Tag: I love 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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IRVING BACON
September 6, 1893 Irving Bacon was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, as Irving Von Peters. He was a character actor who appeared in hundreds of films, mostly as bewildered small-town blue collar workers. His film debut came in 1923 with a small role in a silent film of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie starring Blanche Sweet. He appeared…
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LIZ’S MOTHER HAS SECOND THOUGHTS
September 3, 1948 “Liz’s Mother Has Second Thoughts” (aka “Mother’s Surprise”) is episode #7 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 3, 1948. Synopsis ~ Liz’s mother Adele Elliott is all set to marry Houston oil man Dan Carson, but suddenly gets cold feet. This episode was written by the series’ original…
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HUSBANDS ARE SLOPPY DRESSERS
September 2, 1950 “Husbands Are Sloppy Dressers” (aka “Best Dressed Men in Town” aka “Selling Old Clothes to the Junkman”) is episode #95 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 2, 1950. This was the first episode of the third season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 31 new episodes, with the…
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TV SHOW: LUCY & DESI
September 1952 The September 1952 edition of TV Show Magazine featured Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on the cover in a romantic pose. The magazine was a publication of ANC (American News Company). ANC was founded in 1867. The company’s abrupt 1957 demise caused a huge shakeup in the publishing industry, forcing many magazine, comic book,…
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CHARLES BOYER
August 28, 1899 Charles Boyer was born in Figeac, Lot, France, the son of a merchant. Boyer was a shy, small town boy who discovered the movies and theatre at the age of eleven. He performed comic sketches for soldiers while working as a hospital orderly during World War I. In 1920 in Paris, his quick memory…
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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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BYRON FOULGER
August 27, 1899 Byron Kay Foulger was born in Ogden, Utah. He attended the University of Utah and started acting through in community theatre. He made his Broadway debut in March 1920 in a production of Medea featuring Moroni Olsen (the Judge in “The Courtroom”), and performed in four more productions with Olsen on the ‘Great…
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