Tag: Jack Chefe

• JACK CHEFE

  April 1, 1894 Jack Chefé was born on April 1, 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire. His screen acting career spanned thirty five years and nearly 400 credits, most uncredited background performances,165 as waiters! His film debut was in a 1928 silent film by Frank Capra titled That Certain Thing. He was briefly glimpsed as a…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 1, 2021

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• WAITING ON LUCY!

  A tribute to the servers who’ve tried to please Lucy! Alberto Morin plays Robert DuBois, a waiter turned French tutor, in “The French Revue” (ILL S3;E7) 1953. Not knowing French, Fred mistakenly orders an order of “Closed on Sundays!”  Frank Nelson played nearsighted waiter Henry in “Lucy Changes Her Mind” (ILL S2;E21) in 1953. This was the third of…

  Michael T. Mooney

  May 21, 2016

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• “Lucy and John Wayne”

  (S5;E2 ~ October 10, 1955)  Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed September 15, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios.  Rating: 41.1/61 Synopsis ~ Lucy and Ethel are in trouble with the police after stealing John Wayne’s footprints from Grauman’s Chinese Theatre the night…

  Michael T. Mooney

  September 4, 2015

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  1955, Bennett Green, Blood Alley, CBS, Desi Arnaz, Edwin Rochelle, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, I love lucy, Jack Chefe, John Wayne, Little Ricky, Louis Nicoletti, Lucille Ball, Lucy Ricardo, Mayer Twins, Ralph Volkie, Ricky Ricardo, The Duke, The High and the Mighty, tv, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, William V. Wellman

• “Lucy Meets Charles Boyer”

  (S5;E19 ~ March 5, 1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed on January 19, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 50.4/68 Synopsis ~ Just because Lucy has left Hollywood, doesn’t mean that she won’t be wreaking havoc in the lives of celebrities. In…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 14, 2015

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