At The Cocoanut Grove

Back when the Summer Olympics aired I made a post on Olympic movies with a summer theme. Since the Winter Olympics are starting this Friday I thought I'd make a post on 5 films about the winter Olympics or a winter sport. I have included 2 films from the 90s because honestly it's tough finding old movies on the winter Olympics. Downhill Racer (1969) Directed By: Michael Ritchie Starring: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparr Running Time: 101 Minutes The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) Directed By: Larry Peerce Starring: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Dabney Coleman Running Time: 103 Minutes                                               Ice Castles (1978) Directed By: Donald Wrye Starring: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Tom Skerritt Running Time: 110 Minutes Cool Runnings (1993) Directed By: Jon...

Friday kicked off the 2016 Rio Olympics and in honor of that I decided to make a post on films set around previous years summer Olympics. Here are 4 films and 1 animated short. Jim Thorpe All-American (1951) Directed By: Michael Curtiz Starring: Burt Lancaster, Phillis Thaxter, Charles Bickford Running Time: 106 Minutes Walk, Don't Run (1966) Directed By: Charles Walters Starring: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton Running Time: 114 Minutes International Velvet (1978) Directed By: Bryan Forbes Starring: Tatum O'Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Christopher Plummer Running Time: 127 Minutes Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Directed By: H. Bruce Humberstone Starring: Warner Oland, Layne Tom Jr., Katherine DeMille Running Time: 71 Minutes The Olympic Champ (1942) Directed By: Jack Kinney Voiced By: George Johnson Running Time: 7 Minutes Until Next Time, Ashley A.