Introducing the “Celluloid Road Trip” Blogathon!
Dreaming of travels, Hometowns to Hollywood is excited to present its fifth official blogathon, entitled “Celluloid Road Trip.” This blogathon will focus upon Hollywood depictions of cities throughout the United States. While Hollywood productions were sometimes shot on location, in many other cases, they were not. Nonetheless, through movie magic, studios were able to portray their imagined depictions of the intended locations in which their stories were set.
Join Hometowns to Hollywood for this imagined road trip by sharing your articles about films set anywhere within the United States. In the end, when all articles are compiled, we’ll have a lovely list of destinations spotlighted on our journey through films.
The Celluloid Road Trip Blogathon will run from December 9th through December 11th in 2020.
Rules and Information:
- Bloggers are encouraged to write about any film featuring or focused upon a particular location within the United States. The film need not be shot on location.
- If we do get an ample amount of participants, I’ll be reconnecting with participants to see if there is interest in contributing to an ebook that will document this blogathon.
- There are many classic Hollywood films that are set in a wide array of locations. Please avoid repeat submissions for a particular location.
- Please let me know your film of choice and the location it focuses upon.
- Bloggers will post their articles anytime between December 9th-11th and will alert me of the post either as a comment or through email.
Day 1 Entries:
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940): Springfield, Illinois | One Gal’s Musings
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959): Michigan’s Upper Peninsula | Mrs. Charles
- Night of the Lepus (1972): Arizona | Realweegiemidget Reviews
- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): St. Louis, Missouri | KN Winiarski Writes
- Mystery Street (1950): Massachusetts | Caftan Woman
- The Philadelphia Story (1940): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Poppity Talks Classic Film
- Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966): Northampton, Massachusetts | Wide Screen World
Day 2 Entries:
- Buick Riviera (2008): North Dakota | Dubsism
- Niagara (1953): Niagara Falls, New York | Top 10 Film Lists
- Sullivan’s Travels (1941): Los Angeles, California | Wolffian Classic Movies Digest
- Viva Las Vegas (1964): Las Vegas, Nevada | Box Office Poisons
Day 3 Entries:
- Chicago (2002): Chicago, Illinois | 18 Cinema Lane
- Leave Her to Heaven (1945): Deer Lake, Maine | Whimsically Classic
- The More the Merrier (1943): Washington, D.C. | That’s All for the Modern Girl
- Show Boat (1951): The Mississippi River | Ava Gardner Museum Official Blog
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): New Orleans, Louisiana | Pure Entertainment Preservation Society
- This Time for Keeps (1947): Mackinac Island, Michigan | Hometowns to Hollywood
- What’s Up, Doc? (1972): San Francisco, California | The Wonderful World of Cinema
Thank you for a fabulous Celluloid Road Trip Blogathon in December!
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Hi! I’d like to write about Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940). I’m a Chicagoan, but I have visited Springfield often and have seen so many of the Lincoln sites depicted, including the family home, the Capital, and the train depot.
My blog is not specifically a movie blog. Here’s the link: https://onegalsmusings.blogspot.com/
Sounds great! Thank you! P.S. Also a Chicagoan 🙂
Here’s the link to my specific Springfield post:
https://onegalsmusings.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-celluloid-road-trip-blogathon-takes.html
Can I do “Leave Her to Heaven” where a bulk of the action takes place in Deer Lake, Maine ?
Not sure if this fits. Damnation Alley is like a Route 66 road trip only after a nuclear Armageddon.
Hmm I’d likely lean towards something focusing on a given location. Does it center around any particular one?
Hi Annette!
I’d like to write about Meet Me in St Louis please!
All yours!
I’m not a Chicagoan…but I only live about two hours from it. I noticed that your header has a list of states in it, but it’s missing the state where I went to college. So, for this blog-a-thon, I’d like to contribute the 2008 indie film “Buick Riviera,” which is all about North Dakota.
Terrific! Thanks for joining in!
Here’s the finished piece!
https://dubsism.com/2020/12/10/story-time-with-j-dub-episode-5-buick-riviera/
If it hasn’t been selected yet, I’d like to offer something on Mystery Street, filmed in various Massachusetts locations.
Sounds great!
That’s a great idea! I’d like to write about What’s Up Doc? (1972) for San Francisco!
Here is the link to my blog:https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/
SUCH a fun movie!!!! You’ve got it!
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, set in Northampton, Massachusetts.
http://widescreenworld.blogspot.com
Excellent! Thank you!
i would love write about Sullivan’s Travels as it takes place in hollywood some of the movie but its a road trip movie. i simply adore this movie. https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/ is my blog. so if you could please put me down for that movie
All yours!
They Came to Cordura, Saint George, UT
Thanks, Annette!
Got it! Thank you!
Fantastic idea for a blogathon! Can I sign up with the musical, ‘Chicago’?
Sounds good!
Thanks!
Hi Annette!
I would love to write about THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940). 😀
Fabulous choice!! Thank you!
Dear Annette,
What a fabulous idea for a blogathon! I would love to participate! May I write about “A Streetcar Named Desire”? I looks like no one has claimed New Orleans yet on the roster, so I thought I could do so with this Academy Award winning film. Is that alright?
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
All good! Thanks!
Hi!
So fun! I’d love to do “The More the Merrier” and Washington D.C. if it hasn’t been done before/claimed!
https://thatsallforthemoderngirl.wordpress.com/
Caitlin
All yours! Thank you!
Hi Annette! I’d love to participate in this blogathon with Anatomy of a Murder (1959) which takes place in, and is filmed in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. My blog is Mrs. Charles at http://mrscharles.com.
Thank you!
Sarah Owens
This is a great topic for a blogathon. I’d love to write about Anatomy of a Murder (1959) with James Stewart, if it’s still available. It’s set in, and filmed in small towns on the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Thank you!
Sarah
Mrs. Charles http://mrscharles.com
Perfect!! You’ve got it!
Hi Annette
Here’s my entry to this blogathon: https://mrscharles.com/2020/12/09/anatomy-of-a-murder-1959/
Thank you so much!
Here’s the link to my specific Springfield post about Abe Lincoln in Illinois
https://onegalsmusings.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-celluloid-road-trip-blogathon-takes.html
My piece on Mystery Street is up and running: https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/12/dr.html
https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/sullivans-travels/ my review of Sullivan’s Travels
https://whimsicallyclassic.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/celluloid-road-trip-blogathon-leave-her-to-heaven-1945/
My post about “Leave Her to Heaven”
Thanks!
“The More the Merrier”, Washington D.C. is ready to go!
https://wordpress.com/post/thatsallforthemoderngirl.wordpress.com/209
https://thatsallforthemoderngirl.wordpress.com/2020/12/11/the-celluloid-road-trip-blog-a-thon/ whoops wrong link! use this one 🙂
Thank you!
Hello! I’m almost done with my review, but it may come a few minutes late. I just wanted to let you know.
Just posted my review! Here’s the link:
https://18cinemalane.com/2020/12/12/take-3-chicago-review/
Here is my entry Annette! Sorry again for the delay. Thanks a lot for hosting 🙂
https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2020/12/12/whats-up-san-francisco/
Thank you!
Dear Annette,
Here is the link to my review of “A Streetcar Named Desire:” https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2020/12/09/100-new-code-films-96-a-streetcar-named-desire-from-1951-mid-century-new-orleans/. I’m sorry for sending it to you late. I have been delayed this week by power outages. Thank you for hosting this!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
No worries! Thank you!