LUCY & DESI COLORAMA

January 24, 1954

THE real secret of the phenomenal success of the “I Love Lucy” show seems to center around Lucille Ball’s unrestrained acting, with Desi Arnaz as the perfect foil for her zaniness. Now in its third year, at last count it still was the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz television program with the Number One rating in Philadelphia, although “Dragnet” had edged it out by a slight margin nationally. Lucy and Desi soon will be seen in their first motion picture together, The Long, Long Trailer, which they made last summer during their vacation. Adapted from Clinton Twist’s novel, this M-G-M film about a young couple who marry and decide to honeymoon in a trailer on a cross-country trip, is well suited to the comedy styles of Lucy and Desi.

[Although this photo was originally in color – hence appearing in the “Colorama” section of the Sunday newspaper – no color scans were available to share.]

Fake News! – January 24, 1954

Elsewhere in the papers that day….