Happy 90th Anniversary to The Cocoanuts

Just think - tonight...tonight when the moon is sneaking around the clouds I'll be sneaking around you. I'll meet you tonight under the moon. Oh, I can see it now - you and the moon. Wear a neck-tie so I'll know you. Ninety years (and a few weeks) ago - August 3rd, 1929 - the …

TCM Classic Film Festival 2018: My Story

The ninth annual TCM Classic Film Festival was held on April 26 - 29 in Hollywood, CA. This year's theme was Powerful Words: The Page Onscreen so many of the films screened were based on novels, created from original screenplays, or depicted the life of writers - real and fictitious - onscreen.  I find it so …

For Me and My Gal (1942)

"You think anything's going to stand in the way of us playing the Palace this time? Oh no, not even a war." For Me and My Gal was released in theaters in late 1942, when America was fully emerged in World War II. After the US entered the War in December 1941, Hollywood joined in on …

GOOD NEWS (1947)

Welcome to Tait College circa 1927, where football rules and romance is aplenty. This is Good News. This film is a remake of the 1930 film musical, which was based on the 1927 play. (The 1930 version was a full-out Pre-Code production filled with sexual innuendos. By the 1940s, it was no longer screened in the …

“Easter Parade”

In 1948, MGM released a vibrant Technicolor musical called Easter Parade.

Esther Williams: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

"I was just a swimmer who got lucky." Christmas is over and the new year is here. So, you know what that means: Summer is right around the corner. Well, practically. What better way to celebrate than by talking about Esther Williams?   Okay, so it took me twenty years to watch an Esther Williams …

“Meet Me in St. Louis”: A Love Letter 15+ Years in the Making

I don't know how many times I've talked/made references about Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), but it's a big, big, big number. I watched it a lot with my Grandma Riggs, who played a big part in introducing me to a handful of classic movies, especially of  the musical genre. It's a film that, …