Always a Bridesmaid Challenge & Blogathon 2019 Weeks 4 & 5 Recap

If week 3 crept up on me, weeks 4 & 5 just ran right over me and kept running. Apologies for the delay in recaps, but I just didn’t know what hit me!

Week 4’s Sub-Theme was “Not a Member of the 1%” Now I do realize that July 24’s Over 40 Years Old topic doesn’t quite work within the theme considering the 1% typically consists of rich, white men over 40, but we’re going with it! Week 5’s was “The Supporting Act.”

It’s the finale of a truly fun month (for me, at least)! I hope everyone who participated enjoyed themselves too! I truly appreciate the great turnout for the first challenge AND blogathon that I’ve had the pleasure of hosting. I admit, I took on a bit more than I probably should have for numero uno, but I think it worked out! I made some new Twitter (and blogger) pals in the process and have a bunch of films to add to my must watch list.

So here it is, the final recap!  If you have any blog posts to add, please post in the comments and I will add you.

Without further ado:

BLOGATHON:

July 21: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Race

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about slave turned freeman Django (Jamie Foxx)  and his determination to find his still enslaved wife in Django Unchained.

July 22: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Gender

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Clark Gable’s skepticism of Erica Stone’s (Doris Day) ability to become a journalist in Teacher’s Pet (1958)

Zoe Krainik at Hollywood Genes wrote about Amanda Whurlitzer (Tatum O’Neal) and the fastball that knock the boys on their butts in The Bad News Bears. 

July 23: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Class Standing or Wealth

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about rags to riches Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) in The Great Gatsby (2013)

July 24: Over 40 Years Old

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about sultry older woman Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft) in The Graduate

July 25: A Person With a Disability

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Trevor (Craig Roberts), a teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in The Fundamentals of Caring

July 26: A Convict or Lawbreaker

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Nick Robey (John Garfield), whose fight or flight reactions are both working overtime in He Ran All the Way 

July 27: An Animal

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Tatum’s mane pal, Arizona Pie, in International Velvet. 

July 28: A Main Character’s Sibling

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Brad (Keith Coogan), big brother of Thor-loving Sara in Adventures in Babysitting. 

July 29: The Comic Relief

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about Rob Lowe’s wisecracking bff Bernie (Jim Belushi) in About Last Night

July 30: The Best Friend

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about the friendship between a robot boy and his Teddy bear in AI: Artificial Intelligence.

July 31: A Parent

Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews wrote about the little lady’s mama Sylvia (Nancy Travis) in 3 Men and a Little Lady

***A major shoutout to Gill at Realweegiemidge Reviews who linked an entry for EACH day! I bow down to your commitment to completing this blogathon! It’s insanely impressive and I really enjoyed reading the blog entries. 

CHALLENGE:

July 21: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Race

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked the Child (Mario Mancilla) in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
• Stephen Haller @theburbsman picked Ruby Bridges (Chaz Monet) in Ruby Bridges
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Bernardo (George Chakiris) and the rest of the Sharks gang in West Side Story (1961)
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah) in Selma (2014)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Bruce Lee (Jason Scott Lee) in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
•  Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Tonya Hailey (RaéVen Kelly) in A Time To Kill (1996)
• Marci @marcik picked characters played by Butterfly McQueen, Theresa Harris, Ernestine Wade, Louise Beavers, Daisy Bufford, Hattie MacDaniel, etc. in various movies
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Sam (Ernest Whitman) in Third Finger Left Hand
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Alma (Theresa Harris) in I Walked With a Zombie
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) in Precious
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) in Trading Places (1983)
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Django (Jamie Foxx) in Django Unchained
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked picked Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) & Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson) in Hidden Figures (2016)
• VRCT Vic @VRCT_Vic picked Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier) in A Patch of Blue & Mr. Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) in The Heat of the Night
• Will Hink @willhink picked The 54th Massachusetts Voluntary Infantry Regiment in Glory (1989)

July 22: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Gender

• William Jones @coppolafan picked Joanna (Katharine Ross) in The Stepford Wives (1975)
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Gilda (Dorothy Mackaill) in Safe in Hell
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Margaret (Peggy Pope) in 9 to 5 (1980)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Amanda (Tatum O’Neal) in The Bad News Bears (1976)
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) & Katherine Johnson (Taraji Henson) in Hidden Figures (2016)
• Marci @marcik picked Cynthia Pilgrim (Betty Grable) in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) in National Velvet
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) in Flamingo Road
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) in Precious
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Dr. Helen Gurley Brown (Natalie Wood) in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Erica Stone (Doris Day) in Teacher’s Pet (1958)
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Sen. Hanson (Joan Allen) in The Contender
• The Gooch @Triple3Eternal picked Molly (Goldie Hawn) in Wildcats (1986)

July 23: Mocked or Underestimated Due to Class Standing or Wealth

• William Jones @coppolafan picked Jerry (Nick Nolte) in Down and Out in Beverly Hills
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked everyone in Pride and Prejudice who was judged by Lady Catherine de Bourgh
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Jane Eyre (Ruth Wilson) in Jane Eyre (2006)
• Marci @marcik picked Kitty Foyle (Ginger Rogers) in Kitty Foyle
• Neil in Rockville@NeilNRockville picked Will (Matt Damon) in Good Will Hunting
• Nell Minow @nminow picked the Potters (Edward Everett Horton and Jean Dixon) in Holiday
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) in Sabrina (1954)
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) in Precious
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) in Pretty in Pink
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) in The Great Gatsby (2013)
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Clifford Peache in My Bodyguard (1980)
• Craig @thez_says picked the Goonies in The Goonies

July 24: Over 40 Years Old

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Elizabeth Ellis (Spring Byington) in The Devil & Miss Jones (1941)
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Gil and Steve (Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea) in Ride the High Country
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Lucy & Barkley Cooper (Beulah Bondi and Victor Moore) in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Landlady (Qiu Yuen) in Kung Fu Hustle
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Kate Grant (June Squibb) in Nebraska (2013)
• The Manga Critic @manga_critic picked Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve and Rose Castorini (Olympia Dukakis) in Moonstruck
• Marci @marcik picked Ethel Banks (Mildred Natwick) in Barefoot in the Park
• Neil in Rockville@NeilNRockville picked Gandalf (Ian McKellen) from the Lord of the Rings movies
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked The Countess (Mary Boland) in The Women
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers) in It’s a Wonderful Life
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft) in The Graduate
• Christopher @TimeMachineHQ picked Mae West’s characters in various movies

July 25: A Person With a Disability

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Selina (Elizabeth Hartman) in A Patch of Blue (1965)
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Major Charles Rare (William Devane) in Rolling Thunder
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Christy Brown (Daniel Day Lewis) in My Left Foot
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked May-Alice Culhane (Mary McDonnell) in Passion Fish (1992)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Whistler (David Strathairn) from Sneakers
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Helen Keller (Patty Duke) in The Miracle Worker
• Marci @marcik picked Belinda (Jane Wyman) in Johnny Belinda (1948)
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Homer (Harold Russel) in The Best Years of Our Lives and Wings in Inside Moves
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Christy Brown (Daniel Day Lewis) in My Left Foot
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Christy Brown (Daniel Day Lewis) in My Left Foot
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Jerome Morrow (Jude Law) in Gattaca
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Trevor (Craig Roberts) in The Fundamentals of Caring
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Homer (Harold Russel) in The Best Years of Our Lives

July 26: A Convict or Lawbreaker

• Re-Animator@cbmatson picked Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro) in Taxi Driver
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) in A Perfect World
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Dan Hardesty (William Powell) in One Way Passage (1932)
• Graves Make RosesBloom@GregRozeboom Kowalski (Barry Newman) in Vanishing Point (1971)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Abel Magwitch (Ralph Fiennes) in Great Expectations (2012)
• Bruce Lanning @lanning_bruce picked Butch Haynes (Kevin Costner) in A Perfect World
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Libby (Ashley Judd) in Double Jeopardy (1999)
• Marci @marcik picked Capt. Louis Renault (Claude Rains) in Casablanca
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Harvey (Scott Wilson) In the Heat of the Night
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Martin Donnelly (James Mason) in The Reckless Moment
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart) in Dark Passage
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked “Bowie” Bowers (Farley Granger) in They Live by Night (1948)
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Nick Robey (John Garfield) in He Ran All the Way 
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman) in Straight Time
• Will Hink @willhink picked Luke Jackson (Paul Newman) in Cool Hand Luke

 

July 27: An Animal

• A  Mind on Fire @AMindOnFire picked Vic
• Stephen Haller @theburbsman picked Jaws from Jaws
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Pyewacket in Bell, Book, and Candle
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Asta from The Thin Man series
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Josephine from The Cameraman (1928)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Justin, Jenner & Jeremy from The Secret of Nimh
• James Mendur @JamesMendur picked Fizzgig from The Dark Crystal
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked King Kong from King Kong (1933)
• Marci @marcik picked Black from The Black Stallion
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Baloo in The Jungle Book
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Monty in Obsession
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Rambo from Blind Date and Matisse (Mike the dog) from Down & Out in Beverly Hills
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Arizona Pie in International Velvet (1978)
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Nim from Project Nim
• Craig @thez_says picked Bhoot from Mowgli (2018)
• Will Hink @willhink picked Toto from The Wizard of Oz

July 28: A Main Character’s Sibling

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Louise, Helen & Grace Elliott (Bette Davis, Anita Louise, & Jane Bryan) in The Sisters (1938)
• Stephen Haller @theburbsman picked Yevgraf Zhivago (Alec Guinness) and Doctor Zhivago (Omar Sharif) in Doctor Zhivago
•  Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Emmy Kockenlocker (Diana Lynn) in The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943)
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Dinah Lord (Virginia Weidler) in The Philadelphia Story (1940)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Damon (Joel Tobeck) from Eagle vs Shark
•  Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Margo Dunne (Carrie Coon) in Gone Girl (2014)
• Marci @marcik picked Ruth Sherwood (Rosalind Russell in 1942 or Betty Garrett in 1955) in My Sister Eileen
• Nell Minow@moviemom picked Tad Pringle (Jack Nicholson) in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Lucy Hill (Diana Lynn) in The Major and the Minor
•  Erica D @ThePoppity picked Buddy Griffith (Billy Jacoby Jayne) in Just One of the Guys
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Brad (Keith Coogan) from Adventures in Babysitting
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Fredo (John Cazale) in The Godfather I & II
• Arye Gross @ThatAryeGross picked Ned (Lew Ayres) in Holiday
•  Will Hink @willhink picked Jacob Mitchell & Hank Mitchell (Billie Bob Thornton & Bill Paxton) in A Simple Plan (1998)

July 29: The Comic Relief

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Connie (Audrey Meadows) in That Touch of Mink
• Blood Moonbam @BloodMoonbeam picked Jeff Goldblum’s characters Malcolm in Jurassic Park and Grandmaster in Thor:Ragnarok
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Eddie (Walter Brennan) in To Have and Have Not (1944)
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Earl (Bill Pullman) in Ruthless People (1986)
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Marcella (Joan Cusack) in Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Lenny (Steve Zahn) from That Thing You Do!
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Stumpy in Rio Bravo,  Eve (Eve Arden) in Stage Door, Michaeleen in The Quiet Man, Buck in Stagecoach, etc.
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Megan (Melissa McCarthy) in Bridesmaids
• Marci @marcik picked Eugene Pallette in various roles
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) in Brigadoon
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Ida (Eve Arden) in Mildred Pierce 
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Bill Cole (Melvyn Douglas) in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Bernie (Jim Belushi) in About Last Night
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia (Henry Calvin) in The Sign of Zorro (1961)

July 30: The Best Friend

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Lorelei & Dorothy (Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell) in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks) in Broadcast News
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Ginna Abbott (Eve Arden) in My Reputation (1946)
• Vicki Smith @eclecticmayhem2 picked Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) in the Captain America movies
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Peg Costello (Joan Blondell) from Desk Set
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Amy (Olivia de Havilland) in The Strawberry Blonde
• PremiumWoman @judyfan3 picked Stella (Thelma Ritter) in Rear Window
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked CC & Hillary (Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey) in Beaches (1988)
• Marci @marcik picked Patsy Kelly & Thelma Todd together in various movies
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Joan Cusack’s roles in multiple films
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Charlotte (Claudie Blakley) in Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Capt. Chris Ford (Trevor Howard) in The Key (1958)
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Teddy in AI: Artificial Intelligence
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Rhonda (Rachel Griffiths) in Muriel’s Wedding

July 31: A Parent

• Amanda @aschulze2001 picked Clarence (William Powell) & Vinnie (Irene Dunne) in Life With Father (1947)
• Beth Corvino@bethcorvino picked Rose-Ann D’Arcey (Shelley Winters) in A Patch Of Blue and Mrs. Eleanor Shaw Iselin (Angela Lansbury) in The Manchurian Candidate
• Bunontherun @Bunontherun2 picked Ethel Banks (Mildred Natwick) in Barefoot in the Park
• William Jones @coppolafan picked Beatrice Henderson (Debbie Reynolds) in Mother (1996)
• Cristiane Young  @Crisopera1 picked Stella Dallas (Barbara Stanwyck) in Stella Dallas (1937)
• Zoe Krainik @hollywoodgenes picked Raphael Poulain (Rufus) in Amelie
• Hollywood Yesterday @HollywoodYeste1 picked Thomas Fairchild (John Williams) in Sabrina
• Lisa Narciso @lisa_narciso picked Ken Jorgenson & Sylvia Hunter (Richard Egan & Dorothy McGuire) in A Summer Place (1959)
• Marci @marcik picked Mama Mae Peterson (Maureen Stapleton) in Bye Bye Birdie
• MIKE34 @MRCS112 picked Tommy’s mother (Catherine Scorscese) in Goodfellas
• Nell Minow @nminow picked Charlotte Vale’s mother (Gladys Cooper) in Now, Voyager
• Gabriela @noir_or_never picked Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) in To Kill A Mockingbird
• Nuwan Sen @Nuwansenfilmsen picked Elio’s parents in Call Me By Your Name (2017)
• Erica D @ThePoppity picked Charlotte Haze Humbert (Shelley Winters) in Lolita 
• Wellyousaythat @realarsenalism picked Furious Styles (Laurence Fishburn) in Boyz N The Hood
• Gill at @realweegiemidge picked Sylvia (Nancy Travis) in 3 Men and a Little Lady
• Stone Gasman @stonegasman picked Mrs. Voorhees (Betsy Palmer) in Friday the 13th (1980)