Tag: Desi Arnaz
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LIZ SELLS DRESSES (1950)
May 28, 1950 “Liz Sells Dresses” (aka “Selling Dresses”) is episode #90 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 28, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz accidentally returns a dress to a more expensive store than where she bought it, and makes money on the deal. She then decides to go into business buying dresses…
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TIME: A CLOWN WITH GLAMOUR
May 26, 1952 TIME: The Weekly News Magazine ~ Lucille Ball: Prescription for TV; a clown with glamour. May 26, 1952. On Monday evenings, more than 30 million Americans do the same thing at the same time: they tune in ‘I Love Lucy’ (9 p.m. E.D.T., CBS-TV), to get a look at a round-eyed, pink-haired…
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JOHN EMERY
May 20, 1905 John Emery was born in New York City to stage actors Edward Emery and Isabel Waldron. He was educated at Long Island’s La Salle Military Academy. Emery was in 22 Broadway shows between 1934 and 1960, including playing Benvolio to Basil Rathbone’s Romeo, Leartes to John Gielgud’s Hamlet, Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra…
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PEOPLE: LUCY 1911-1989
May 8, 1989 On May 8, 1989, People Weekly (vol. 31, no. 18) dedicated its cover to the late Lucille Ball (1911-1989). The cover photograph is by Neal Peters. QUIZ: Name the above episodes! Which is not from “I Love Lucy”? Which classic “Lucy” moment is missing from this collage? In the beginning… The movie years…. Broadway at…
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DOWNBEAT
May 6, 1953 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of DownBeat (Volume 20, no. 9) on May 6, 1953. The writing across the black and white photo implies that Desi Arnaz is America’s most famous bandleader – but not available. This was likely due to his hectic schedule on television. DownBeat was…
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TV GUIDE: TV IS 50!
May 6, 1989 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Guide (vol. 37, No. 18, #1884) on May 6, 1989 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Television. Lucy and Desi share the cover with: Mary Tyler Moore, Georgia Engel, and Valerie Harper on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” ~ A sitcom that showed…
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LUCY
May 4, 2003 Directed by Glenn JacksonExecutive Producer Neil Meron, Craig ZadanWritten by Katie Ford, T.S. CookAired on CBS TV (USA) on May 4, 2003 The film was shot entirely on location in Auckland, New Zealand Synopsis ~ “Lucy” covers 35 years of the comedienne’s life, from her time as a free-spirited teenager through to…
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MON COPAIN
April 25, 1937 Mon Copain (literal translation ‘My Friend’) was a French-language movie magazine published from the 1930s through the 1950s. On April 25, 1937 RKO film star Lucille Ball appeared on the cover, holding a look-alike doll. Both Lucy and the doll are holding a cigarette. This is not the only time Lucille Ball would…
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TV GUIDE: HOW HOLLYWOOD CHANGED LUCILLE BALL
April 23, 1954 On April 24, 1954, Lucille Ball (and her shadow) appeared on the cover of TV Guide, volume 2, no. 17. This was one of two covers in 1954. Lucy has been seen on a total of 39 TV Guide covers, more than any other person. The inside article was titled “How TV…
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IVA SHEPARD
April 23, 1886 Iva Shepard was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. She became a silent film actress making her screen debut in the silent short The Wife of Marcius (1910). Her most notable film roles were in The Romance of an Actor (1914), as Zoe Trevor in The Haunted Manor (1916), and as Nettie Lea in The Isle of Love (1916). …
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