At The Cocoanut Grove

It's that time of year again, TCM's 31 Days of Oscar from February 1st - March 2nd. I've rounded up a list of films I like but didn't include every film (that would take forever). You can view the entire schedule here . And The Oscar Goes To... (2014) airs 2/1 at 8/7 p.m., 2/6 at 10:30/9:30 p.m. and 2/13 at 2/1 p.m. Of Human Bondage (1934) airs 2/3 at 8:30/7:30 a.m. Stage Door (1937) airs 2/4 at 9:30/8:30 a.m. A Patch of Blue (1965) airs 2/4 at 2:15/1:15 p.m. The Star (1952) airs 2/6 at 4:15/3:15 a.m. A Star is Born (1954) airs 2/7 at 4:45/3:45 p.m. The Harvey Girls (1946) airs 2/7 at 8/7 p.m. The Graduate (1967) airs 2/8 at 3:30/2:30 a.m. Cabaret (1972) airs 2/9 at 8/7 p.m. Imitation of Life (1934) airs 2/11 at 8/7 p.m. Kramer VS. Kramer (1979) airs 2/12 at 10/9 p.m. Lolita (1961) airs 2/13 at 12:30 a.m./11:30 p.m. Sabrina (1954) airs 2/14 at 6/5 p.m. What Ever Happened To Baby Jame (1962) airs 2/16 at 2:15/1:15 a.m. I Married A Witch (1942) airs 12:...

I'm on such a Disney kick that I decided to make a playlist with songs from the classic films. Here are 12 songs from films spanning the 1930s-1970s. Enjoy! An Unusual Prince/Once Upon A Dream from Sleeping Beauty So This Is Love from Cinderella Bella Notte from Lady and the Tramp When You Wish Upon A Star from Pinocchio Let's Get Together from The Parent Trap Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat from The Aristocats I Wan'na Be Like You from The Jungle Book The Silly Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The Mad Tea Party/The Unbirthday Song from Alice in Wonderland You Can Fly! from Peter Pan Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians  Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

I don't know if I've mentioned it before but I'm a big Disney fan. A lot of my favorite Disney films are classics. Nothing from this list goes into the 1980s, not because I don't like the films from the 1980s through today because there are several I like. But this list only focuses on the 1930s-1970s. Here are my seven favorites. Mary Poppins (1964) Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson Directed By: Robert Stevenson Running Time: 139 Minutes Cinderella (1950) Voices Of: Ilene Woods, Eleanor Audley, Vera Felton Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson Running Time: 75 Minutes  Alice in Wonderland (1951) Voices Of: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson Running Time: 75 Minutes Freaky Friday (1976) Starring: Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin Directed By: Gary Nelson Running Time: 95 Minutes *...

Last month was all about holiday themed posts so I didn't do any of my Icons series. Since the holidays are over I'm back to my regular posting. This time I'm focusing on the 1950s. The decade was still all about glamour but this time the housewife was becoming popular. Sure housewives had been around for decades but the 1950s initialized The All American Dream  where families lived in houses with white picket fences, men went off to work and women were stay at home housewives and mothers. However they didn't dress drab, many women wore dresses with heels and pearls- a la Donna Reed. Not not all women dressed like this especially teenagers. Pants became narrower and worn ankle length. Pedal pushers were extremely popular. Bermuda shorts made their debut in 1954. A little something called the bikini showed up in America in the 1950s. Poodle skirts and oxford shoes were very popular with teenage girls as the sock hop and rock and roll became a 1950s standard. As for bea...