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Here are May's highlights and films to check out.  Highlights For May  Edward G. Robinson is Star of the Month, airing Thursdays.   TCM Spotlight features Asian Americans in Hollywood, airing Wednesdays.   TCM Special Theme: Wonder Women airs Tuesdays.   New season of The Essentials begins May 2nd with Brad Bird.   VE Day 75th Anniversary airs May 8th.   Mother's Day airs May 10th.   TCM Memorial Tribute to Danny Aiello airs May 17th.   Memorial Day Marathon airs May 23rd-25th.      Films Airing This Month to Check Out:   Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) airs 5/1 at 11:45/10:45 p.m.   After the Thin Man (1936) airs 5/3 at 6/5 a.m.   Penelope (1966) airs 5/4 at 9/8 p.m.   Splendor in the Grass (1961) airs 5/4 at 8/7 p.m.   Gypsy (1962) airs 5/4 at 12:30 a.m/11:30 p.m.   Light in the Pi...

Continuing with my 'April Showers' theme, I thought I'd make a playlist with songs that have some form of the word rain in them.  Here are 14 songs to get you in that rainy day mood. Enjoy!    The Rain, The Park and Other Things by The Cowsills   Purple Rain by Prince   Singin' in the Rain by Gene Kelly   Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by BJ Thomas   Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by Creedence Clearwater Revival   Here Comes the Rain Again by Eurythmics   It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls   Rainy Days and Mondays by The Carpenters   Fool in the Rain by Led Zeppelin   Come Rain or Shine by Ray Charles   Raining in my Heart by Buddy Holly   Rain by The Beatles   A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan   Fire and Rain by James Taylor Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

I'm sure you've heard the phrase 'April Showers Bring May Flowers'. Since it's April and April tends to be a rainy month, I thought I'd make a post about movies that have some variation of rain in the title.  Singin' in the Rain (1952) Directed By: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly  Starring: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor Running Time: 103 Minutes Rain (1932) Directed By: Lewis Milestone Starring: Joan Crawford, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi Running Time: 92 Minutes A Hatful of Rain (1957) Directed By: Fred Zinnermann Starring: Don Murray, Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa Running Time: 109 Minutes *Note: The above is a clip, not the trailer. Miracle in the Rain (1956) Directed By: Rudolph Mate Starring: Van Johnson, Jane Wyman, Peggie Castle Running Time: 108 Minutes The Rains Came (1939) Directed By: Clarence Brown  Starring: Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent...

Easter is this Sunday, in the past I've made a post about 4 Easter themed films you can watch and since I've made posts around Christmastime with Christmas specials, I thought I'd make one on Easter specials. Happy Easter to all who celebrate.  Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) Directed By: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. Voices of Casey Kasem, Vincent Price, Joan Gardner Narrated By: Danny Kaye Running Time: 55 Minutes The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town (1977)  Directed By: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.  Starring: Skip Hinnant, Bob McFadden, Allen Swift Narrated By: Fred Astaire Running Time: 50 Minutes The First Easter Rabbit (1976) Directed By: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. Starring: Robert Morse, Stan Freberg, Paul Frees Narrated By: Burl Ives Running Time: 25 Minutes A Family Circus Easter (1982) Directed By: David Brain  Voices Of: Nathan Berg, Missy Hope, Anne Costello Running Ti...