Tag: Here’s Lucy
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LOOK! TV: TURN ON OR TURN OFF?
September 7, 1971 The September 7, 1971 issue of LOOK Magazine (volume 35, number 18) dedicated their entire issue to the medium of television. Inside, there is a feature titled “Lucille Ball, the Star That Never Sets…” by Laura Bergquist on page 54. The photograph on the cover is slightly distorted to give it the look…
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LUCILLE BALL: WE LOVE LUCY
September 12, 2020 ‘Lucille Ball: We Love Lucy’ premieres Saturday, September 12 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on Reelz. “Lucille Ball didn’t just make millions of people laugh uproariously. She blazed a whole new path for women in the entertainment industry that still resonates today. Her bravery and willingness to try absolutely anything to elicit…
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VAN JOHNSON
August 26, 1916 Van Johnson was born Charles Van Dell Johnson in Newport, Rhode Island. Johnson performed while in high school. He moved to New York City after graduation in 1935 and joined the off-Broadway review Entre Nous. His acting career began in earnest in the Broadway revue New Faces of 1936. In 1939, George Abbott…
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JAY NOVELLO
August 22, 1904 Jay Novello was born Michael Romano in Chicago to Italaian-American parents. Novello began his 47-year acting career in the 1930s, performing on radio. Novello was limited mostly to bits in minor films, one of his notable being the officious Spanish consul in Frank Capra’s Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Novello’s first role as a…
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NATIONAL HAWAII DAY!
JULY 5th National Hawaii Day is observed annually every July 5th to celebrate becoming the 50th state of the US. However, statehood was officially granted on August 21, 1959. It’s not known why the holiday is held on July 5th. Hawaii holds the distinction of being one of four states that were once independent nations, along…
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BOB CARROLL JR.
August 12, 1918 Born Robert Gordon Carroll in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, his family moved to Florida when he was three years old. The family also moved to California for a time in conjunction with Carroll Sr.’s work, but eventually settled back in St. Petersburg, Florida. Bob Carroll Jr. attended St. Petersburg College where he studied French. In 1940,…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCY!
August 6, 1911 MIND READER’S ASSISTANT: (whispering) “What’s your birthday?”LUCY RICARDO: (whispering) “August the sixth.”MIND READER’S ASSISTANT: “August the sixth what?”LUCY RICARDO: “August the sixth period.” AUGUST 6 in LUCY HISTORY Filming Seven Days Leave (1942) “My Favorite Husband” (aired August 6, 1948) Filming The Facts of Life (1960)
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PARLEY BAER
August 5, 1904 Parley Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah. Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist before entering military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland and was a docent at the…
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