Tag: Easy Living

• 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

• GORDON JONES

  April 5, 1911 Gordon Wynnivo Jones was born on April 5, 1911 in Alden, Iowa. He was best known for playing Lou Costello’s TV nemesis Mike the Cop and appearing as The Green Hornet in the first of two movie serials based on the radio program. He made his screen debut as an uncredited extra in…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 5, 2021

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  Easy Living, Gordon Jones, Green Hornet, Lucille Ball, McClintock, The Ann Sothern Show, The Lucy Show, The Real McCoys, tv, Wild Bill Hickok

• AMZIE STRICKLAND

  January 10, 1919 Amzie Ellen Strickland was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her acting career began in radio where she did more than 3,000 shows, she made more than 650 television appearances, had roles in two dozen films, appeared in numerous television movies, and also worked in TV commercials. She began her eight-decade career as a film…

  Michael T. Mooney

  January 10, 2021

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  Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, Amzie Strickland, December Bride, Desilu, Desilu Studios, Easy Living, Gomer Pyle, I love lucy, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Lucy Bags a Bargain, My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fashion SHow, The Fuller Brush Girl, The Lucy Show, The Real McCoys, The Untouchables, Three’s Company, tv, Vivian Vance

• RIP Richard Erdman

  1925-2019 Richard “Dick” Erdman first appeared on screen with Lucille Ball in 1949′s Easy Living as Buddy Morgan. In 1970, he made an appearance on “Here’s Lucy” as a short-tempered supermarket manager in “Lucy Loses Her Cool” (S3;E13) guest starring Art Linkletter.   Erdman made his first films in 1944, and worked all the way up to 2017. He…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 17, 2019

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  Community, Easy Living, Here’s Lucy, Lucille Ball, Lucy Loses Her Cool, Richard Erdman, tv