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NEW LIFE IN LUCY
July 20, 1952 By WILL JONES, Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer WITH HER SECOND BABY on the way and her second career in its peak, Lucille Ball is busy trying to make the facts of real life jibe with the facts of TV life. The complications are going to affect all fans of the nation’s No.…
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MODELS’ GOAL ~ STARDOM!
July 19, 1940 Hollywood is the mecca of all beautiful models who sooner or later turn their pretty faces westward in search of fame fortune and cinematic stardom. Few of the pulchritudinous legion however attain their goals and the majority of them — after various and invariable discouraging encounters with casting offices — return to…
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BEST DRESSED
July 18, 1936 “There are few well-dressed women in Hollywood, avers Bernard Newman, de- signer-in-chief to RKO Radio. "There is no incentive to dress well because of the lack of functions, night clubs and theaters. Many of the stars, unfortunately, are not interested in clothes. "Katharine Hepburn, for Instance, would far rather wear a shirt…
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TV GUIDE: TACKLING MOVIES!
July 17, 1953 During the summer of 1953, “I Love Lucy” was replaced by “Racket Squad” on CBS’s Monday night line-up.
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BACHELOR GIRL
July 17, 1960 When Lucille Ball divorced Desi Arnaz last spring, her friends were convinced that, for all practical purposes, her public life had come to an end. Life with Lucy, they whispered, would mean seclusion, or at least partial retirement. But Lucy surprised everyone, including herself. Partly because she needed to be busy to…
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GO FOR FUN!
July 21, 1955 The “I Love Lucy’’ addicts will soon see the whole TV show gang — Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and Bill Frawley together in a movie that has nothing to do with the “Lucy” series. Instead, another coined “Go for Fun" by Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr. has been bought…
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INDOMINATABLE LIFESTYLE
July 16, 1972 HOLLYWOOD – Indomitable funny girl Lucille Ball, with a messy scoop hair the color of an orange popsicle, flashes on the scene in a sad predicament. She’s got a lame leg. Lucy hobbled from her sleek silver Rolls Royce and into the yellow cubbyhole dressing room which is a sunny retreat near the…
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LUCILLE WINS 10 YEAR FIGHT
July 15, 1943 By ERSKINE JOHNSON It took Lucille Ball 10 years to travel five miles to stardom. There’s a smooth, concrete highway all the way with only an occasional boulevard stop. “But its the toughest five miles,” Lucille said today, "that I’ve ever traveled in my life.” With, she added, plenty of stops and…
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TOO MUCH KISSIN’
July 14, 1957 It was Desi who suggested Keith Thibodeaux go by the stage name Richard Keith. Despite this name change, Thibodeaux was never billed by either name on “I Love Lucy” or “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” – simply as ‘Little Ricky’. Another plus is that boys named Richard are often nicknamed Ricky, which not-so-coincidentally is also…
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SOME SOUND ADVICE
July 14, 1964 Hollywood (UPI) Just a short while ago I was invited to speak to the student body of the University of California at Los Angeles as part of the presentation ceremony at the 10th annual Samuel Goldwyn creative-writing awards. What is a former Goldwyn girl supposed to say on the subject of creative…
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