Tag: Detroit Free Press
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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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BELATED HONEYMOONERS IN DETROIT
February 7, 1941 BY FRANK P. GILL A handsome young Cuban troubadour, who owes his start in show business to his country’s predilection for revolutions and cuartelazos (army rebellions), and a pretty and popular film star, who has time on her hands between pictures, popped into Detroit Thursday with a sigh of relief. The troubadour,…
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LUCY’S COURTSHIP BECOMES HER FIRST NEW TV SHOW
November 3, 1957 On November 3, 1957, syndicated columnist Margaret McManus wrote about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz’s new venture, “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”, which began airing on November 6, 1957 with “Lucy Goes to Havana”, an origin story of the Ricardos first meeting. The 75-minute program featured Hedda Hopper, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, as well as…
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