At The Cocoanut Grove

Highlights for the Month: Judy Garland is Star of the Month airing Fridays throughout the month.  TCM Spotlight features The Best of The Barrymores airing Mondays throughout the month.  From Caligari to Hitler airs April 13th, 20th and 27th with 15 films and 1 special.  Gloria Steinem is this month's Guest Programmer on April 19th. The three films she picked are: A Taste of Honey (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Mr. Arkadin (1955)  Gregory Peck's 100th Birthday Tribute airs April 5th with 11 films and 1 special.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out: The Wizard of OZ (1939) airing 4/8 at 8/7 p.m. and 4/9 at 2/1 p.m. The Glass Slipper (1955) airing 4/10 at 8/7 p.m. West Side Story (1961) airing 4/14 at 8/7 p.m. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) airing 4/15 at 11:45/10:45 p.m. Cat People (1942) airing 4/18 at 5/4 p.m. The Curse of the Cat People (1944) airing 4/18 at 6:15/5:15 p.m. Some Like It Hot (1959) airing 4/21 at 8/7 p.m. The M...

With Easter being this Sunday I decided to make a post on 4 films to check out for the holiday. I have a silent film, a religious epic, an animated favorite and a fun musical so there's something for everyone. The King of Kings (1927) Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Earnest Torrence Running Time: 155 Minutes Easter Parade (1948) Directed By: Charles Walters Starring: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller Running Time: 108 Minutes The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Directed By: George Stevens Starring: Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Dorothy McGuire Running Time: 260 Minutes It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974) Directed By: Phil Roman Voices Of: Melanie Kohn, Stephen Shea, Bill Melendez Running Time: 30 Minutes Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

I decided I wanted to make another themed post since it's still Women's History Month . This post focuses on women who changed television. Also this will be my last post on Women's History Month as I have an Easter themed post planned for next week and of course my monthly TCM picks post. Mary Tyler Moore Moore is probably best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)   which I like to say housed the 3 F's: Funny, Feminism and Fashion! The show was groundbreaking for the 1970s and I still feel women today can relate to it. Showing a woman who was 30 and single and had a job- in an all male workplace I might add. Moore won 3 Emmys Awards and the show won a total of 29 Emmys throughout the series run. Moore and then husband, Grant Tinker founded MTM Enterprises which in addition to The Mary Tyler Moore Show also produced The Bob Newhart Show , St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues among others.  Diahann Carroll Carroll was the first African...

March is Women's History Month and in honor of that I decided to make a post on a few female directors you should know (or maybe already do) and a film they directed. The Trouble With Angels (1966) Directed By: Ida Lupino Starring: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding Running Time: 112 Minutes *Director Ida Lupino began her career as an actress, she was put on suspension for not wanting to appear in Kings Row  and became interested in directing. In 1949 she became director for the film Not Wanted. She filled in for director, Elmer Clifton after he suffered a heart attack.  Other films Ida Lupino directed: The Hitch-Hiker (1953), The Bigamist (1953) The Bride Wore Red (1937) Directed By: Dorothy Arzner Starring: Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Franchot Tone Running Time: 103 Minutes * Director Dorothy Arzner had connections through director William C. DeMille and got a job as a stenographer, for Paramount Pictures, from there she move...

Here's another decade themed playlist, this time focusing on the 1930s. Also, this will be my last decade playlist as there's not much music I like or know from the 1920s. Enjoy! :) Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra You Oughta Be In Pictures by The Boswell Sisters We're In the Money from Gold Diggers of 1933 Hooray For Hollywood from Hollywood Hotel Animal Crackers in My Soup by Shirley Temple Whistle While You Work from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Good Morning from Babes In Arms Top Hat, White Tie and Tails by Fred Astaire Undecided by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra Pennies From Heaven by Billie Holiday I'm In The Mood For Love by Lanny Ross Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries by Rudy Vallee It's Only A Paper Moon by George Olsen (Joe Morrison, vocals) In The Mood by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Until Next Time, Ashley A.