Tag: Bess Flowers
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TWO SMART PEOPLE
June 4, 1946 Director: Jules Dassin Producer: Ralph Wheelwright for MGM Writers: Ethel Hill & Leslie Charteris, story by Ralph Wheelwright & Allan Kenward Synopsis ~ One of two con-artists ends up arrested and given five days of freedom before he must go to jail. The man loves to eat; knowing that prison food is lousy, he decides to…
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BESS FLOWERS
November 23, 1898 Bess Flowers was known as “The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 950 films and television shows in her 41-year career. Born in Sherman, Texas, Flowers’ film debut came in 1923, when she appeared in Hollywood. She made three films that year, and then began working extensively. Many of her appearances…
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Lucy and Viv Reminisce
S6;E16 ~ January 1, 1968 Synopsis When Lucy breaks her leg, Viv comes to nurse her and the two stroll down memory lane by recalling their past misadventures. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney) Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane Lewis) and Roy Roberts (Harrison Winfield Cheever) do not appear in…
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Lucy and the Little League
S1;E28 ~ April 15, 1963 Synopsis When Sherman and Jerry play on the Danfield Tigers Little League team, Lucy and Viv coach their boys in the finer points of the sport, but get thrown out of the game! Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph Hart…
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Lucy Drives a Dump Truck
S1;E24 ~ March 11, 1963 Synopsis After promising the Volunteer Fire Department that the town council will pay for their new uniforms, the girls find that they will be stuck for the cost themselves. They want to relieve Lucy as captain, until she comes up with the idea of selling newspapers for salvage. Everything goes…
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No More Double Dates
S1;E21 ~ February 18, 1963 Synopsis When Lucy and Viv double date, there’s an argument about where to go and what to do. Lucy and Harry decide they’d like to spend a Saturday night alone, so they make up a story about having tickets to see a Broadway show. After being caught doubling back at…
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Chris’s New Year’s Eve Party
S1;E14 ~ December 31, 1962 Synopsis Chris doesn’t want her mother to chaperon her New Year’s Eve party, so Lucy, Viv and the boys go out for the night and leave the chaperoning to Harry. When Harry calls Lucy at the restaurant in a panic, Lucy rushes to save the party with a silent movie…
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“Lucy is Enceinte”
(S2;E10 ~ December 8, 1952) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed October 3, 1952 at General Service Studios. Rating: 67.7/87 Synopsis ~ Lucy feels strange and Ethel suggests she might be expecting! When Lucy comes back from a doctor’s visit and reveals that Ethel was right, she…
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Lucy and The Great Caruso
The episode “Lucy’s Bicycle Trip” (1956) and other “I Love Lucy” episodes provide many connections to the 1951 MGM bio-flick The Great Caruso (1951) starring Mario Lanza. When cycling through Italy, the gang takes shelter in the barn of a farmer played by Mario Siletti who played Papa Caruso. Later, Lucy bumps heads with an…
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