Tag: A Girl A Guy and a Gob
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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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OLD GOLD COMEDY THEATRE
“A GIRL, A GUY, AND A GOB” ~ February 11, 1945 The Old Gold Comedy Theatre (aka Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre) was NBC Radio’s attempt to replicate the success of CBS’ Lux Radio Theatre. It debuted on October 29th, 1944. Silent film star and producer (and Lucille Ball’s mentor) Harold Lloyd introduced condensations of movie comedies.…
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MISS BALL GOES TO BAT!
January 23, 1941 On January 23, 1941, film star Lucille Ball was the subject of a full page article by Hollywood correspondent Lucie Neville, including cartoons by Carol Johnson and three photographs in the Franklin Repository Public Opinion (PA). By LUCIE NEVILLE, HOLLYWOOD THE still-man on the set of “Three Girls and a Gob” was…
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LUCILLE BALL THRIVES ON MISTAKES
January 16, 1965 The original, un-cropped photograph. [CLICK ON THE UNDERLINED TEXT TO VISIT THE EPISODES WHERE LUCY LEARNS A NEW SKILL!] TV Week now presents a girl who has made a career out of making mistakes. Meet Lucille Ball. She admits that the art of making mistakes is not only fun, but highly educational. …
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HOOSIER ‘DANCE’ GIRLS: MISS HARA & MISS O’BALL
September 14, 1940 On September 14, 1940, Lucille Ball and Maureen O’Hara reached the end of their whirlwind press tour to promote their new RKO film Dance, Girl, Dance. Ball and O’Hara made four personal appearances between screenings of the film, introduced by local radio star Roy Brandt of WFBM. On September 1, 1940, The…
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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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IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT: LUCY & THE BOMPS!
by Earl Wilson, August 19, 1950 Lucille Ball wanted to keep Desi home and off the road so she petitioned for him to play her husband on radio’s “My Favorite Husband”. The network balked and Richard Denning got the role instead. When it came time to transfer the show to television, Lucy made the same demand.…
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