At The Cocoanut Grove

Highlights For the Month: Robert Ryan is Star of the Month airing Fridays throughout the month. TCM Spotlight features American International Pictures airing Thursdays throughout the month. Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood airs May 2nd-4th with 14 films and 1 documentary. Memorial Day Marathon runs May 27th-30th with 35 films. Matthew Broderick is this month's Guest Programmer on May 31st. The four films he picked are: Doorway to Hell (1930), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The 400 Blows (1959) and Breaking Away (1979).  Mothers Day Movies air all day and throughout the night on May 8th.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out: A Patch of Blue (1965) airs 5/1 at 6/5 p.m. Imitation of Life (1934) airs 5/8 at 2/1 p.m. Light In The Piazza (1962) airs 5/8 at 6/5 p.m. The Little Princess (1939) airs 5/11 at 10:15/9:15 a.m. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967) airs 5/12 at 4/3 p.m. Sex and the Single Girl (1964) airs 5/15 at 4/3 p.m. A Star is Born (...

Spring is here and it's a popular time for baseball. While I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of the sport (I'm more of a tennis girl) I don't mind watching a movie or two centered around the sport. Here are five films to check out. Angels in the Outfield (1951) * This is also billed as ' Angels and the Pirates ' Directed By: Clarence Brown Starring: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Kennan Wynn Running Time: 99 Minutes Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Directed By: Busby Berkeley Starring: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly Running Time: 94 Minutes The Winning Team (1952) Directed By: Lewis Seiler Starring: Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Frank Lovejoy Running Time: 98 Minutes The Pride of St. Louis (1952) Directed By: Harmon Jones Starring: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Crenna Running Time: 93 Minutes The Stratton Story (1949) Directed By: Sam Wood Starring: Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson...

This Friday Disney releases the live-action version of The Jungle Book. This film has had several adaptations and in honor of that I decided to put together a list of 3 films and 1 animated short to check out. The Jungle Book (1942) Directed By: Zolton Korda Starring: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, Rosemary DeCamp Running Time: 108 Minutes *Note, The above is the entire film. The Jungle Book (1967) Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman Voices Of: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima Running Time: 78 Minutes Lord of the Jungle (1955) Directed By: Ford Beebe Starring: Johnny Sheffield, Wayne Morris, Nancy Hale Running Time: 70 Minutes *This was a whole series, Lord of the Jungle is the last film, the first is 1949's Bomba the Jungle Boy . Mowgli's Brothers (1976) Directed By: Chuck Jones Narrated By: Roddy McDowall Until Next Time, Ashley A.