At The Cocoanut Grove

Here's monthly highlights and some films to check out in May on TCM.  Highlights For The Month: Marlene Dietrich is Star of the Month airing Thursday nights in May. TCM Spotlight features movie series, this includes Blondie , Mexican Spitfire , Andy Hardy , The Thin Man and others. It airs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in May. Harvey J. Kaye is May's Guest Programmer on May 21st. The three films he picked are: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Casablanca (1942) and Deadline USA (1952). Robert Osborne Birthday Tribute airs May 3rd with 2 films, 4 Private Screenings and the TCM 20th Anniversary Tribute.  Mother's Day airs May 13th.  Memorial Day Marathon runs from May 25th - May 28th.  Films & Specials Airing This Month to Check Out: Private Screenings: Robert Osborne (2014) airs 5/3 at 8/7 p.m. Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015) airs 5/3 at 11:30/10:30 p.m. The Nun's Story (1959) airs 5/4 at 11:15/10:15 a.m. Two For ...

April's Original and Remake is Alice in Wonderland . It is based on the children's book from 1865, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. There have been many adaptations including films, TV series, comic strips and a live production. For this post I am focusing on three film adaptations from 1933, 1951 and 2010. Let's begin. Alice in Wonderland (1933) Directed By: Normand Z. McLeod Starring: Charlotte Henry, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant Running Time: 77 Minutes Alice in Wonderland (1951) Directed By: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske Voices Of: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn Running Time: 75 Minutes Alice in Wonderland (2010) Directed By: Tim Burton Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp Running Time: 108 Minutes  I am incredibly biased here but the animated version is very special to me. It was one of the very first Disney movies I ever saw and I wanted so badly...

I thought it would be fun to do a 20 Questions type of thing but on Old Hollywood. Some of these questions I borrowed from others' Old Hollywood questionnaire's and some I thought of myself.  So let's begin.  1.) What classic film star got you into Old Hollywood?           Shirley Temple 2.) What was the first classic film you saw that got you into Old Hollywood?        I think it was Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm , it was a Shirley Temple movie though.  3.) Who is your favorite classic actress?         A tie between Judy Garland and Natalie Wood 4.) Who is your favorite classic actor?          Actually, I don't have one.  5.) What is your favorite movie genre?         Musicals 6.) What is your favorite classic film?        Tough one but I'm going with The Wizard of OZ (1939) 7.) What is your favorite classic movi...

Since we're in April and it's spring I thought I'd make a playlist about spring. And it comes without all those nasty allergies! Enjoy! Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations April in Paris by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong It Might As Well Be Spring by Frank Sinatra Some Other Spring by Billie Holiday Spring Is Here by Ella Fitzgerald For The Roses by Joni Mitchell Safe In My Garden by The Mamas and The Papas Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson La Vie En Rose by Louis Armstrong A-Tisket, A-Tasket by Ella Fitzgerald On The First Warm Day by Rosemary Clooney Until Next Time, Ashley A.