Always a Bridesmaid Challenge & Blogathon 2019 Week 3 Recap

Well, week 3 went by tres vite! This week’s sub-theme was Judged by Appearance or Characteristics. I learned 2 things from this week’s challenge: 1). You all really love Dorothy Malone (not that I blame you) and 2). The definition of a fashion victim is someone who follows trends so blindly that they look ridiculous, not someone who is ensemble-y challenged, as I originally thought. Still, that little slip up on my part just goes to show that part of the fun of these challenges is how folks interpret the topics. Speaking of which, they are:

BLOGATHON

July 15: In the Film Solely to be Eye Candy

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about a very shirtless Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) in Dorian Gray aka The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)

July 16: Bespectacled

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about the man of steel’s alter ego, spiffy in specs Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) in Superman

July 17: A Fashion Victim

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about independent and stylish Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) in Down With Love

Ruth at Silver Screenings wrote about Zasu Pitts and her outrageous hat in Breakfast in Hollywood.

July 18: A Clutz

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about clumsy, but determined Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) in Eddie the Eagle. 

July 19: A Bookworm or Nerd

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about hot nerd turned cool rider Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield) in Grease 2 and student of literature Rita (Julie Walters) in Educating Rita.

July 20: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Appearance

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about the people who were considered “freaks” by society in The Greatest Showman. 

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CHALLENGE

July 15: In the Film Solely to be Eye Candy

• William Jones @coppolafan picked Farida (Barrie Chase) in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
• D Jarrett McCall picked @DJarrettMcCall Pop Fisher (Wilford Brimley) in The Natural (1984)
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Don John (Keanu Reeves) in Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Christian (Justin Walker) in Clueless
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked The Girl (Jay Harmon) in Cool Hand Luke
• Marci @marcik picked every Busby Berkeley showgirl ever
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Stupifying Jones (Julie Newmar) in Lil Abner
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Plenty O Toole (Lana Wood) in Diamonds are Forever
• wellyousaythat @realarsenalism picked Miss Stein
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Dorian Gray (Helmut Berger) in Dorian Gray aka The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970)
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Josie McClellan (Jennifer Connely) in Career Opportunities

July 16: Bespectacled

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked the Acme Book Shop Proprietress (Dorothy Malone) in The Big Sleep
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Miriam Joyce Haines (Laura Elliott aka Kasey Rogers) in Strangers on a Train
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) in To Kill a Mockingbird
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Mrs. Peacock (Eileen Brennan) in Clue
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked the Acme Book Shop Proprietress (Dorothy Malone) in The Big Sleep
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Sam Rothstein (Robert de Niro) in Casino
• Lunar Adam @LunarAdam1 picked Enid (Thora Birch) from Ghost World
• Marci @marcik picked Paul Verrall & Billie Dawn (William Holden & Judy Holliday) in Born Yesterday
• My Tree N’ Me @mytreenme picked Michael ‘Squints’ Palledorous (Chauncey Leopardi) in The Sandlot & Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) in Napoleon Dynamite
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Pola (Marilyn Monroe) in How to Marry a Millionaire
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Thomas J Sennett (Macauley Culkin) in My Girl
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law) from The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Faith Thomas (Camille Coduri) in Nuns on the Run
• wellyousaythat @realarsenalism picked Harry Palmer
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) in Superman
• Chris Crane @SavageElbow picked Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) in Ghostbusters
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Harold Lloyd in various films
• Will Hink @willhink picked Dr. Christian Szell (Lawrence Olivier) in Marathon Man

July 17: A Fashion Victim

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Deborah Bishop (Jeanne Crain) in A Letter to Three Wives 
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Dignan (Owen Wilson) in Bottle Rocket
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) in Now, Voyager
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Andie (Molly Ringwald) in Pretty in Pink
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Bridget Jones (Renee Zellwegger) in the Bridget Jones film series
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Ellie (Claudette Colbert) in It Happened One Night
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) in Pretty Woman
• Marci @marcik picked Kate Farley (Betty Grable) in Coney Island
• My Tree N’ Me @mytreenme picked Duckie (Jon Cryer) in Pretty in Pink
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) in The Women
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Stella Dallas (Barbara Stanwyck) in Stella Dallas
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) in While You Were Sleeping
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Barbara Novak (Renee Zellweger) in Down With Love

July 18: A Clutz

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Nora Charles (Myrna Loy) in The Thin Man
• Stephen Haller @theburbsman picked Benjy Benjamin and Ding Bell (Buddy Hackett & Mickey Rooney) in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Daniel Miller(Albert Brooks) in Defending Your Life
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant) in The Awful Truth
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked any character Stan Laurel played
• @GracePheesh @gracepheesh picked Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) and David Huxley (Cary Grant) in Bringing Up Baby 
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Hickey (Buster Keaton) from In the Good Old Summertime
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) in Mean Girls
• Marci @marcik picked Charles (Henry Fonda) in The Lady Eve
• My Tree N’ Me @mytreenme picked any character Jerry Lewis played
• Neil in Rockville @NeilNRockville picked Bud Abbott in every Abbott and Costello movie
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Lt. Dolores Crandall (Joan O’Brien) in Operation Petticoat
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) in Bringing up Baby & Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) in Ghostbusters
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Mr. Bakshi (Peter Sellers) in The Party
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Stacy (Lara Flynn Boyle) in Wayne’s World
• Dave @quigonusa picked Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke) in The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Eddie Edwards in Eddie the Eagle

July 19: A Bookworm or Nerd

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Ann Newton (Edna May Wonacott) in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Joanna Blatchley @BlatchleyJoanna picked Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) from The Big Bang Theory tv show
• William Jones @coppolafan picked David Huxley (Cary Grant) in Bringing Up Baby
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked David Huxley (Cary Grant) in Bringing Up Baby
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Harold Crick (Will Farrell) from Stranger Than Fiction
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Noriko Nakagawa (Aki Maeda) from Battle Royale
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked various characters Cary Grant played (David Huxley in Bringing up Baby and Dr. Barnaby Fulton in Monkey Business)
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn) in Foul Play
• Marci @marcik picked Henry “Pop” Barnes (Edmund Gwenn) in Apartment for Peggy
• Nell Minow @nminow picked the “squirrely cherubs” in Ball of Fire
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked the Acme Book Shop Proprietress (Dorothy Malone) in The Big Sleep
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked then book lovin’ ladies in The Jane Austen Book Club
• Pavlov’s Tortoise @PavlovsTortoise picked Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen) in Liberal Arts
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in Secretary
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Michael Carrington (Maxwell Caulfield) in Grease 2 and Rita (Julie Walters) in Educating Rita

July 20: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Appearance

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland) in The Heiress
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) in Muriel’s Wedding
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy) in The Breakfast Club
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Rose Fenny (Lili Taylor) in Dogfight
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked The Little Tramp (Charlie Chaplin) in various movies
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Carrie (Sissy Spacek) in Carrie (1976)
• Marci @marcik picked Auggie Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) in Wonder
• Neil in Rockville @NeilNRockville picked Piglet from Winnie the Pooh
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Lizzie Curry (Katharine Hepburn) in The Rainmaker (1956)
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Eugene (Eddie Deezen) in Grease
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Jacquline de Ghent (Melanie Lynskey) in Ever After
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked the people who were considered “freaks” by society in The Greatest Showman
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Lucas (Corey Haim) in Lucas
• Will Hink @willhink picked John Merrick (John Hurt) in The Elephant Man

*If I missed any, please let me know!

The Sub-theme for week 4 is Not a Member of the 1%. Can’t wait to see what you all come up with!