Tag: Desi Arnaz
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LUCY LOCO? DIZZY DESI?
July 1, 1946 On the first of July 1946, Dorothy Kilgallen reported that Lucille Ball was considering an offer by Broadway producer Jed Harris to come to New York in the fall and star in the play Loco written by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert. Lucille Ball appealed to MGM where she was under contract, to allow her to…
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LUCY THE FIRECRACKER!
July 1, 1962 To most people July 4 means a big celebration with family picnics and plenty of fireworks. Channel 8 celebrates two days early by welcoming a redheaded firecracker named Lucille Ball to its summer schedule. Lucy, along with the guest stars pictured with her on the cover, (1) will be featured in a…
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DESI DISCOVERS!
June 30, 1974 BY BEN FALKE, Sunday Group Writer Who says they never come back? At 57 and in better physical condition than he’s been in for years, Desi Arnaz has finished a pilot which he hopes NBC will convert to a prime time series. The show is called “Dr. Domingo” and it’s about a…
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CA$HING IN!
June 28, 1953 On June 28, 1953, newspapers were talking about the marketing and merchandising opportunities of the new medium of television, particularly TV’s biggest hit, “I Love Lucy.” America wanted to live like the Ricardos, and Desilu was more than happy to comply, through an array of products. Perhaps the most desirable was the “I Love…
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HUSBAND & WIFE OF THE YEAR
June 15, 1953 Desi Arnaz and his wife Lucille Ball have, as if by national acclamation, been chosen the “Husband and Wife of the Year.“ In making this known at its award luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on May 28th, Alvin Austin, director of the National Father’s Day Committee, said that this was the only…
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A CLOSE-UP ‘LOOK’
June 3, 1952 Lucille Ball was on the cover of Look Magazine on June 3, 1952, volume 16, no. 12. She was joined by Marilyn Monroe, Governor Adlai Stevenson, boxer Harry Matthews, and an unnamed baby. The issue reviews Monroe’s film Clash By Night, although the photo was from Don’t Bother To Knock. “How Lucy…
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RIP GAVIN MACLEOD
1931-2021 Although Gavin MacLeod never acted with Lucille Ball, she was responsible for his first role on television, as he recounts in his autobiography This Is Your Captain Speaking. On February 18, 1954, MacLeod had a brush with Lucy and Desi, who were attending the premiere of their film The Long, Long Trailer. A few years…
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DON BRODIE
May 29, 1904 Donald L. Brodie was bon in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati. Before becoming a professional actor, he worked in the offices of Procter & Gamble. His first recorded stage experience was in 1928. He worked on stage in Cincinnati before heading for Hollywood. Brodie signed…
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