At The Cocoanut Grove

Highlights For the Month: Robert Ryan is Star of the Month airing Fridays throughout the month. TCM Spotlight features American International Pictures airing Thursdays throughout the month. Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood airs May 2nd-4th with 14 films and 1 documentary. Memorial Day Marathon runs May 27th-30th with 35 films. Matthew Broderick is this month's Guest Programmer on May 31st. The four films he picked are: Doorway to Hell (1930), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The 400 Blows (1959) and Breaking Away (1979).  Mothers Day Movies air all day and throughout the night on May 8th.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out: A Patch of Blue (1965) airs 5/1 at 6/5 p.m. Imitation of Life (1934) airs 5/8 at 2/1 p.m. Light In The Piazza (1962) airs 5/8 at 6/5 p.m. The Little Princess (1939) airs 5/11 at 10:15/9:15 a.m. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967) airs 5/12 at 4/3 p.m. Sex and the Single Girl (1964) airs 5/15 at 4/3 p.m. A Star is Born (...

Spring is here and it's a popular time for baseball. While I'll admit I'm not a huge fan of the sport (I'm more of a tennis girl) I don't mind watching a movie or two centered around the sport. Here are five films to check out. Angels in the Outfield (1951) * This is also billed as ' Angels and the Pirates ' Directed By: Clarence Brown Starring: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Kennan Wynn Running Time: 99 Minutes Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Directed By: Busby Berkeley Starring: Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly Running Time: 94 Minutes The Winning Team (1952) Directed By: Lewis Seiler Starring: Ronald Reagan, Doris Day, Frank Lovejoy Running Time: 98 Minutes The Pride of St. Louis (1952) Directed By: Harmon Jones Starring: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Crenna Running Time: 93 Minutes The Stratton Story (1949) Directed By: Sam Wood Starring: Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson...

This Friday Disney releases the live-action version of The Jungle Book. This film has had several adaptations and in honor of that I decided to put together a list of 3 films and 1 animated short to check out. The Jungle Book (1942) Directed By: Zolton Korda Starring: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, Rosemary DeCamp Running Time: 108 Minutes *Note, The above is the entire film. The Jungle Book (1967) Directed By: Wolfgang Reitherman Voices Of: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima Running Time: 78 Minutes Lord of the Jungle (1955) Directed By: Ford Beebe Starring: Johnny Sheffield, Wayne Morris, Nancy Hale Running Time: 70 Minutes *This was a whole series, Lord of the Jungle is the last film, the first is 1949's Bomba the Jungle Boy . Mowgli's Brothers (1976) Directed By: Chuck Jones Narrated By: Roddy McDowall Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

Highlights for the Month: Judy Garland is Star of the Month airing Fridays throughout the month.  TCM Spotlight features The Best of The Barrymores airing Mondays throughout the month.  From Caligari to Hitler airs April 13th, 20th and 27th with 15 films and 1 special.  Gloria Steinem is this month's Guest Programmer on April 19th. The three films she picked are: A Taste of Honey (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Mr. Arkadin (1955)  Gregory Peck's 100th Birthday Tribute airs April 5th with 11 films and 1 special.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out: The Wizard of OZ (1939) airing 4/8 at 8/7 p.m. and 4/9 at 2/1 p.m. The Glass Slipper (1955) airing 4/10 at 8/7 p.m. West Side Story (1961) airing 4/14 at 8/7 p.m. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) airing 4/15 at 11:45/10:45 p.m. Cat People (1942) airing 4/18 at 5/4 p.m. The Curse of the Cat People (1944) airing 4/18 at 6:15/5:15 p.m. Some Like It Hot (1959) airing 4/21 at 8/7 p.m. The M...

With Easter being this Sunday I decided to make a post on 4 films to check out for the holiday. I have a silent film, a religious epic, an animated favorite and a fun musical so there's something for everyone. The King of Kings (1927) Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Earnest Torrence Running Time: 155 Minutes Easter Parade (1948) Directed By: Charles Walters Starring: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller Running Time: 108 Minutes The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) Directed By: George Stevens Starring: Max von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Dorothy McGuire Running Time: 260 Minutes It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974) Directed By: Phil Roman Voices Of: Melanie Kohn, Stephen Shea, Bill Melendez Running Time: 30 Minutes Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

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...