Tag: 1939
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FARM RELIEF
July 30, 1939 The glamour girls are finding out that they can get through a picture without 26 changes of costume. Very seldom these days do you find a star going into tantrums about the news that she’ll have to worry along with shop girls clothes in shop girl parts. Ending a Nuisance Bette Davis…
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PANAMA LADY
May 12, 1939 Directed by Jack HivelyProduced by Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures Written by Michael Kanin, based on a story by Garrett Fort Synopsis ~ A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon hooks up with a rough-and-tumble oil driller, who takes her to his oil-field in the jungle to show her what “real”…
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SEVEN STEPS TO STARDOM
March 11, 1939 To Lucille Ball it’s not superstition. Seven is her lucky number just as it’s the fortunate digit that crap-shooters pray for. Try not to be too technical and you’ll soon see that Lucille (count the letters) reached stardom in “A" pictures in seven steps. (Meanwhile the portrait above proves that the RKO…
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BEST BATHTUB SCENES OF 1939
February 1, 1940 In advance of the whoop-de-do with which the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences grants its annual awards and closes the guessing season, almost everybody in town – from Mr. Benny’s Rochester to Miss Dietrich’s Sealyham – is making up a list. The best pictures, the best actor, best actress, best direction,…
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Lucy and the Countess
S3;E19~ February 1, 1965 Synopsis Lucy’s old school chum Rosie is back in town and she’s now a countess. Rosie boards with Lucy and is immediately invited to a wine tasting by Mr. Mooney where they she and Lucy drink each other under the table – literally! Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale…
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