TRIPLE PLAY BALL

August 2, 1943

At the time, Desi was serving in the Army at a base in the San Fernando Valley, near Chatsworth, wear the couple lived. Edward Sedgwick (1892-1953) was a good friend of Lucille and Desi who worked for Desilu. He is credited with discovering Lucille Ball and directed the unreleased “I Love Lucy” movie. The last show he directed before he died was an episode of “I Love Lucy.”

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