Tag: 1941
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PASSAGE TO BORDEAUX
August 7, 1941 HOLLYWOOD. Aug 7— If you have read “Berlin Diary” — and it seems as if the whole world has read William Shirer’s day to day accounts of the events that led up to the war – you will interested to hear he is coming to Hollywood. (1) He will fly her weekends…
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STAYING YOUNG
July 29, 1941 HOLLYWOOD (UP) – Lucille Ball has worked out a system for staying young in Hollywood – keep busy and don’t worry. (1) “One nice thing about the town,” she said, “is that when it keeps you busy you don’t have time to worry. And when you don’t have time to worry, you don’t…
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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU
July 27, 1941 Every star of our acquaintance has some system of aids to good grooming, but the set-up we like best is Lucille Ball’s. Lucille designed a wooden tray with sides and a handle, the tray divided into compartments. In one compartment is make-up, in another manicure utensils, in another brush and comb; one contains a…
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A GIRL, A GUY, AND A GOB
March 14, 1941 Directed by Richard Wallace Produced by Harold Lloyd for RKO Radio Pictures Written by Bert Granet and Frank Ryan, based on a story by Grover Jones Synopsis ~ A shy, quiet executive for a shipping firm who finds himself with a dilemma: he’s become smitten with his young temporary secretary but she’s…
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GLAMOUR in WHITE
February 16, 1941 GLAMOUR IN WHITE – Lucille Ball proves she can be as glamorous as she is entertaining in films as a comedienne with this spectacular cape and muff of white fox. In the same shop the bridegroom, Desi Arnaz, was putting the touch of masculine approval on the purchases of his bride, Lucille…
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LUCY’S ‘PARACHUTE’ FAILS TO OPEN!
February 12, 1941 The RKO film Parachute Battalion was released on September 12, 1941, directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Robert Preston, Edmond O’Brien, Harry Carey, and Buddy Ebsen. Lucille Ball was NOT cast. The role went to Nancy Kelly, who married Edmond O’Brien just a week after this item was published. The movie was filmed on…
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BELATED HONEYMOONERS IN DETROIT
February 7, 1941 BY FRANK P. GILL A handsome young Cuban troubadour, who owes his start in show business to his country’s predilection for revolutions and cuartelazos (army rebellions), and a pretty and popular film star, who has time on her hands between pictures, popped into Detroit Thursday with a sigh of relief. The troubadour,…
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