Tag: Desi Arnaz
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RECONVERSION
February 3, 1946 By ERSKINE JOHNSON, NEA Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 3 (NEA) ~ Lucille Ball is reconverting and we do not mean her hair is changing color again. It is natural blonde and not the shocking pink which M-G-M insisted upon for Technicolor and which caused prop boys and junior scenarists to wear blinkers…
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BENNY RUBIN
February 2, 1899 Benny Rubin was born on February 2, 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts. He worked in vaudeville and radio including “The Jack Benny Program” (1933-55). His feature film debut came in 1928′s Naughty Baby. His first time acting with Lucille Ball came in 1955′s “The Tour” (ILL S4;E30) filmed on April 15, 1955 and first aired…
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LIZ’S INFERIORITY COMPLEX
February 3, 1951 “Liz’s Inferiority Complex” (aka “Liz Develops an Inferiority Complex”) is episode #117 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on February 3, 1951. This was the 19th episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the season (and series) ending on March 31, 1951.…
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TALLULAH BANKHEAD
January 31, 1903 Tallulah Bankhead was born in 1903 in Huntsville, Alabama, and left home at the age of 15 to appear on the New York stage. Like Lucille Ball, she was considered for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939). From 1918 (the same year she did her first film)…
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THE HEART FUND
January 31, 1950 In addition to being television’s favorite performers, Lucy and Desi were philanthropists who were well-liked in the entertainment community, as witness this January 31, 1956 praise by syndicated columnist Herb Lyon. By JOHN BARROW, CHICAGO (INS) Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz gave a street performance in Chicago Monday that made them yearn for…
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FUNNY FACE LUCILLE BALL
January 30, 1952 On January 30, 1952, Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of People Today, volume 3, number 4. People Today was an adult magazine founded in 1950. The first issue was published on June 20, 1950 and featured Faye Emerson on the cover. It was a bi-weekly pocket digest originally published by Weekly Publications, publisher…
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WHY I LOVE LUCY
January 25, 1952 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Guide (pre-National edition, volume V, #4) on January 25, 1952. The inside article “Why I Love Lucy” was written by Desi Arnaz. This was Lucille’s second of five covers of the pre-national edition before she graced the cover of the very…
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How Desi Invented Television : Planet Money
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LUCY & DESI COLORAMA
January 24, 1954 THE real secret of the phenomenal success of the “I Love Lucy” show seems to center around Lucille Ball’s unrestrained acting, with Desi Arnaz as the perfect foil for her zaniness. Now in its third year, at last count it still was the Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz television program with the…
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ERNIE KOVACS
January 23, 1919 Ernest Edward Kovacs was an American comedian, actor, and writer who was born in Trenton, New Jersey to Hungarian immigrants. Coincidentally, Lucille Ball also briefly lived in Trenton, several years before Kovacs was born. Though a poor student, Kovacs received an acting scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937. …
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