At The Cocoanut Grove

  Highlights for the Month: Peter Cushing is Star of the Month, airing Mondays.  TCM Spotlight features 30 Years of the Film Foundation, airing Thursdays.  TCM Special Theme: Fright Favorites, airing Fridays. TCM Special Theme: Women Make Film continues airing Tuesdays.  Birthday Tribute to Buster Keaton airs 10/4 with 1 documentary and 4 films.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out: Two for the Road (1967) airs 10/1 at 10/9 p.m. Dracula (1931) airs 10/2 at 8/7 p.m. House on Haunted Hill (1958) at 10/2 at 11/10 p.m. The Haunted (1963) airs 10/2 at 12:30 a.m./11:30 p.m. and 10/31 at 6/5 p.m. The Women (1939) airs 10/4 at 1:30/12:30 p.m. Bye Bye Birdie (1963) airs 10/4 at 4/3 p.m. The Great Buster: A Celebration (2018) airs 10/4 at 6/5 p.m. Sherlock Jr. (1924) airs 10/4 at 8/7 p.m. Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) at 10/4 10:30/9:30 p.m. Seven Chances (1925) airs 10/4 at 12 a.m./11 p.m. Daisies (1966) airs 10/6 at 4:30/3:30 a.m. MGM Cartoons: Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) a...

  September 15th through October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month. In the past to acknowledge this, I have made posts on Hispanic actors and movies. I'm adding more movies again, because while you might be familiar with the actors you might have never seen one of their movies. Here's a few to check out.  The Cuban Love Song (1931) Directed By: W. S. Van Dyke Starring: Lupe Velez, Lawrence Tibbett, Jimmy Durante Running Time: 86 Minutes Juarez (1939) Directed By: William Diererle Starring: Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Gilbert Roland Running Time: 125 Minutes High Noon (1952) Directed By: Stanley Kramer Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado Running Time: 85 Minutes The Littlest Outlaw (1955) Directed By: Roberto Gavaldon Starring: Pedro Armendariz, Rodolfo Acosta, Joseph Calleia Running Time: 73 Minutes In Caliente (1935) Directed By: Lloyd Bacon Starring: Dolores del Rio, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carrillo Running Time: 84 Minutes Viva Zapata! (1952) Directed...

  September is National Piano Month. In honor of that I thought I'd put together a post about movies about pianists. Enjoy!  The Eddie Duchin Story (1956) Directed By: George Sidney Starring: Kim Novack, Tyrone Power, Victoria Shaw  Running Time: 123 Minutes Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Directed By: Irving Rapper Starring: Robert Alda, Will Wright, Joan Leslie Running Time: 141 Minutes A Song to Remember (1945) Directed By: Charles Vidor Starring: Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde Running Time: 112 Minutes Song Without End (1960) Directed By: Charles Vidor and George Cukor Starring: Dirk Bograde, Capucine, Genevieve Page Running Time: 141 Minutes Song of Love (1947) Directed By: Clarence Brown Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker Running Time: 119 Minutes Until Next Time, Ashley A. 

 It's officially the end of summer with Labor Day weekend behind us, school is in session, even if school looks different this year. In the past I've made posts on teachers and school movies. This time it's a post on college movies. Here's a few to check out.  Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) Directed By: Elliott Nugent Starring: Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake Running Time: 83 Minutes Blondie Goes to College (1942) Directed By: Frank R. Strayer Starring: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Janet Blair Running Time: 74 Minutes She's Working Her Way Through College (1952) Directed By: H. Bruce Humberstone Starring: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson Running Time: 104 Minutes The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953) Directed By: Don Weis Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse Running Time: 72 Minutes College (1927) Directed By: James W. Home, Buster Keaton Starring: Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin Running Time: 66 Minutes The Freshman ...

I don't think I've ever done a book review on my blog before, which is funny because I read books on Old Hollywood stars all the time. I'm starting my first post about a book on Natalie Wood. On May 5th of this year, More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of my Mother, Natalie Wood was released. It's written by Natalie Wood's oldest daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner. As a Natalie Wood fan for 16 years I was interested in reading this book. I had read Suzanne Finstad's Natasha and Gavin Lambert's Natalie Wood: A Life , plus I had seen a handful of documentaries about Natalie, so I know a lot about who she was. However, I didn't know personal details about her which were shared by her daughter. Natasha tells a lovely account of growing up with Natalie Wood as her mother. She shares the strong love they had for one another. How she believed she had the perfect mother despite Natalie's flaws. And how she learned to go on with her life after her mother die...

September Schedule Highlights for the Month Dorothy Dandridge is Star of the Month, airing Sunday Nights.   TCM Spotlight features Honoring Our Medical Heroes, airing Thursdays.  TCM Special Theme: Women Make Film, airing Tuesdays.   End of Summer Concert airs September 4th-7th, aka Labor Day Weekend.   Leonard Maltin's Short Film Showcase airs September 14th.  Films Airing This Month to Check Out Suspicion (1941) airs 9/1 at 11:45/10:45 a.m. Star 80 (1983) airs 9/2 at 3:15/2:15 a.m. Summer of '42 (1971) airs 9/3 at 6/5 p.m.   Some Like it Hot (1959) airs 9/4 at 9:30/8:30 a.m. The Goodbye Girl (1977) airs 9/4 at 6/5 p.m. Crossing Delancey (1988) airs 9/6 at 4/3 p.m. The Curse of the Cat People (1944) airs 9/10 at 7:15/6:15 a.m.   The China Syndrome (1979) airs 9/12 at 1:30/12:30 a.m.   Summer Stock (1950) airs 9/13 at 8/7 p.m.   Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934) airs 9/14 at 8/7 p.m. *short   The Virgin Suicides (199...

Sorry if this title is corny but I have major's writer's block. I thought it would be fun to post classic films in alphabetical order. BTW, there is one 1980s film but the rest are from earlier decades.  A is for All About Eve (1950)  B is for Bringing Up Baby (1938) C is for City Lights (1931) D is for Dracula (1931) E is for Easter Parade (1948)  F is for Frankenstein (1931) G is for Gilda (1946) H is for High Society (1956) I is for It (1927)  J is for Jaws (1975)  K is for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) L is for Lolita (1962) M is for Miracle on 34th Street (1947) N is for National Velvet (1944) O is for Of Human Bondage (1934) P is for Psycho (1960) Q is for Queen Christina (1933) R is for Romeo and Juliet (1968) S is for Sabrina (1954) T is for The Thin Man (1934) U is for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) V is for Vertigo (1958) W is for Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) X is for Xanadu (1980) Y is for Yours Mine and Ours (1968) Z is for Ziegfeld Girl (194...