At The Cocoanut Grove

Highlights For July: Ronald Colman is Star of the Month, airing Thursdays throughout July. TCM Spotlight features 50 Years of Hitchcock airing Wednesdays and Fridays. The Essentials continue airing Saturday nights starting with The Lady Eve (7/1), Bride of Frankenstein (7/8), Woman of the Year (7/15), All About Eve (7/22) and Some Like It Hot (7/29) AFI Life Achievement Award: Diane Keaton airs July 31, with 3 airings of the AFI special and 2 films, Reds (1981) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) Films Airing This Month to Check Out: West Side Story (1961) airs 7/4 at 1:30/12:30 p.m. and 7/11 at 8/7 p.m. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) airs 7/4 at 4:15/3:15 p.m. The Moon is Blue (1953) airs 7/10 at 8/7/ p.m. Rope (1948) airs 7/19 at 8/7 p.m. Rear Window (1954) airs 7/21 at 8/7 p.m. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) airs 7/22 at 12:15 a.m./11:15 p.m. Psycho (1960) airs 7/26 at 1/12 a.m. Marnie (1964) airs 7/28 at 8/7 p.m. * Note: I am not empl...

Here is my June installment of Original and Remake. This time it's Willy Wonka and the  C hocolate Factory .   It is based on the 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. There are two adaptations, the original from 1971 and the remake from 2005. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Directed By: Mel Stuart Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson Running Time: 99 Minutes Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Directed By: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly Running Time: 115 Minutes By far the original is the best here. I'm not really sure why anyone, especially Tim Burton thought it was a good idea to remake this. Gene Wilder himself said it was disappointing this was being remade and had no interest in seeing it. I originally had no interest seeing the remake either until my grandma mentioned she wanted to see it, so I rented it- I didn't watch in theat...

I'm back with another edition of My Favorite Films , this time I'm all about the 1960s. I must admit there are only 6 films here, so I'm sorry if you were expecting a long list. I honestly thought I liked more and while there are several I enjoy I don't consider them my absolute favorite. So let's get started. West Side Story   (1961) Directed By: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins Starring: Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno Running Time: 152 Minutes Mary Poppins (1964) Directed By: Robert Stevenson Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson Running Time: 139 Minutes Gypsy (1962) Directed By: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Natalie Wood, Rosalind Russell, Karl Malden Running Time: 143 Minutes The Graduate (1967) Directed By: Mike Nichols Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross Running Time: 105 Minutes Lolita (1962) Directed By: Stanley Kubrick Starring: James Mason, Su...

I'm sorry if you came into this post thinking it was about famous brides that married in June. It's actually a movie post. I thought it would be fun to make a post on movies around brides. Here are 5 films on brides and that have bride in the title. The Bride Goes Wild (1948) Directed By: Norman Taurog Starring: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Butch Jenkins Running Time: 98 Minutes The Bride Walks Out (1936) Directed By: Leigh Jason Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Robert Young Running Time: 75 Minutes *Note: The above is a clip from the film, not the actual trailer. June Bride (1948) Directed By: Bretaigne Windust Starring: Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter Running Time: 96 Minutes Our Blushing Brides (1930)  Directed By: Harry Beaumont Starring: Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Robert Montgomery Running Time: 99 Minutes * Note: The above is a clip from the film, not the actual trailer. Brides ...