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HATS, WRAPS, STAGE & SCREEN
January 27, 1937 On January 27, 1937, Lucille Ball was one of three Hollywood starlets modeling the newest trend in fashion – ‘12 in 1 hats’ in the Des Moines (IA) Tribune. Also on January 27, 1937, Lucille Ball was seen in the Oshkosh Northwestern (WI) modeling a ‘Coronation’ Hat. The coronation of King George VI would take …
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HOLLYWOOD TODAY
January 26, 1938 A strange assortment of night attire is assembled on the “Joy of Loving” [SP] set. Lucille Ball, with inch-long lashes glamorizing her eyes, is clad in a blue, fluffy negligee. Irene Dunne whose blonde hair reveals some darkness at the parting, wears a mannish-looking dressing gown. Alice Brady’s locks are enveloped in a…
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WHY I LOVE LUCY
January 25, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Guide (pre-National edition, volume V, #4) on January 25, 1952. The inside article “Why I Love Lucy” was written by Desi Arnaz. This was Lucille’s second of five covers of the pre-national edition before she graced the cover of the very…
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ROY ROWAN
January 25, 1920 Roy Rowan was born in Paw-Paw, Michigan. He became an announcer for CBS Radio, eventually leaving to freelance for CBS TV starting with “I Love Lucy” (1951-57) and “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” (1957-60). After “I Love Lucy” ran its course of 179 shows, Rowan worked for Ball on 156 episodes of “The…
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How Desi Invented Television : Planet Money
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LUCY’S GIFT OF GAB
January 24, 1965 By TERRENCE O ‘FLAHERTY, SAN FRANCISCO “Yeah, I take my tape recorder with me everywhere I go now,“ said Lucille Ball. "I even took it to Catalina and that’s a pretty dull little island as you know. I thought I might run into a fish that talks." It’s all part of the…
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LUCY & DESI COLORAMA
January 24, 1954 THE real secret of the phenomenal success of the “I Love Lucy” show seems to center around Lucille Ball’s unrestrained acting, with Desi Arnaz as the perfect foil for her zaniness. Now in its third year, at last count it still was the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz television program with the…
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ERNIE KOVACS
January 23, 1919 Ernest Edward Kovacs was an American comedian, actor, and writer who was born in Trenton, New Jersey to Hungarian immigrants. Coincidentally, Lucille Ball also briefly lived in Trenton, several years before Kovacs was born. Though a poor student, Kovacs received an acting scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937. …
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MISS BALL GOES TO BAT!
January 23, 1941 On January 23, 1941, film star Lucille Ball was the subject of a full page article by Hollywood correspondent Lucie Neville, including cartoons by Carol Johnson and three photographs in the Franklin Repository Public Opinion (PA). By LUCIE NEVILLE, HOLLYWOOD THE still-man on the set of “Three Girls and a Gob” was…
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