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LUCY PLEASES PUBLIC
June 30, 1952 Incredibly, this newspaper has misspelled the author’s name. Louella (not Luella) Parsons wrote about Hollywood from 1914 to 1965. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide. Louella (or Lolly, as she was sometimes called) was mentioned on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show,” usually in…
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DESI DISCOVERS!
June 30, 1974 BY BEN FALKE, Sunday Group Writer Who says they never come back? At 57 and in better physical condition than he’s been in for years, Desi Arnaz has finished a pilot which he hopes NBC will convert to a prime time series. The show is called “Dr. Domingo” and it’s about a…
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CA$HING IN!
June 28, 1953 On June 28, 1953, newspapers were talking about the marketing and merchandising opportunities of the new medium of television, particularly TV’s biggest hit, “I Love Lucy.” America wanted to live like the Ricardos, and Desilu was more than happy to comply, through an array of products. Perhaps the most desirable was the “I Love…
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TV TIMES
June 27, 1965 Every so often a new comedienne is hailed and toasted by the critics and public. None of them in the past 15 years has shown the talent or endurance of Lucille Ball. Cara Williams (1) was touted as “the new Lucy.” She never came close because the old Lucy was too good for…
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INTERFERENCE
June 26, 1948 On June 26, 1948, Dorothy Manners’ column reported that Lucille Ball was cast in Interference, a film about pro football starring Victor Mature, to be produced by RKO. Manners remarks that when she saw Ball on stage in Dream Girl, she sat next to famed suspense director Alfred Hitchcock, who praised Lucille…
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TALKING SHOP
June 25, 1967 ON CAMERA, LUCILLE BALL is the funniest female in America. They gave her a second Emmy early this month to attest to the fact. With the cameras turned off, she is an interesting combination of several people – hard-headed business woman, mother concerned and even outraged at some of the things being…
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LOVELY, MARRIED & RENEWED
June 24, 1949 “Never underestimate the power of your studio audience in either direction.” Those red-tinted words of wisdom come from the lady of the pink-tinted tresses, Lucille Ball. "I’ve learned that if you play up to your studio audience, the listeners at home have a tendency to feel left out. If you go to…
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‘MY GOOD WIFE’ v ‘MY FAVORITE HUSBAND’
June 23, 1949 “My Good Wife,” an added starter on KNBC, 6:30 p.m. PST Fridays, is another comedy about a young married couple, as if we needed another one. I must admit this one is a little different. This married couple, Steve and Kay Emerson, are not nearly so fast with a wisecrack as, say,…
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ROLLING STONE LOVES LUCY
June 23, 1983 Rolling Stone ~ Issue 398, June 23, 1983 “I Love Lucy” by Lynn Hirschberg “I never even felt pretty. I was clearly a lesser beauty.”
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JAMESTOWN GIRL on TREASURE HUNT
June 23, 1934 On June 23, 1934, The Warren (PA) Times-Mirror reprinted an item from The Jamestown (NY) Post. Contrary to Lucille’s claim of being born in Butte, Montana, Chautauqua County residents claim her as 100 percent from Jamestown – and the first from the New York town to have success in Hollywood. Apparently, after a…
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