilling proto-noir for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon makeminefilmnoir.blogspot.com/2025/11/m-19...

Silver Screen Modes dives into the artistry and impact of Phantom of the Opera (1925), the film that launched Universal’s monster movie tradition, for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon silverscreenmodes.com/lon-chaneys-...

Splendid review!

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The Midnite Drive-In sees dead men walking in White Zombie (1932) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

I Found it at the Movies finds themselves in The Most Dangerous Game (1932) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon debbimacktoo.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m...

Hamlette's Soliloquy looks at The Invisible Man (1933) (see what we did there?) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon hamlette.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Join me at the Shadows and Satin blog for Thankful Thursday on Day 13 of #Noirvember. Today, I'm thankful for those films that are undeniably noir! tinyurl.com/3pc5xvkp

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The Midnite Drive-In sees dead men walking in White Zombie (1932) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon midnitedrive-in.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

I Found it at the Movies finds themselves in The Most Dangerous Game (1932) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon debbimacktoo.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/m...

Hamlette's Soliloquy looks at The Invisible Man (1933) (see what we did there?) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon hamlette.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

... in to an ensemble as commanding a spotlight. You can celebrate his life and work on the Criterion Channel with a collection featuring some of his most remarkable performances in films like HARAKIRI, THE FACE OF ANOTHER, HIGH AND LOW, WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS, and more!

From The Classic Movie Muse - the haunting vulnerability beneath John Barrymore’s Svengali, more than a monster, a masterclass in complex villainy for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror www.theclassicmoviemuse.com/more-than-a-...

I loved writing about Hitchcock's first thriller, The Lodger (1927), for @classicmovieblog.bsky.social' Fall Blogathon! Hope you'll have as much fun reading my article than I had writing it: thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/t... Photo: Ivor Novello in the title role

The Wonderful World of Cinema dives into Hitchcock’s chilling thriller The Lodger for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon ‪@wworldofcinema.bsky.social‬ thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/t...

Nitrate Glow explores the duality of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon nitrateglow.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/t...

The Everyday Cinephile descends into the circles of Hell with Dante’s Inferno (1911) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @silentshawn95.bsky.social theeverydaycinephile.com/articles/dan...

Explore the haunting origins of witchcraft cinema: read about classic "Häxan" and its legacy in horror at Critica Retro for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @magalhaesleticia.bsky.social criticaretro.blogspot.com/2025/11/haxa...

Cary Grant Won’t Eat You dives into the nightmare art of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a century later, still haunting and brilliant! for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon carygrantwonteatyou.com/100-years-la...

Speakeasy reads the epic evil in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @suspiriosa.bsky.social hqofk.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...

Speakeasy reads the epic evil in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @suspiriosa.bsky.social hqofk.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/t...

Cary Grant Won’t Eat You dives into the nightmare art of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a century later, still haunting and brilliant! for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Blogathon carygrantwonteatyou.com/100-years-la...

Explore the haunting origins of witchcraft cinema: read about classic "Häxan" and its legacy in horror at Critica Retro for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @magalhaesleticia.bsky.social criticaretro.blogspot.com/2025/11/haxa...

Shadows & Satin brings us one horrible excuse for a human in Letty Lynton (1932) @thedarkpages.bsky.social for the CMBA blogathon Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/t...

Virtual Virago talks about the body horror of The Mummy (1932) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon virtualvirago.blogspot.com/2025/11/cmba... @virtualvirago.bsky.social

Once Upon a Screen finds that man is the cruelest animal in the frightfest Murders in the Zoo (1933), for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @citizenscreen.bsky.social aurorasginjoint.com/2025/11/07/p...

Welcome to CMBA's fall blogathon Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Movies with horror themes, silent thru pre-Code era. Themes of societal unease, all kinds of monsters, dark instincts, existential dread. Join us here and at clamba.blogspot.com all week clamba.blogspot.com/2025/11/welc...

The Everyday Cinephile descends into the circles of Hell with Dante’s Inferno (1911) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @silentshawn95.bsky.social theeverydaycinephile.com/articles/dan...

New on the blog - my post about THE MUMMY (1932) for the @classicmovieblog.bsky.social Fall Blogathon. #filmsky

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A Person in the Dark tells of everyday monsters with power in Employees' Entrance (1933) for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon flickchick1953.blogspot.com/2025/11/empl...

Once Upon a Screen finds that man is the cruelest animal in the frightfest Murders in the Zoo (1933), for CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon @citizenscreen.bsky.social aurorasginjoint.com/2025/11/07/p...

Virtual Virago talks about the body horror of The Mummy (1932) for the CMBA Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror blogathon virtualvirago.blogspot.com/2025/11/cmba... @virtualvirago.bsky.social

Shadows & Satin brings us one horrible excuse for a human in Letty Lynton (1932) @thedarkpages.bsky.social for the CMBA blogathon Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/t...

Welcome to CMBA's fall blogathon Early Shadows & Pre-Code Horror Movies with horror themes, silent thru pre-Code era. Themes of societal unease, all kinds of monsters, dark instincts, existential dread. Join us here and at clamba.blogspot.com all week clamba.blogspot.com/2025/11/welc...

Join CMBA member Virginie Pronovost at the Wonderful World of Cinema for the "Carry on Kenny! 100 Years of Kenneth Williams Blogathon." It's running in time for his 100th birthday, Feb. 20-22, 2026. thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2025/09/27/a...

"Our partnership is built upon a shared responsibility to maintain Jeff’s legacy; ensuring the continuance of his blog was one of the last acts of his life." .... Hear more from Bud and RR who continue the classic film blog Jeff Arnold's West. clamba.blogspot.com/2025/09/cmba...

Happy #SilentMovieDay! What's one silent movie you would recommend to someone who's never seen one?

Today is Silent Movie Day ! Find out more at louisebrookssociety.blogspot.com/2025/09/toda...

#RIP the great ROBERT REDFORD has passed. I think of so many iconic performances. My mother wept every time we watched The Way We Were. She introduced me to all his unforgettable films in the 1970s. But I like to pretend that RR has now joined his pal Paul for a game of catch, and cold bottle.