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MAURICE CHEVALIER
September 12, 1888 Maurice Chevalier was born on September 12, 1888 in Paris. He started in show business in 1901. He was singing at a café when it was suggested he audition for a local musical. He got the part. Chevalier made a name as a mimic and a singer. In 1909, he became the partner of…
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BALL and BERLE are BACK!
September 12, 1952 TV GUIDE ~ Volume 5, #37 This pre-national TV Guide for the New York region chose to colorize the photograph on the cover, which is a composite shot of Lucille Ball and Milton Berle, not one posed together. New York being the most important of the television markets, an attractive color cover…
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SEPTEMBER 11
Since 2001, the date September 11th has been a date associated with the life-changing terrorist attacks on America. But previously, the date was one of the busiest in the Lucille Ball calendar, with memorable performances of her three hit sitcoms in three decades. Lucille Ball’s mission in life was to make us laugh – even…
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PAUL HARVEY
September 10, 1882 Paul Harvey was born as Roy Paul Harvey on September 10, 1882 in Sandwich, Illinois. He starred on Broadway in The Awful Truth (1922, above left with Bruce McRae and Ina Claire) and repeated his role in the film in in 1929, which is now presumed lost, although it was remade twice (without…
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“We Love Lucy” – Saturday, September 12, 2020 on Reelz ReelzChannel on Facebook Watch
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LOOK! TV: TURN ON OR TURN OFF?
September 7, 1971 The September 7, 1971 issue of LOOK Magazine (volume 35, number 18) dedicated their entire issue to the medium of television. Inside, there is a feature titled “Lucille Ball, the Star That Never Sets…” by Laura Bergquist on page 54. The photograph on the cover is slightly distorted to give it the look…
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IRVING BACON
September 6, 1893 Irving Bacon was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, as Irving Von Peters. He was a character actor who appeared in hundreds of films, mostly as bewildered small-town blue collar workers. His film debut came in 1923 with a small role in a silent film of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie starring Blanche Sweet. He appeared…
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THE CHANGE IN LUCILLE BALL
September 5, 1964 This issue of TV Guide was published just two weeks before the debut of season three of “The Lucy Show” on September 21, 1964. Although the series was now being filmed in color (thanks to the foresight of Lucille Ball), CBS still insisted on airing them in black and white. This would be…
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HOLLYWOOD BOND CAVALCADE
September 4, 1943 On September 4, 1943, the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade departed to raise money for America’s Third War Loan. It began in Washington DC and went through 16 American cities before ending in San Francisco 21 days later. Millions of Americans flocked to these events buying war bonds as their tickets, with seat prices…
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