ATTENTION! The “Send In The Marines” Blog-A-Thon Is Here!
November 10th is a special day for all U.S. Marines as it marks the anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps in 1775. Hollywood history has no shortage of movies about the Marines, but what you may not know is so many faces you know from the annals of classic cinema and television also once marched through the Halls of Montezuma.
You can blame the phenomena known as the blog-a-thon for drawing an oddball sports guy like J-Dub into the classic film blogging world. That would explain other Blog-A-Thons he’s hosted like Box Office Jocks and 1st and Ten; that would seem obvious coming from an old football player. You can apply the same logic to see why J-Dub would want to do a Blog-A-Thon about the USMC. While John Wayne and J-Dub both played football, one of them did more than play a Marine in the movies.
Thankfully, Gill from RealWeegieMidget Reviews has agreed to co-host this blog-a-thon with J-Dub from Dubsism so that it doesn’t become what Marines not-so-lovingly refer to as a “Charlie Foxtrot.” The premise is simple. Since this event coincides with the anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Marine Corps, this blog-a-thon is dedicated to films or television programs either about the USMC, those in which actual Marines appear, or feature actors who served in the Marine Corps.
Like we mentioned, there’s a lot more of those than you may think, so let the blogging and reading begin!
Participants:
- Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Let’s Make it Legal (1951)
- The D.I. (1957)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- An examination of her favorite Gene Hackman films
- Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- The D.I. (1957)
- Tell It To The Marines (1926)
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
- The Great Santini (1979)
- The Blue Eagle (1926)
Pfeiffer Pfilms and Meg Movies:
- Dangerous Minds (1995)
- Brothers (2009)
- Halls of Montezuma (1950)
- Former U.S. Marine Bea Arthur’s recipe for Cream of Carrot Soup
- A review an episode of ‘the TV series “Touched by an Angel” titled “The Sky is Falling” featuring former U.S. Marine Brian Keith.
- The Boys From Company C (1978)
- What Price Glory (1952)
- First to Fight (1967)
- The Split (1968)
- Return to Tarawa – The Leon Cooper Story (2009)
- Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Pure Entertainment Preservation Society:
- Heaven Knows Mr. Allison (1957)
A big thanks to all the participants who joined us to celebrate all things Marine in the movies on the 244th anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fi!
BONUS: Here’s some fun facts about the U.S. Marine Corps most people don’t know.
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Preston Sturges reporting: https://www.caftanwoman.com/2019/11/the-send-in-marines-blog-thon-hail.html
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My post is on it’s way…but will probably be tomorrow.
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That’s just fine. Tomorrow is perfectly acceptable as it also Veteran’s Day in America. 🙂
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Here it is: https://thoughtsallsorts.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/intense-heavy-tragic-excellent/
Thanks for having me!
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Here are my thoughts on “The Great Santini.” Thanks for hosting the blogathon!
https://seanmunger.com/2019/11/10/too-much-a-marine-the-great-santini-and-the-price-paid-by-military-families/
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Thank you for contributing!
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Hello J-Dub! I published my entry for the blogathon! Here’s the link:
https://18cinemalane.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/sally-watchestouched-by-an-angel/
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I just published my article for this blogathon: https://pureentertainmentpreservationsociety.wordpress.com/2019/11/11/heaven-knows-mr-allison-from-1957-a-perfect-marine-in-a-perfect-un-code-film-for-the-send-in-the-marines-blog-a-thon/. It is about “Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison” from 1957, a great movie about a Marine. Thank you for hosting this!
Yours Hopefully,
Tiffany Brannan
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