Tag: Bob Hope
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TOO MANY HUSBANDS
April 21, 1947 The Gulf Screen Guild Theater present Wesley Ruggles’ Too Many Husbands, which was a 1940 Columbia Pictures release. Produced and Directed by: Bill Lawrence Music by: Wibur Hatch Synopsis ~ Vicky Lowndes (Lucille Ball) loses her first husband, Bill Cardew (Bob Hope), in a boating accident in which he is presumed drowned. The…
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CRITIC’S CHOICE
April 13, 1963 Directed by Don Weis Produced by Frank P. Rosenberg for Warner Brothers Written by Jack Sher, based on the play by Ira Levin Synopsis ~ Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out…
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MAXINE SEMON
April 8, 1909 Maxine Semon was born on April 8, 1909 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She made her screen debut in October 1944 in one of RKO’s Edgar Kennedy short films titled “Feather Your Nest”. In 1936, Lucille Ball had appeared in one of the shorts titled “Dummy Ache”. In 1950 she made her television debut as Honeybee Gillis…
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LIFE: SEXY EYES OVER HOPE’S SHOULDER
March 17, 1961 On March 17, 1961, Lucille Ball and Bob Hope appeared in an article with photographs on the inside of LIFE Magazine. The article was timed to promote their film The Facts of Life, which had opened in November 1960 and was still in US cinemas. On the cover is model and dancer…
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TV GUIDE
March 12, 1988 On March 11, 1988 Lucille Ball and Desi Aranz were featured (among others) on the cover of TV Guide (volume 36, number 11, issue #1824). This would be the last time Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of TV Guide during her lifetime. She was on the cover of the very first…
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GEORGE BURNS
January 20, 1896 George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 in New York City, the ninth of 12 children born to Jewish immigrants from Poland. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century.…
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LUCY BUSY WITH PLAY, TV, FAMILY
January 1, 1961 On the first day of 1961 the Associated Press (AP) published a story about Lucille Ball, and her transition from TV star in California, to Broadway star in New York City. In the below article – reprinted verbatim – footnotes have been added for historical perspective. This story appeared in the Honolulu…
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