Tag: Hayden Rorke
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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…
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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…
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DUMMY ACHE
July 10, 1936 SYNOPSIS: Knowing that her husband, Edgar, would disapprove of her starring in a play, Florence acts very suspicious about where she is going when a rehearsal comes up. Edgar follows her to the home of co-star Al St. Claire and spies while they enact a scene in which Florence discovers that her lover…
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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…
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THE LUCY MUSEUM of ART
A look at the various paintings seen on Lucycoms! The artwork seen on Lucille Ball’s four sitcoms was coordinated by the set decorator, generally pulled from props and set stock. It was not unusual for a piece to turn up in more than one location and even on another series! Note: For this blog, we are…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1952 Part One ~ JANUARY to JUNE The second half of the first season of “I Love Lucy”. In February, the show is nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, but loses to “The Red Skelton Show.” Lucille Ball learns that she is pregnant again. The first season ends with the most episodes (35) of any “Lucy-com”! “The…
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LUCY AND THE RAFFLE
S3;E19 ~ January 18, 1971 Directed by Ross Martin ~ Written by Ray Singer & Al Schwartz Synopsis Kim wins a fast sports car in a raffle, but Lucy won’t let her keep it. To pay the taxes on her win, they hold another raffle not knowing that it is illegal. Lucy, Kim, and Harry…
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10 Things I Learned (That I Didn’t Know Before) from Blogging about “I Love Lucy” That the word “lucky” was banned from scripts while Philip Morris was a sponsor to avoid giving viewers a subliminal suggestion to buy their competitor, Lucky Strike. This was most best typified when the “Lucky Bucks” newspaper contest had to…
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“New Neighbors”
(S1;E21 ~ March 3, 1952) Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed on January 25, 1952 at General Service Studios. Rating: 58.0/78 Synopsis ~ New neighbors have just moved in to 323 East 68th Street and Lucy and Ethel can’t help but snoop around their apartment. When Lucy gets stuck hiding…
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