At The Cocoanut Grove

  Highlights for November Shelley Winters is Star of the Month, airing Mondays.  TCM Spotlight features Under the Big Top, airing Fridays.  TCM Special Theme: Women Make Film, continues airing Tuesdays.  Leonard Maltin's Neglected Classics air November 12th.  The Essentials continue Saturday nights with showing of A Hard Day's Night (1964) on 11/7, Ball of Fire (1941) on 11/14, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) on 11/21 and An American in Paris (1951) on 11/28  Films Airing This Month to Check Out: Mildred Pierce (1945) airs 11/1 at 11:30/10:30 a.m. Flower Drum Song (1961) airs 11/1 at 8/7 p.m. Behave Yourself! (1951) airs 11/2 at 12 a.m./11 p.m. Lolita (1962) airs 11/3 at 3:30/2:30 p.m. and 11/9 at 8/7 p.m. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) airs 11/5 at 8/7 p.m. Cat People (1942) airs 11/5 at 2/1 a.m. The Curse of the Cat People (1944) airs 11/5 at 3:30/2:30 a.m. The Circus (1928) airs 11/6 at 10:45/9:45 p.m. Mexican Spitfire (1940) airs 11/7 at 10:08/9:08 a.m....

  Dracula (1931) I recently for the first time, watched the 1931 Dracula and here are my thoughts on it.  While I am very familiar like many others with the character of Dracula, he's been featured in many movies, TV shows and commercials for decades. The character usually has a thick Transylvanian accent and usually says something about wanting to suck blood. He wears a cape and always hides when the sun comes out. Even Sesame Street has a Muppet called Count Von Count! So the character of Count Dracula is familiar to all ages. I've never read Bram Stoker's Dracula either so anything I've ever seen has been later versions of movies or shows.  Bela Lugosi is probably best known as portraying the title lead. He was originally in the stage production and was in his mid 40s when he was cast  in the film version.  Dracula is one of the earlier Universal Pictures films that began cranking out other horror hits like Frankenstein and The Mummy ....

  Continuing with my Halloween themed blog posts I thought this time I'd post about my favorite Twilight Zone episodes. I've watched The Twilight Zone for a long time and with it now on Hulu, I thought I'd give it a rewatch. Below are my favorites. Enjoy!  *By the way, The Twilight Zone is available on Hulu, Netflix, CBS All Access and YouTube.  The Bewitchin' Pool Season 5, Episode 36 (1964) Two Season 3, Episode 1 (1961) *The clip is a condensed version of the full episode.  Long Distance Call Season 2, Episode 22 (1961) *The clip, is a condensed version of the episode.  Where Is Everybody? Season 1, Episode 1  *The clip is a condensed version of the episode. Number 12 Looks Just Like You  Season 5, Episode 17 (1964) *Note: This is a clip, with narration.  Living Doll Season 5, Episode 6 (1963) The Dummy Season 3, Episode 33 (1962) Little Girl Lost  Season 3, Episode 26 The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Season 1, Episode 22 (1...

It's October and with Halloween approaching I thought I'd make some holiday themed posts. Halloween will look different this year, no doubt. But there are still ways to celebrate including watching Halloween animated specials and episodes.  Casper's Halloween Special (1979) Davey and Goliath: Halloween Who Dun-It (1967) Dr. Seuss Halloween is Grinch Night (1977) Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979) The Smurfs: All Hallows Eve  Until Next Time, Ashley A.