Announcing The Boris Karloff Blogathon!

Karloff portrait by Jack Freulich. Source: Heritage Auctions.

I am calling on my fellow bloggers to join me in a celebration of Mr. Boris Karloff.

Beginning on November 23 — Karloff’s 122nd birthday — and on through the 29th, bloggers far and wide are invited to post something about Boris, his life and his wide-ranging career.

There is much to explore… His film work spanned five decades. He clocked some 75 films through the silent era before he landed and nailed the iconic part of The Monster in Frankenstein, a film that is almost 80 years old and still seen and admired. The sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein, is a motion picture classic. In his path through the history of horror films, Karloff collaborated with James Whale, Val Lewton, Mario Bava and Roger Corman. He proved equally at ease in all genres, including comedies.

Away from films, Boris Karloff became a Broadway star with Arsenic and Old Lace, The Lark and he was Captain Hook in Peter Pan.

He enjoyed a successful radio career and he was one of the first Hollywood actors to embrace television, appearing in live drama, in his own series — notably Colonel March of Scotland Yard and Thriller — and as a frequent and popular guest on talk and variety shows. He was the model and the Grammy Award-winning voice of The Grinch. He made numerous spoken word records, reading fairy tales to children and, in print, he lent his name to horror and mystery anthologies and a line of comic books.

In real life, Boris Karloff was a gentleman, a cricket fan and a brave founding member of the Screen Actor's Guild.

It’s been forty years since Boris Karloff passed away, yet his star shines as bright as ever. This November 23, bloggers will come together and share film reviews, profiles, images, thoughts and remembrances and, I am sure, surprises. I, as a reader, am looking forward to it.

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The Boris Karloff Blogathon will be held November 23-29.

- If you are in, let me know! Please email me. Give me your blog URL so I can publish a list of Scheduled Participants. Give me your email address and I’ll send you a reminder down the line.

- Promote the Blogathon! Let your readers know it’s coming. Use one of the Blogathon banners provided below and please link it back to this this blog, http://frankensteinia.blogspot.com

- Between November 23 and 29, at any time during the week, simply publish your post and send me the URL. I’ll keep a running list of posts all through the Blogathon week, as they appear.

- You can make as many Blogathon posts as you like, simply send me the URL for each one as they appear.

The event is only 6 weeks away, so start thinking and start writing. Don’t get caught short, and don’t miss participating in the Boris Karloff Blogathon!

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