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LUCY + DESI = BIG BUSINESS
April 8, 1956 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of the New York Herald Tribune’s TV and Radio Magazine on April 8, 1956. (The remainder of the article was not available.) In this week’s listing is “Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy” (ILL S5;E22) first aired on Monday, April 9, 1956. In reality, the cast…
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MAXINE SEMON
April 8, 1909 Maxine Semon was born on April 8, 1909 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She made her screen debut in October 1944 in one of RKO’s Edgar Kennedy short films titled “Feather Your Nest”. In 1936, Lucille Ball had appeared in one of the shorts titled “Dummy Ache”. In 1950 she made her television debut as Honeybee Gillis…
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ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
April 8, 1946 Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth. Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Norman Taurog, Charles Walters. Robert LewisProducer: Arthur Freed for Metro Goldwyn Mayer The shooting schedule ran between April 10 and August 18, 1944, with retakes plus additional segments filmed on December 22, 1944 and then between January 25 and February 6, 1945. The film was first proposed in…
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TIME: THE NEW TYCOON
April 7, 1958 THE NEW TYCOON Battered old movie posters still flapped in the Hollywood breezes on the high walls of the old RKO lot last week. But towering above the lot, in huge black letters on the freshly painted silver water tower, loomed a new hallmark: Desilu Studios. Below it, cameramen were already shooting…
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WALTER WINCHELL
April 7, 1897 Walter Winchell was born in New York City, the son of immigrants. He left school in the sixth grade and started performing in vaudeville as a tap dancer. Winchell served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He began his career in journalism by posting notes about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards.…
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DAVID FROST
April 7, 1939 Sir David Paradine Frost was born in Tenterden, Kent. Throughout his school years he was an avid football and cricket player, and was offered a contract with Nottingham Forest Football Club. Frost studied at Cambridge. He was secretary of the Footlights Drama Society, which included actors such as Peter Cook and John Bird.During this period Frost…
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LIFE: TV’S FIRST FAMILY
April 6, 1953 The cover of the April 6, 1953 issue of LIFE depicted TV’s First Family: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Lucie, and Desi Jr. Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of LIFE twice more: in 1962 and 1976. The photo magazine was a weekly from 1936 to 1972 and a monthly from 1978 to…
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TV GUIDE: 10th ANNIVERSARY
April 6, 1963 Lucille Ball was once again on the cover of TV Guide on April 6, 1963 (vol. 11, no. 14). The issue celebrated their tenth anniversary. Lucille Ball and her little Desi were on our first cover. She is there again this week. We’re sentimental about her. The Table of Contents page features…
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JOI LANSING
April 6, 1929 Joi Lansing was born Joy Rae Brown, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles. She began modeling at the age of 14 was signed to a contract at MGM. She completed high school on the studio lot. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well…
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SUSAN TOLSKY
April 6, 1943 Susan Gaye Tolsky was born on April 6, 1943, in Houston, Texas. She attended Bellaire High School, where she grew fond of acting. When her father advised her not to pursue a career in acting, she enrolled at the University of Texas in Austin to major in nursing. She switched to drama two years later. In her…
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