Tag: 1952
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PEOPLE TODAY: TWO-HEADED FAMILY
July 30, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on the cover of People Today (”a magazine about headline people”) on July 30, 1952. Inside featured nine photos of Lucille Ball making faces (”The Rarest Bird: A Clown With Glamour”) and Desi Arnaz warming up the studio audience at “I Love Lucy” (”Filmed before a live…
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NEW LIFE IN LUCY
July 20, 1952 By WILL JONES, Minneapolis Tribune Staff Writer WITH HER SECOND BABY on the way and her second career in its peak, Lucille Ball is busy trying to make the facts of real life jibe with the facts of TV life. The complications are going to affect all fans of the nation’s No.…
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A CLOSE-UP ‘LOOK’
June 3, 1952 Lucille Ball was on the cover of Look Magazine on June 3, 1952, volume 16, no. 12. She was joined by Marilyn Monroe, Governor Adlai Stevenson, boxer Harry Matthews, and an unnamed baby. The issue reviews Monroe’s film Clash By Night, although the photo was from Don’t Bother To Knock. “How Lucy…
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TIME: A CLOWN WITH GLAMOUR
May 26, 1952 TIME: The Weekly News Magazine ~ Lucille Ball: Prescription for TV; a clown with glamour. May 26, 1952. On Monday evenings, more than 30 million Americans do the same thing at the same time: they tune in ‘I Love Lucy’ (9 p.m. E.D.T., CBS-TV), to get a look at a round-eyed, pink-haired…
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FUNNY FACE LUCILLE BALL
January 30, 1952 On January 30, 1952, Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of People Today, volume 3, number 4. People Today was an adult magazine founded in 1950. The first issue was published on June 20, 1950 and featured Faye Emerson on the cover. It was a bi-weekly pocket digest originally published by Weekly Publications, publisher…
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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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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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GOLD MEDAL AWARDS
December 19, 1952 The pre-national TV Guide (Volume V, #51) for December 19 to 25, 1952, was a special issue dedicated to their Annual Gold Medal Awards. Lucille Ball is at 12 o’clock in the circular collage of heads surrounding the medal. Best Actress: Maria Riva Best Actor: John Forsythe Best Comedienne – Lucille Ball.…
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LUCILLE & DESI SOLVE A PARENT PROBLEM
November 22, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on the cover of TV Digest for the week of November 22, 1952. The inside article was titled “Lucille and Desi Solve a Parent Problem.” “With a baby due in January, how does the show stay on the air?” The article reveals that the past summer hiatus…
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QUICK! WHY DO THEY LOVE LUCY?
October 13, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on the cover of Quick Magazine (volume 7 #13) on October 13, 1952. The inside article was titled “Why Do They Love Lucy?” Quick Magazine was published by Cowles Magazines, Inc., from 1949 to 1953. They also published Life. Readers were encouraged to “Get Quick on your…