My friends, we made it through a second week! I’m ridiculously impressed so far and my “must watch” list is getting longer and longer. Click here for the Week 1 recap.
This week’s theme focused on those given a raw deal by other characters in the film or even by the film itself.
BLOGATHON:
July 8: A Blonde Who Had No Fun
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) in Scream, the blonde who not only had zero fun, but didn’t even get to eat her popcorn!
July 9: Killed to Move the Plot Along
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) and his kill and be killed storyline in Django Unchained.
July 10: In the Background, but Working it
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote how Joan Crawford made the most of her 5 minutes as Amanda True in The Karate Killers.
Zoe Krainik from Hollywood Genes wrote about the possibility of Miriam in Dog Day Afternoon (Marcia Jean Kurtz) & Miriam in Inside Man (Marcia Jean Kurtz) being the same person.
July 11 – Not Even Given a Full Name in the Credits
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about the piss poor treatment (down the garbage shoot) of Jill the Dog in As Good as it Gets. Urine for a treat with this one! (sorry, couldn’t help myself).
July 12 – The Guy Who Lost the Girl
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about devilish Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson) and his precarious Cher/Pfeiffer/Sarandon juggling act in The Witches of Eastwick.
July 13: The Girl Who Lost the Guy
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Anna (Julia Roberts) and the relationship musical chairs game she finds herself playing in Closer.
July 14: Dead or Gone Before the Film is Halfway Over
Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Bianchi (Martin Balsam), Poirot’s friend and travel companion on that deadly train trip in Murder on the Orient Express (1974).
CHALLENGE:
July 8: A Blonde Who Had No Fun
- Jay Beilis @beilis_jay picked Ninotchka (Greta Garbo) in Ninotchka
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Dorothy (Judith Wood) in The Divorcee
- Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Beatrix (Lana Turner) in Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Luke (Ryan Gosling) in A Place Beyond The Pines
- Marci @marcik picked Dell Faring (Ann Sothern) in Shadow on the Wall
- Maria Emma @mariaemma16 picked Anna Herk (Rene Russo) in Big Trouble
- Michael Eddy @MichaelEddy6 picked the eurotrash killers from Die Hard
- Movies Silently @MoviesSilently picked Annabelle West (Laura La Plante) in The Cat and the Canary (1927)
- mumlsss4 @nanajmbtl5 picked Louis (Brad Pitt) from Interview with the Vampire
- Nell Minow @nminow picked Connie Bailey (Thelma Todd) in Horse Feathers
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Susan Lowell (Jean Wallace) in The Big Combo
- Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Unhappy Blonde (Barbara Bel Geddes) in Vertigo
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked Clare Raymond (K.T. Stevens) in Harriet Craig
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) in Scream
- Chris Crane @SavageElbow picked Baby Jane (Bette Davis) in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Smilin Jack @SmilinJack2099 picked Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah) from Kill Bill
- Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Princess Henrietta (Ellen Barkin) in Faerie Tale Theatre’s The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
July 9: Killed to Move the Plot Along
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) in Goodfellas
- Marci @marcik picked the chauffeur (Owen Taylor) in The Big Sleep (1946)
- Movies Silently @MoviesSilently picked the entire cast of And Then There Were None
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) in I Wake Up Screaming
- Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Marion Crane aka “Marie Samuels” (Janet Leigh) in Psycho
- D’Arcy Vachon @poetemaudit67 picked Sonny Corleone (James Caan) in The Godfather
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked Marion Crane aka “Marie Samuels” (Janet Leigh) in Psycho
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) in Django Unchained
July 10: Barely Onscreen, but Working it
- Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Martha (Ruth Gillette) in In a Lonely Place
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Miriam (Marcia Jean Kurtz) in Dog Day Afternoon and Miriam (Marcia Jean Kurtz) in Inside Man
- Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Flower Clerk (Lucille Ball) in Top Hat
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked the Buddy Holly waiter (Steve Buscemi) in Pulp Fiction
- Marci @marcik picked Helen (Evelyn Keyes) in The Seven Year Itch
- Nell Minow @nminow picked Ned Seton (Lew Ayres) in Holiday (1938)
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Mr. Astaire (Fred Astaire) in Dancing Lady
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked Amanda Farrow (Joan Crawford) in The Best of Everything
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Amanda True (Joan Crawford) in The Karate Killers
- Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Sheila “Miss Folsom” (Dedee Pfeiffer) in Falling Down
- Craig @thez_says picked Floyd (Brad Pitt) in True Romance
July 11 – Not Even Given a Full Name in the Credits
- William Jones @coppolafan picked The Driver (Ryan O’Neal), The Player (Isabelle Adjani), The Connection (Ronee Blakley), and the rest of the cast of The Driver
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked The Bass Player aka T.B. Player (Ethan Embry) in That Thing You Do!
- James Mendur @JamesMendur picked the villain in Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Gilda (Rita Hayworth) in Gilda
- Marci @marcik picked The Kid (Dickie Moore) in Out of the Past
- Nell Minow @nminow picked Ernie (Frank Faylen) and Bert (Ward Bond) in It’s a Wonderful Life
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Rita (Helene Stanton) in The Big Combo
- PennyDeLuxe @pennyddreadful picked Drunk Sexpot (Jewel Shepard) in Raw Force
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked Stella (Linda Darnell) in Fallen Angel
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Jill the Dog in As Good as it Gets
- Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Yvette/”Mark’s Wife” (Ann Jackson) in Blood Debts
July 12 – The Guy Who Lost the Girl
- Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Harry Ware (Phil Brown) in State Fair
- Cristiane Young @Crisopera1 picked Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) in His Girl Friday and Daniel Leeson (Ralph Bellamy) in The Awful Truth
- D. Jarrett McCall @DJarrettMcCall picked Kit (Martin Sheen) in Badlands
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Stephen (Henry Cavill) in I Capture the Castle
- Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) in Casablanca
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) in Cast Away
- Marci @marcik picked John Sloan (Reginald Gardiner) in Christmas in Connecticut
- mumlsss4 @nanajmbtl5 picked Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) in the Twilight series
- Neil in Rockville @NeilNRockville picked Becky (Dana Wynter) from Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Nell Minow @nminow picked Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) in His Girl Friday
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Philip Raven (Alan Ladd) in This Gun for Hire
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked both Brice Nobes (Matt Day) and David Van Arkle (Daniel Lapaine) in Muriel’s Wedding
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Daryl Van Horne (Jack Nicholson) in The Witches of Eastwick
- Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Jack Putter (Martin Short) in Innerspace
- Will Hink @willhink picked Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in Annie Hall
July 13: The Girl Who Lost the Guy
- Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Louise (Bette Davis) in Kid Galahad
- William Jones @coppolafan picked Maggie Gault (Kim Novak) in Strangers When We Meet
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Louise (Marcia Van Dyke) from In the Good Old Summertime
- Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Brigid (Mary Astor) in The Maltese Falcon
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Terry McKay (Deborah Kerr) in An Affair to Remember
- Marci @marcik picked Cindy Lou (Olga James) in Carmen Jones (1954)
- Nell Minow @nminow picked Anne Dettrey (Celeste Holm) in Gentlemen’s Agreement
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked The Baroness (Eleanor Parker) in The Sound of Music
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked Lenore (Eleanor Parker) in Scaramouche
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Anna (Julia Roberts) in Closer
- Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) in Gone With the Wind
- VRCT Vic @VRCT_Vic picked Mildred Rogers (Bette Davis) in Of Human Bondage
July 14: Dead or Gone Before the Film is Halfway Over
- Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Rosemary (Gloria Grahame) in The Bad and the Beautiful
- Kevin Ruby @CommaChaser picked Julian (Julianne Moore) in Children of Men
- William Jones @coppolafan picked Audrey Safranek (Kristen Wiig) in Downsizing
- Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Beth in every version of Little Women
- Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Jack (Emilio Estevez) in Mission Impossible
- Writer/Critic @kenjisato1966 picked Marion Crane aka “Marie Samuels” (Janet Leigh) in Psycho
- Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Marion Crane aka “Marie Samuels” (Janet Leigh) in Psycho
- Marci @marcik picked Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson) in Jurassic Park
- Nell Minow @nminow picked Helen (Elizabeth Taylor) in Jane Eyre (1943)
- Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Helen Morrison (Doris Dowling) in The Blue Dahlia
- Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Anna (Lea Massari) in L’Avventura
- Erica D @ThePoppity picked Jena Hoeman (Alexa Kenin) in Pretty in Pink
- Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Bianchi (Martin Balsam) in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
- Chris Crane @SavageElbow picked Cyrus (Roger Hill) in The Warriors
- Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Sévérine (Bérénice Lim Marlohe) in Skyfall
- Carl Bridges @treviso2002 picked Billy Lo / Lee Chen-Chiang (Bruce Lee) in Game of Death II
*If I missed any, please let me know!
Additional Thoughts on Week 2:
- Ralph Bellamy was way too lovable to get rejected that many times.
- I have to see Innerspace now because I must know how Martin Short manages to make getting a tiny man injected inside him AND losing the girl funny.
The Sub-theme for week 3 is Judged by Appearance or Characteristics. Can’t wait to see what you all have in the works!
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Great update, how do you keep track of all these entries… ??
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Retweeting helps 🤣
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You are amazing. This is a terrific challenge and it looks like everyone is having fun.
(I’m working on a post that I hope to upload next week…)
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Thank you so much! It’s been fun so far, I love seeing what people pick. Can’t wait to read your post!
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Thanks for mentioning L’Avventura, but you’ve missed my Blonde who had no fun & killed to move plot along!! No worries though, it’s hard to keep up with every tweet!!
Enjoying these updates!! 🙂
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Oh no! Sorry! I’ll add them in tomorrow.
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