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MAURICE MARSAC
March 23, 1915 Maurice Marsac was born on March 23, 1915 in Croix, Nord, France. He made his screen debut (appropriately) as a French policeman in Paris After Dark (1945), a film that employed many French World War II immigrants. He also appeared in two 1952 Paris-set films: Assignment: Paris and April in Paris. Later…
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Lucille Ball Scrapbook
March 22nd ~1936 to 1950 ~ MARCH 22, 1936 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1939 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1941 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1941 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1942 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1943 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1943 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1943 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1945 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1945 ~ ~…
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I’LL LOVE YOU ALWAYS
March 20, 1935 Directed by Leo Bulgakov Writers: Lawrence Hazard (story), Vera Caspary, Sidney Buchman Produced by Everett Riskin for Columbia Pictures Synopsis ~ Actress Nora Clegg marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He finally acquires a position that will require him…
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TV GUIDE: LUCY’S NEIGHBORS
March 20, 1953 William Frawley and Vivian Vance appeared on the cover of the pre-National TV Guide (volume VI, #f12) for March 20 to 26, 1953. This was the penultimate issue of the regional Guide before it went national. The inside article is titled “Lucy’s Neighbors” with the subtitled “Don’t Be So Sure The Mertzes are…
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ROY ROBERTS
March 19, 1906 Roy Roberts was born Roy Barnes Jones in Dade City, near Tampa, Florida. He began his acting career on the stage, first appearing on Broadway in May 1931 before making his motion picture debut in Gold Bricks, a 1936 two-reel comedy short released by 20th Century-Fox. He appeared in numerous films in secondary…
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THE WILLS
March 19, 1950 “The Wills” (aka “The Coopers Make Their Wills”) is episode #80 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on March 19, 1950. Synopsis ~ After Liz and George make out their wills, Liz is convinced that George intends to do away with her. Liz is startled to find a receipt for…
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TRIB TV: CAROL + 2
March 19, 1966 BURNETT, BALL, AND MOSTEL – how do you get a comedic triple threat like that on the same TV show? If you’re Carol Burnett, you ask Zero to lunch and say: “Hey, wouldn’t it be fun to do a show together?” Then, even tho everybody says, “Forget it, you’ll never get her,” you…
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EDWARD EVERETT HORTON
March 18, 1886 Edward Everett Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began his stage career in 1906, singing and dancing and playing small parts in vaudeville and in Broadway productions. In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began acting in Hollywood films. During his long career, he was in five Oscar Best…
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TV TIMES CARNIVAL!
March 17, 1968 Lucille Ball and Jack Benny appeared on the cover of TV Times, a supplement section of the Los Angeles Times, on March 17, 1968. The photo promotes Benny’s special “Jack Benny’s Carnival Nights” airing on March 20, 1968. Also on Sunday, March 17, Lucille Ball appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show”. She introduces a clip…
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