A glimpse behind the camera during Lucille Ball’s 40 years on television.
The Studio
The Audience
Welcome & Warm-Up
“The Lucy Show”
The Scenery
“First Stop” (ILL S4;E14) 1955
Design for “Here’s Lucy”
Hair, Make-Up & Wardrobe!
Hal King designing frozen Lucy for “The Freezer” (ILL S1;E29), 1952
“Hollywood at Last!” (ILL S4;E16), 1955
Lucille Ball’s hairstylist Irma Kusely
Elois Jenssen Lucy’s costume designer for “I Love Lucy”
Rehearsals! Rehearsals! Rehearsals!
“The Celebrity Next Door” (LDCH) with Tallulah Bankhead, 1957
“Lucy in London” (1966) with Peter Wyngarde
“Lucy Gets Lucky” (1975) with Dean Martin and Jackie Coogan at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas
“Lucy Goes To Mexico” (LDCH 1958) with Desi Arnaz
Lights!
Camera!
Action!
“Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25), 1952
“Lucy Takes A Cruise To Havana” (LDCH 1957) with Ann Sothern
“Lucy in London” (1966) with Anthony Newley
“The Lucy Show” (1973)
“Lucy, Legal Eagle” (LWL S1;E7), 1986
Joking Around on the Set!
“Love Among the Two-By-Fours” (LWL S1;E3) 1986, with Peter Graves
“Job Switching” (ILL S2;E1), 1952
“Lucy Becomes a Sculptress” (ILL S2;E15), 1953
“Lucy and Viv Put In a Shower” (TLS S1;E18) 1963, with Vivian Vance
Relaxing Between Takes!
Backstage at “I Love Lucy” with Eve Arden, Eve’s daughter, Vivian Vance, and Desi Aranz’s mother (back right).
“Bungle Abbey” (1981), Lucille Ball’s only full directing credit
“Stone Pillow” (1985) with Daphne Zuniga
Editing the Rough Cut!
“California Here We Come” (ILL S4;E13), 1955. The first ‘process shot’ on film in the history of television.
Celluloid from “Lucy Goes To A Hollywood Premiere” (TLS S4;E20), 1966
Blue screen in “The Great Airport Chase” (HL S1;E18), 1975
Lucille Ball’s stunt double in “The Great Airport Chase” (HL S1;E18), 1975
Screening the Dailies!
“Salute To Stan Laurel” (1965) with Buster Keaton (front row left)
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