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KISSING THE YEAR IN!
December 29, 1951 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV-Radio Life on December 29, 1951, the final issue of the year. FORECASTS FOR ‘52 Of the predictions by Fleetwood Lawton (as told to Arlene Garber), the prospect of color television is mentioned. Lawton was correct: a successful color television system based on a…
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LOOK! TV’S FAVORITE FAMILY!
December 28, 1954 The Arnaz Family (Lucy, Desi, Lucie, and Desi Jr.) appeared on a Christmas-themed cover of Look magazine on December 28, 1954. Inside on page 10 is an article with four photos of Lucy and Desi with the kids shopping for toys. At the time, little Lucie was 3 and Desi Jr. was…
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CHRISTMAS AT SUN VALLEY / DIVORCE RUMORS
December 27, 1959 The “television show” referenced in the byline was “Lucy Goes To Sun Valley” (LDCH S1;E5). On Sunday, December 27, 1959, The Twin Falls (ID) Times-News did a story with photos about the annual influx of celebrities, including Lucille Ball, who spend their holidays at Sun Valley. Charles Denton also added grist to the rumor…
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BROADWAY BILL
December 27, 1934 A Columbia Motion Picture Directed by Frank Capra Produced by Harry Cohn Written by Robert Riskin, based on the short story “Strictly Confidential” by Mark Hellinger Lucille Ball played a telephone operator, uncredited. Also in the film were future “I Love Lucy” cast members Charles Lane, Irving Bacon, and Bess Flowers. Synopsis ~ Warner Baxter…
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RICHARD WIDMARK
December 26, 1914 Richard Weedt Widmark was born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, but grew up in Illinois, moving frequently because of his father’s job as a traveling salesman. He attended Lake Forest College, where he graduated in 1936. He made his debut as a radio actor in 1938 and by 1941 he was heard daily in the title role…
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LUCY & DESI’S TOTS HUNG UP STOCKINGS, TOO!
December 25, 1955 By LOUELLA O. PARSONS ~ INS Motion Picture Editor, Hollywood Merry Christmas! In the home of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz today as in homes all over the world the family is gathered around the Christmas tree. They, too, wish you a happy Yuletide with peace on earth good will toward men.…
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LOOK! THE DESI-LUCY LOVE STORY
December 25, 1956 On this date in 1956, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and Keith Thibodeaux were on the cover of Look Magazine, volume 20, number 26. This was a ‘Christmas Extra’ edition. Photographs were by Robert Vose. This was Lucille Ball’s fifth of nine Look covers from 1952 to 1971. “Desi and Lucy: The Love Story…
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LUCY IN THE MORGUE!
December 24, 1936 The article is slightly misleading in that the title of the RKO film Once Over Lightly was changed to Don’t Tell The Wife, released in March 1937. Although the film did feature Lucille Ball and Guy Kibbee, Gene Raymond was not in the film. Ball and Raymond were together in RKO’s There Goes My…
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THE SLEIGH RIDE
December 23, 1949 “The Sleigh Ride” (aka “Christmas Caroling In A Stolen Sleigh”) is episode #67 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on December 23, 1949. Synopsis ~ Liz is taken for a sleigh ride (figuratively and literally) when she and her neighbors borrow a milkman’s horse and make a jingle bell trip to…
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