At The Cocoanut Grove

I decided I wanted to make another themed post since it's still Women's History Month . This post focuses on women who changed television. Also this will be my last post on Women's History Month as I have an Easter themed post planned for next week and of course my monthly TCM picks post. Mary Tyler Moore Moore is probably best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977)   which I like to say housed the 3 F's: Funny, Feminism and Fashion! The show was groundbreaking for the 1970s and I still feel women today can relate to it. Showing a woman who was 30 and single and had a job- in an all male workplace I might add. Moore won 3 Emmys Awards and the show won a total of 29 Emmys throughout the series run. Moore and then husband, Grant Tinker founded MTM Enterprises which in addition to The Mary Tyler Moore Show also produced The Bob Newhart Show , St. Elsewhere and Hill Street Blues among others.  Diahann Carroll Carroll was the first African...

March is Women's History Month and in honor of that I decided to make a post on a few female directors you should know (or maybe already do) and a film they directed. The Trouble With Angels (1966) Directed By: Ida Lupino Starring: Rosalind Russell, Hayley Mills, June Harding Running Time: 112 Minutes *Director Ida Lupino began her career as an actress, she was put on suspension for not wanting to appear in Kings Row  and became interested in directing. In 1949 she became director for the film Not Wanted. She filled in for director, Elmer Clifton after he suffered a heart attack.  Other films Ida Lupino directed: The Hitch-Hiker (1953), The Bigamist (1953) The Bride Wore Red (1937) Directed By: Dorothy Arzner Starring: Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Franchot Tone Running Time: 103 Minutes * Director Dorothy Arzner had connections through director William C. DeMille and got a job as a stenographer, for Paramount Pictures, from there she move...