Tag: Ben Blue
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EASY TO WED
July 11, 1946 Directed by Edward N. Buzzell Produced by Jack Cummings for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Written by Dorothy Kingsley, based on the screenplay Libeled Lady by George Oppenheimer, Maurine Dallas Watkins (as Maurice Watkins), and Howard Emmett Rogers. Uncredited contributions by Buster Keaton. Synopsis ~ When a newspaper runs a scandalous story about debutante Connie Allenbury,…
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A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED MAN
May 25, 1967 Gene Kelly (Director) Frank McCarthy (Producer for 20th Century Fox) Frank Tarloff (Writer, Based on His Book) Synopsis ~ Paul Manning discovers that his friend and neighbor Ed Stander has been cheating on his wife. Curious, he asks Ed about it, and is given the history and tactics of men who have…
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LUCILLE BALL: A Life on TV
1949-1989 Lucille Ball performed in nearly every aspect of show business, but television was the medium on which she left her mark. From the late 1940s until her death on April 26, 1989, Lucille Ball lit up television screens worldwide with her talent. Below I’ve selected one program from each calendar year she was on…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1968 Part One ~ JANUARY to JUNE A tumultuous year. Lucille Ball sells Desilu Studios to Paramount, ends “The Lucy Show,” and creates Lucille Ball Productions (LBP) to produce “Here’s Lucy,” starring her real-life children! “Lucy and Viv Reminisce” (TLS S6;E16) ~ January 1, 1968 This is the first and only clips show on “The Lucy Show.”…
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JACK BENNY’S CARNIVAL NIGHTS
March 20, 1968 Directed by Fred De Cordova Produced by Irving Fein Written by Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, Hilliard Marks Script Consultant Milt Josefsberg Jack Benny (Himself, Host) was born on Valentine’s day 1894. He had a successful vaudeville career, and an even greater career on radio with “The Jack Benny Program” which also became…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 