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THE DIAPER SALESMAN, MISS PRINGLE & THE REDHEAD
July 13, 1949 Lucille Ball, who once told me that she like Harry Cohn too much to ever sign a contract with him, has eaten “them” words and signed a long-term deal with Columbia! The first movie the fire-alarm redhead will make is “Confessions of a Diaper Salesman" which, as you can guess, is an all-out…
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TV GUIDE: PHONY PUBLICITY
July 12, 1958 A straightforward portrait of Lucille Ball was on the cover of TV Guide on July 12, 1958. It was one of 39 appearances by Ball on the magazine’s cover. “People keep saying I’m wild and uninhibited, a real wacky dame. Well, I’m not – really.” The photograph used on the two-page spread…
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SUPERSTAR CLASS
July 13, 1973 By RICK DU BROW, HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Television executives take for granted Lucille Ball’s hold on the viewing audience, and you sometimes wonder if the network people genuinely appreciate the miraculous nature of her video longevity. The trouble with being the kind of superstar that Miss Ball is with ceaselessly solid ratings and…
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STAGE MUSICAL!
July 11, 1955 Billion-dollar combination is the deal Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are cooking with Rodgers and Hammerstein (1) for a Broadway musical to follow their TV tour of Europe (2). They’re figuring on an original story to fit their personalities, and it will bring these two back to the stage for the first…
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EASY TO WED
July 11, 1946 Directed by Edward N. Buzzell Produced by Jack Cummings for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Written by Dorothy Kingsley, based on the screenplay Libeled Lady by George Oppenheimer, Maurine Dallas Watkins (as Maurice Watkins), and Howard Emmett Rogers. Uncredited contributions by Buster Keaton. Synopsis ~ When a newspaper runs a scandalous story about debutante Connie Allenbury,…
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HANS LOVES LUCY
July 10, 1987 By CAROL HOWARD News-Review staff writer Hans Borger loves Lucy. Lucille Ball, that is. The 23-year-old Petoskey man, who wasn’t even around for Lucy’s golden era during the 1950s, collects books, record albums, videocassette tapes, photos, T-shirts and mugs, all dedicated to his beloved Lucy. For any cave dwellers out there who…
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VERTÈS / BALL
July 9, 1944 On July 9, 1944 it was reported that Lucille Ball was the first Hollywood star to pose for noted artist Marcel Vertès. His paintings of Ball were used for publicity surrounding MGM’s Meet The People. Marcel Vertès (born Marcell Vértes, August 10, 1895 – October 31, 1961) was a French costume designer…
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“LUCY” RETIRED!?
July 8, 1954 Lucille Ball revealed today she and husband Desi Arnaz will break up their television series team in two years and work mainly behind the TV camera. The Arnaz’ eight million dollar contract with their sponsor will expire in the spring of 1956. Then the adventures of Lucy and Ricki Ricardo on CBS’…
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MY NEXT HUSBAND at COLUMBIA
July 7, 1948 What My Next Husband Will Be was announced in June 1948 as a vehicle for Lucille Ball. By October the lead had gone to Rosalind Russell and Ball was assigned to Miss Grant Takes Richmond, a film by the same creative team. It was Ball’s 72nd film. In November, Buddy Adler was attached…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 