The 2020 Classic Literature On Film Blogathon Is Here – Day One

by Paul Batters

The 2020 Classic Literature On Film Blogathon has arrived! It’s my first blogathon as host and I hope you’re as excited as I am to read the wonderful contributions that will be made over the next three days.

As a reminder, the focus is on the great novels, short stories, plays and writers that have produced some of classic literatures greatest tales and how cinema has taken those stories and transformed them onto the silver screen. It is testimony to those stories that they have endured.

So without further ado, here are our contributions for Day One!

 

Wilkie Collins: Unappreciated In Hollywood– Hollywood Genes

 

Hans Christian Andersen (1952) – Classic Movie Muse

 

The Picture Of Dorian Gray (1945) – Silver Screenings

 

Nicholas Nickleby (1947) – Caftan Woman

 

The House Of The Seven Gables (1940) – Films From Beyond The Time Barrier

 

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) – MovieMovieBlogBlog

 

The Wrong Box (1966) – Real Weegie Midget Reviews

 

My Cousin Rachel (1952 and 2017) –  Cary Grant Won’t Eat You

 

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945) – Maddy Loves Her Classic Films

 

To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) – 18 Cinema Lane

 

A Look At Two Versions Of ‘Anna Karenina (1935 and 1948) – Robert Short

 

Some wonderful articles to kick us off, so please sit back, relax and enjoy reading them. Hopefully you will also be inspired to watch those films if you haven’t ever seen them or interested to revisit them if it’s been a while.

What a fantastic start!

Paul Batters teaches secondary school History in the Illawarra region and also lectures at the University Of Wollongong. In a previous life, he was involved in community radio and independent publications. Looking to a career in writing, Paul also has a passion for film history.