Tag: Ginger Rogers
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VERTÈS / BALL
July 9, 1944 On July 9, 1944 it was reported that Lucille Ball was the first Hollywood star to pose for noted artist Marcel Vertès. His paintings of Ball were used for publicity surrounding MGM’s Meet The People. Marcel Vertès (born Marcell Vértes, August 10, 1895 – October 31, 1961) was a French costume designer…
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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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BACHELOR MOTHER
April 28, 1949 The Screen Guild Theater (aka The Screen Guild Players), was one of the most popular drama anthology series during the Golden Age of Radio. At this point it is being sponsored by Gulf Oil. From its first broadcast in 1939, up to its farewell in 1952, it showcased radio adaptations of popular…
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SEVEN STEPS TO STARDOM
March 11, 1939 To Lucille Ball it’s not superstition. Seven is her lucky number just as it’s the fortunate digit that crap-shooters pray for. Try not to be too technical and you’ll soon see that Lucille (count the letters) reached stardom in “A" pictures in seven steps. (Meanwhile the portrait above proves that the RKO…
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BACHELOR MOTHER
March 8, 1951 Screen Directors Playhouse was a radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief “curtain call”…
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ROBERTA
March 8, 1935 Directed by William A. SeiterProduced by Pandro S. Berman Screenplay by Jane Murfin, Sam Mintz, and Allan Scott, based on the play Roberta by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, from the novel Gown’s by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller Filmed at RKO Studios World Premiere March 7, 1935 in New York City Released wide on March 8, 1935 PRINCIPAL CAST Irene…
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WOMEN COMICS: WHY THEY TRY HARDER
November 21, 1971 Lucille Ball was on the cover and profiled in the November 21, 1971 issue of Parade, the national Sunday Newspaper Magazine supplement. The inside article was titled “Women Comics: Why They Try Harder” by associate editor Linda Gutstein. The cover photo was taken from “Lucy and the Indian Chief” (HL S2;E3) in 1969. …
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MARILYN MONROE
June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962 Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was an actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comedic “blonde bombshell” characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s and was emblematic of the era’s changing attitudes towards sexuality. She was a top-billed actress…
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