Tag: Critic’s Choice
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GOING STRONG AT 50
August 8, 1961 Lucille Ball, who scrapped her way out of a wheelchair to become a towering star of American show business, turns the half-century mark tomorrow. (1) She is still scrapping as she celebrates her 50th birthday. Although health problems forced her to quit the tough grind of the Broadway musical “Wildcat,” she’s looking…
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HAROLD MILLER
May 31, 1894 Harold Miller was born as Harold Edwin Kammermeyer in Redondo Beach, California. He was a veteran of more than 425 television programs and films, most of them as a background performer, nearly all uncredited. He made his screen debut in the Selznick Pictures 1919 release Upstairs and Down. From 1938 to 1947…
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JAMES FLAVIN
May 14, 1906 James William Flavin Jr. was born in Portland, Maine. Flavin was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, where he played football. Flavin worked his way across the country in stock productions and tours, arriving in Los Angeles around 1932. He made his screen debut in a leading role in 1932′s The…
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RICHARD DEACON
May 14, 1921 Richard Deacon was born in Philadelphia, although he and his family later moved to Binghamton, New York. He attended West Junior High and Binghamton Central High School, where he met fellow Binghamton resident Rod Serling. During World War II, Deacon served in the Army medical corps. In 1946, upon completion of his…
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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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ALLAN RAY
November 23, 1909 Allan Ray was born Andrew Marinko in Swoyerville, Pennsylvania. His careen in Hollywood lasted thirty years, mostly playing background roles and smaller parts. He made his uncredited screen debut in Dixie starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. He also had an uncredited role in 1950′s A Woman of Distinction in which Lucille…
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TYPEWRITER TESSIE!
Lucy and the Typewriter On July 23, 1829, American William Austin Burt patented a machine called the “Typographer” which is listed as the first typewriter. The London Science Museum describes it as “the first writing mechanism whose invention was documented”. Burt never found a buyer for the patent, so the invention was never commercially produced. …
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MOTHER’S DAY
The world created by Lucille Ball’s 40 year television career was one dominated by mothers. Owing to the fact that her own father died while she was a young child, mothers are celebrated time and again on Lucycoms! Here’s a comprehensive look at Lucy and Motherhood! A celebration of motherhood with the Arnaz Family 1951! …
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RIP Rip Torn
(1931-2019) Actor Rip Torn was known for his work on Broadway, off-Broadway, film and television. In 1963 he co-starred with Lucille Ball and Bob Hope in the film CRITIC’S CHOICE as Dion Kapakos.