MON COPAIN

April 25, 1937

Mon Copain (literal translation ‘My Friend’) was a French-language movie magazine published from the 1930s through the 1950s.  On April 25, 1937 RKO film star Lucille Ball appeared on the cover, holding a look-alike doll. Both Lucy and the doll are holding a cigarette. 

This is not the only time Lucille Ball would grace the cover of Mon Copain. During the peak of “I Love Lucy” popularity, she appeared on the cover with Desi Arnaz in January 1955.