Tag: I love lucy
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TIME: A CLOWN WITH GLAMOUR
May 26, 1952 TIME: The Weekly News Magazine ~ Lucille Ball: Prescription for TV; a clown with glamour. May 26, 1952. On Monday evenings, more than 30 million Americans do the same thing at the same time: they tune in ‘I Love Lucy’ (9 p.m. E.D.T., CBS-TV), to get a look at a round-eyed, pink-haired…
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SAM EDWARDS
May 26, 1915 Sam George Edwards was born in Macon, Georgia, into a show business family. His first role was as a baby in his mother’s arms. He appeared on radio in the 1930s in the Adventures of Sonny and Buddy, one of the first radio serials ever syndicated, and later in The Edwards Family,…
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THEY STILL LOVE LUCY
May 23, 1977 [The article below is reprinted verbatim. Photos and Footnotes have been added for editorial enhancement.] There has already been some moaning at the bar that when Dinah Shore’s blithe talk show moves to Channel 5 in July, it will be on 3:30 in the afternoon instead of 6:30 p.m. I have letters…
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MRS. COOPER THINKS LIZ IS PREGNANT
May 21, 1950 “Mrs. Cooper Thinks Liz is Pregnant” is episode #89 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 21, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz tells George’s mother that she’s ill so the older Mrs. Cooper won’t try to come to Liz’s bridge game, but George’s Mother thinks Liz is really pregnant, and tells…
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YOU CAN’T FOOL YOUR WIFE
May 21, 1940 Director: Ray McCarey Producer: Lee S. Marcus and Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures Writers: Jerome Cady, based on a story by Richard Carroll and Ray McCarey Synopsis ~ Feeling neglected by her husband Andrew (James Ellison), drab housewife Clara Hinklin (Lucille Ball) walks out on him, much to the delight of her busybody mother-in-law (Emma Dunn).…
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JOHN EMERY
May 20, 1905 John Emery was born in New York City to stage actors Edward Emery and Isabel Waldron. He was educated at Long Island’s La Salle Military Academy. Emery was in 22 Broadway shows between 1934 and 1960, including playing Benvolio to Basil Rathbone’s Romeo, Leartes to John Gielgud’s Hamlet, Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra…
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LUCY IS RUTH-LESS!
May 18, 1946 On May 18, 1946, radio’s “Academy Award Theatre” presented a 30-minute version of My Sister Eileen, a 1942 film based on the 1940 play of the same title, which in turn was based on a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker. The film was directed…
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TOP OF MY HEAD: WAX OF BALL
May 16, 1964 Last summer I was engaged to write a one-hour special comedy program starring this glamorous bouquet of names: Jack Benny, Danny Thomas, Garry Moore, Lucille Ball, Andy Griffith, and Phil Silvers. (1) I am not going to single out any certain name, but one of these stars gave me plenty of trouble.…