At The Cocoanut Grove

Here is June's schedules and highlights for the month. Highlights For June: Jane Powell is Star of the Month airing Wednesdays.  TCM Spotlight features Allied Powers airing Thursdays.  TCM Special Theme features Hollywood Hair of Fame airing Mondays.  Counter Culture Films of 1969 airs Tuesdays.  Tribute to Doris Day airs June 9th.  Father's Day airs June 16th.  Treasures From The Disney Vault airs June 25th.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out:  West Side Story (1961) airs 6/1 at 8/7 p.m. The Little Princess (1939) airs 6/3 at 10:30/9:30 p.m. Grey Gardens (1975) airs 6/8 at 10/9 p.m. Calamity Jane (1953) airs 6/9 at 4/3 p.m. The Curse of the Cat People (1944) airs 6/12 at 8:45/7:45 a.m. The Red Balloon (1956) airs 6/12 at 3/2 p.m. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) airs 6/18 at 10/9 p.m. Sabrina (1954) airs 6/21 at 10:30/9:30 p.m. Girl Crazy (1943) airs 6/23 at 9:45/8:45 p.m. The Kid (1921) ...

May 25th (this Saturday) is Tap Dance Day, in honor of that I thought I'd make a post about movies with tap dancing scenes that I enjoy. I have to add that not all these scenes are from old movies but I still wanted to add them.  Shirley Temple and Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson in The Little Colonel (1935)  Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in Swing Time (1936)  Gene Kelly in Singin In The Rain (1952)  Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1938)  Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo in The Artist (2011)  Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street (1933)  Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La Land (2016)  Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

National Teacher's Day was May 7th and even though it's a week later I still thought I'd make a post on movies centered around teachers. A while back I made a post on school movies , anyway, let's begin.  Blackboard Jungle (1955) Directed By: Richard Brooks Starring: Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow Running Time: 101 Minutes Up the Down Staircase (1967) Directed By: Robert Mulligan Starring: Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Elieen Heckhart Running Time: 124 Minutes The Miracle Worker (1962) Directed By: Arthur Penn Starring: Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Victor Jory Running Time: 106 Minutes The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) Directed By: Robert Stevenson Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn Running Time: 97 Minutes * Note: The above is a clip from the film, not the actual trailer.  The Corn is Green (1945) Directed By: Irving Rapper Starring: Bette Davis, John Dall, Nigel ...

May is National Bike Month and the third week of May is National Bike Week, in honor of that I thought I'd post some pictures of Old Hollywood stars riding bikes.  Susan Peters Audrey Hepburn (with her Yorkshire Terrier, Mr. Famous)  Natalie Wood Katharine Hepburn and niece Katharine Houghton Alfred Hitchcock Olivia de Havilland Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Shirley Temple Until Next Time, Ashley A.