Tag: Donald Briggs

• PANAMA LADY

  May 12, 1939 Directed by Jack HivelyProduced by Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures Written by Michael Kanin, based on a story by Garrett Fort Synopsis ~  A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon hooks up with a rough-and-tumble oil driller, who takes her to his oil-field in the jungle to show her what “real”…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 12, 2021

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  1939, Allan Lane, Donald Briggs, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Panama Lady, RKO

• DONALD BRIGGS

  January 28, 1911 Donald Preston Briggs was born in Chicago, Illinois.  On radio, he was a regular in “Death Valley Days”, “FBI in Peace and War”, "Perry Mason”, “Welcome Valley” and the title role in “Frank Merriwell”, which led to his first film, playing Frank Merriwell in the 1936 Universal serial “The Adventures of Frank Merriwell.”…

  Michael T. Mooney

  January 28, 2021

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  CBS, Donald Briggs, Eddie Collins, Here’s Lucy, Lucille Ball, Panama Lady, The Adventures of Frank Merriwell, The Lucy Show, tv, Vivian Vance

• LUCY THE CRUSADER

  S3;E5 ~ October 12, 1970 Directed by Herbert Kenwith ~ Written by Milt Josefsberg and Al Schwartz Synopsis When Lucy buys Craig a stereo for his birthday, it turns out to be a lemon.  Lucy goes on a crusade to have the manufacturer honor their guarantee at the point of sale. Regular Cast Lucille Ball…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 25, 2017

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  Al Schwartz, Billy Vaughn, Bob Hastings, Carole Cook, CBS, Charles Nelson Reilly, Desi Arnaz Jr., Donald Briggs, Frieda Rentie, Gale Gordon, George DeNormand, Herbert Kenwith, Here’s Lucy, Jack Berle, Jerome Cowan, John J. Fox, Kathleen Hughes, Leoda RIchards, Leon Alton, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Magnavox, Milt Josefsberg, Mission Impossible, Owen Song, Raquel Welch, stereo, Steve March, The Flying Nun, Walter Smith

• Lucy Goes Duck Hunting

  S2;E6 ~ November 4, 1963 Synopsis Lucy lies to her handsome new boyfriend that she is an experienced duck hunter, so off they go to shoot ducks. It doesn’t take long for Lucy to mess everything up, but in the process they learn she does the world’s best duck call. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 27, 2017

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  1963, 21 Club, Alan Ray, Candy Moore, CBS, Donald Briggs, Duck Calls, Gordon Jones, Hunting, Jimmy Garrett, Keith Andes, Lucille Ball, Lucy Goes Duck Hunting, Ralph Hart, Sid Gould, The Colony, The Four Seasons, The Lucy Show, The Stork Club, The Waldorf, tv, Vivian Vance, Wildcat

• No More Double Dates

  S1;E21 ~ February 18, 1963 Synopsis When Lucy and Viv double date, there’s an argument about where to go and what to do. Lucy and Harry decide they’d like to spend a Saturday night alone, so they make up a story about having tickets to see a Broadway show. After being caught doubling back at…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 12, 2017

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  1963, Allan Ray, Arouse and Beware, Ben-Hur, Bernard Sell, Bess Flowers, Candy Moore, Cary Grant, CBS, Dark Eyes, Dick Martin, Donald Briggs, Doris Day, Double Dating, Herschel Graham, Leon Belasco, Louis A. Nicoletti, Lucille Ball, New Rochelle, No More Double Dates, Rolfe Sedan, Tender is the Night, That Touch of Mink, The Bobbsey Twins, The Lucy Show, tv, Two for the Seesaw, Vivian Vance, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane

• Chris’s New Year’s Eve Party

  S1;E14 ~ December 31, 1962 Synopsis Chris doesn’t want her mother to chaperon her New Year’s Eve party, so Lucy, Viv and the boys go out for the night and leave the chaperoning to Harry. When Harry calls Lucy at the restaurant in a panic, Lucy rushes to save the party with a silent movie…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 5, 2017

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  1962, Bess Flowers, CBS, Charlie Chaplin, Chris’s New Year’s Eve Party, Dick Martin, Donald Briggs, Hazel Pierce, James Gonzales, Jimmy Garrett, Lucille Ball, Orlons, PTA, Ralph Hart, silent movies, The Lucy Show, Tom Lowell, tv, Vivian Vance, Watusi