Tag: I love lucy
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LUCY, JOE & ALVIN, TOO!
Lucille Ball always wanted to be a star on Broadway – until the silver screen and the small screen claimed her for posterity. Using the stage name Diane Belmont, she was chosen to appear in Earl Carroll’s Vanities, for the third road company of Ziegfeld’s Rio Rita, and for Step Lively, but none of these…
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THE KING AND I LOVE LUCY
Did you hear about the time Lucille Ball met the King of Siam? Vivian Vance was at Lucy’s Beverly Hills home on a Saturday in the early 1960s with Lucy putting blonde dye on Vivian’s hair and henna on her own. The pair would be lounging around in comfortable clothing talking for hours. On this…
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Hello Lucy Lovers! Thanks for being readers of Papermoon Loves Lucy! I am currently in the process of updating and expanding all the “I LOVE LUCY” blog entries. Although this will take some time, I encourage you to search for your favorite episodes. You will know they are the updated versions if you see production data…
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FUNNY MONEY is Coming!
CBS has announced two newly colorized episodes of “I Love Lucy” to ease your post-Tax Day blues! “Bonus Bucks” (S3;E21) first aired March 8, 1954 and “The Million Dollar Idea” (S3;E13) first broadcast January 11, 1954. Both episode blogs have recently been revised and updated here on the Papermoon Loves Lucy Blog. This will bring the total number…
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The Lucille Ball Film That Never Was
This hot item from Tinseltown gossip monger Sheilah Graham was fodder for the Hollywood gristmill some time during the 1950s, but it never happened. Sheilah Graham was satirized as Nancy Graham (Elvia Allman), the reporter who interviews Lucy Ricardo after her return from Hollywood, in “The Homecoming” (ILL S5;E6) in 1955. Elaine Townsend (nee Margaret Helgeson)…
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BWW Feature: THE GARDEN STATE LOVES LUCY!
The blog hits Broadway World! BWW Feature: THE GARDEN STATE LOVES LUCY!
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RIP STANLEY DONEN
1924-2019 Stanley Donen was the film director and choreographer responsible for two of Hollywood’s biggest hit musicals, Singin’ in the Rain (1950), and On the Town (1949). On Broadway, he was in the chorus of Best Foot Forward (1941) and when MGM acquired the screen rights he was chosen as Assistant Choreographer, working with LUCILLE BALL, who played…
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DESILU, TOO!
6 Forgotten Television Shows produced by Desilu Studios In October 1958, LIFE magazine ran a massive eight-page article on Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. “Arnaz and Ball Take Over as Tycoons – $30 Million Desilu Gamble,” the headline declared. The I Love Lucy stars and power couple had entered the production business, with a splash.…
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