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HAPPY IN HER NEW DOUBLE ROLE
July 7, 1963 HOLLYWOOD (AP) – The president of Desilu Productions Inc. had a special interest in inspecting the sumptuous new quarters for television’s Dr. Casey, Vincent Edwards. (1) It was the same building in which the president Lucille Ball had a tiny dressing room when she was an RKO starlet 25 years ago. Long the…
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LUCILLE BALL(S)
July 6, 1955 Binghamton (NY) Press, July 6, 1955 By Muriel Kappeler LUCILLE BALL washes dishes at 1009 Catherine Street, West Corners, and plays with a rattle at 328 Front Street, Vestal. No, the famous red-headed ball of fire, star of the “I Love Lucy” television program is not losing her mind, nor Is she…
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PILL-POPPING LUCY
July 5, 1973 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Lucille Ball has become a pill-popper, but not in the way you think. “It’s to grow bone marrow and build up the strength of my broken leg,” said the actress-tycoon in the course of a lawn party for the TV press. “I have to take all kinds of pills…
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND ~ Season 1, Part 1 (Cugat)
July 5, 1948 – December 26, 1948 “My Favorite Husband” ~ Season one aired on CBS Radio from July 5, 1948 to July 1, 1949. There were 51 half hour episodes. Starting in 1949, the characters would have their last name changed to Cugat, the character of Cory Cartwright would was phased out, Gale Gordon…
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BY LUCILLE BALL
July 4, 1972 During Cynthia Lowry’s vacation, the column is being written by invited guests, each of whom was asked to respond to specific questions. Here is a report on bringing up show business kids by television’s, if not the entertainment world’s, most beloved comedienne. Q. With both your children making successes in your field,…
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ALL IN A DAY FOR LUCY
July 3, 1966 CAMERA ANGLES It’s all in a day for Lucy by Aleen MacMinn Lucille Ball, the television executive, looked around her spacious, handsome and newly refurbished office at Desilu Studios and commented: “This is a great office. I wish I could spend more time here." However, Lucille Ball, television executive, doesn’t put in…
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PRE-, EARLY-, AND LATE-LUCY
July 2, 1967 When the one great broadcaster in the sky someday chronicles the history of television, it will be divided in three parts pre-Lucy, early-Lucy and late-Lucy. There will never be a period known as post-Lucy because Lucy is without end. Wars have come and gone. Generations have been born, reared and procreated, but…
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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND ~ Season 2
July 2, 1949 – June 25, 1950 “My Favorite Husband” ~ Season two aired on CBS Radio from September 2, 1949 to June 25, 1950. There were 40 half hour episodes sponsored by Jell-O. Episodes were also aired on Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFTRS) without advertising. Regular Cast: Lucille Ball as Elizabeth ‘Liz’…
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LUCY LOCO? DIZZY DESI?
July 1, 1946 On the first of July 1946, Dorothy Kilgallen reported that Lucille Ball was considering an offer by Broadway producer Jed Harris to come to New York in the fall and star in the play Loco written by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. Lucille Ball appealed to MGM where she was under contract, to allow her to…
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LUCY THE FIRECRACKER!
July 1, 1962 To most people July 4 means a big celebration with family picnics and plenty of fireworks. Channel 8 celebrates two days early by welcoming a redheaded firecracker named Lucille Ball to its summer schedule. Lucy, along with the guest stars pictured with her on the cover, (1) will be featured in a…
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