Tag: Dream Girl

• INTERFERENCE

  June 26, 1948 On June 26, 1948, Dorothy Manners’ column reported that Lucille Ball was cast in Interference, a film about pro football starring Victor Mature, to be produced by RKO. Manners remarks that when she saw Ball on stage in Dream Girl, she sat next to famed suspense director Alfred Hitchcock, who praised Lucille…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 26, 2021

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  1948, Alfred Hitchcock, Dorothy Manners, Dream Girl, Easy Living, Hollywood, Interference, Lucille Ball, Newspaper, RKO, Victor Mature

• 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.…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 1, 2021

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  Allan Reed, Bea Benadaret, Bob LeMond, CBS, Desi Arnaz, Dream Girl, Gale Gordon, I love lucy, Inferiority Complex, Lucille Ball, My Favorite Husband, Radio, Richard Denning, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

• CONCERNING LUCILLE BALL…

  December 22, 1947 On December 22, 1947, the Oakland (CA) Tribune reported that Lucille Ball was opening in the comedy Dream Girl. The newspaper misspells the name of Ball’s hometown as JOMESTOWN NJ instead of JAMESTOWN NY.  Lucy says that she was “red-headed” at the time, although most sources say she first dyed her hair red…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 22, 2020

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  December 1947, Dream Girl, Her Husband’s Affairs, Lucille Ball, Lured, Sheila Graham

• HAYDEN RORKE

  October 23, 1910 Hayden Rorke was born as William Henry Rorke in Brooklyn, New York. Hayden was his mother’s maiden name. He was best known for playing Colonel Alfred E. Bellows on the 1960s  sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie.” He studied drama in high school and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He began his stage career…

  Michael T. Mooney

  October 23, 2020

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  Barbara Eden, Dream Girl, Gale Gordon, Hayden Rorke, Here’s Lucy, I Dream of Jeannie, I love lucy, Justus Addiss, KT Stevens, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, The Andy Griffith Show, This is the Army

• KNITTING BABY BOOTIES

  September 24, 1948 “Knitting Baby Booties” is episode #10 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 24, 1948. Synopsis ~ Liz is knitting baby booties for an expectant friend, and George and Mr. Atterbury think Liz is pregnant. Note: This episode was aired before the characters names were changed from Cugat to Cooper. It…

  Michael T. Mooney

  September 24, 2020

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  1948, Baby Booties, Bob LeMond, cockier spaniel, Dale Carnegie, Dream Girl, Hans Conried, Here’s Lucy, I love lucy, Jean Vanderpyl, John Hiestand, Knitting, Laurette Fillbrandt, Lucille Ball, My Favorite Husband, Pickles and Ice Cream, pregnancy, Princeton University, Radio, Richard Denning, Ruth Perrott, Union Stock Yards, Vitalis, Vivian Vance

• BARBARA EDEN

  August 23, 1931 Barbara Eden was born Barbara Jean Morehead in Phoenix Arizona in 1931, although for years her birth year was thought to be 1934. It was fairly common for young actresses to lie about their age in Hollywood. After her parents divorced, her mother married a telephone lineman, the same profession as Lucille…

  Michael T. Mooney

  August 23, 2020

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  Astronauts, Back From Eternity, Barbara Eden, Bob Hope, Country Club Dance, December Bride, Desi Arnaz, Dream Girl, Hayden Rorke, Here’s Lucy, I Dream of Jeannie, I love lucy, Jeannie, Johnny Carson, Larry Hagman, Lucille Ball, Lucy, Lurene Tuttle, Michael Ansara, NASA, Phil Ober, Robert Hogan, Sheldon Leonard, sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show, The Lucy Show, tv, Vinton Hayworth, Vivian Vance, West Point

• DREAM GIRL

  June 23, 1947 On this date in 1947, Lucille Ball opened in DREAM GIRL, produced at McCarter Theatre, Princeton, New Jersey for the Princeton Festival.  The comedy had originally opened on Broadway on December 14, 1945, starring Betty Field and written and directed by Elmer Rice (then married to Ms. Field). In 1937, Lucille Ball…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 23, 2020

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  Barbara Morrison, Betty Hutton, Dream Girl, Edgar Rice, Hayden Rorke, I love lucy, Julie Harris, Jus Addiss, Lucille Ball, McCarter Theatre, Skyscraper, Vivian Blaine

• LUCY, JOE & ALVIN, TOO!

  Lucille Ball always wanted to be a star on Broadway – until the silver screen and the small screen claimed her for posterity. Using the stage name Diane Belmont, she was chosen to appear in Earl Carroll’s Vanities, for the third road company of Ziegfeld’s Rio Rita, and for Step Lively, but none of these…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 15, 2019

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  Alvin Theatre, Anything Goes, Broadway, Cher, Cole Porter, Communism, Desi Arnaz, Dream Girl, emily skinner, Ethel Merman, Georgia Holt, Hey Diddle Diddle, Hey Look Me Over, HUAC, I love lucy, Joseph McCarthy, Lucille Ball, Musical, Neil Simon Theatre, Paula Stewart, Playbill, Red Hot and Blue, Rio Rita, Senator Joe, The Cher Show, Vivian Vance, Wildcat

• LUCY & THE GARDEN STATE

  Lucille Ball’s various encounters with New Jersey! Save the “Lucille Ball” Pond! The famed “Lucille Ball house and pond”, located on the corner of Clive Street and Mason Drive in Edison, New Jersey, has been recently purchased by developers. Word has spread that the plans call to demolish the existing home and fill in the…

  Michael T. Mooney

  September 17, 2018

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  Atlantic City, CBS, Colonia, Desi Arnaz, Dream Girl, East Orange, Edison, Gale Gordon, Gary Morton, I love lucy, Laurence Luckinbill, Lucie Arnaz, Lucille Ball, McCarter Theatre, Metuchen, New Jersey, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Guardsman, The Lucille Ball House, The Lucille Ball Pond, The Lucy Show, Trenton, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley