Tag: Louella Parsons
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PASSAGE TO BORDEAUX
August 7, 1941 HOLLYWOOD. Aug 7— If you have read “Berlin Diary” — and it seems as if the whole world has read William Shirer’s day to day accounts of the events that led up to the war – you will interested to hear he is coming to Hollywood. (1) He will fly her weekends…
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TRIPLE PLAY BALL
August 2, 1943 At the time, Desi was serving in the Army at a base in the San Fernando Valley, near Chatsworth, wear the couple lived. Edward Sedgwick (1892-1953) was a good friend of Lucille and Desi who worked for Desilu. He is credited with discovering Lucille Ball and directed the unreleased “I Love Lucy”…
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GO FOR FUN!
July 21, 1955 The “I Love Lucy’’ addicts will soon see the whole TV show gang — Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and Bill Frawley together in a movie that has nothing to do with the “Lucy” series. Instead, another coined “Go for Fun" by Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll Jr. has been bought…
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LUCY PLEASES PUBLIC
June 30, 1952 Incredibly, this newspaper has misspelled the author’s name. Louella (not Luella) Parsons wrote about Hollywood from 1914 to 1965. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide. Louella (or Lolly, as she was sometimes called) was mentioned on “I Love Lucy” and “The Lucy Show,” usually in…
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SEATTLE
June 17, 1944 As is noted in Sheridan and Monush’s book, Gable’s return to film was in Adventure (1945). The cancellation of Seattle freed up Lucille Ball to do Without Love and Ziegfeld Follies. After not getting the role of Scarlett in Gone With The Wind (1939), it looked like Ball and Gable were not fated…
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HAIR DYED
June 10, 1949 “Hair Dyed” aka “Liz Gets Her Hair Dyed” is episode #48 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on June 10, 1949 on the CBS Radio Network. Synopsis ~ After George warning Liz about the dangers of idle gossip, Liz’s chatty and absent-minded hair stylist forgets what she’s doing and mistakenly dyes…
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6 WEEKS turns into 3 YEARS
April 17, 1938 Lucille Ball’s 6-Week Stay In Filmland Lasts 3 Years By Harriet Parsons (Special to The Examiner) HOLLYWOOD Practically everyone who saw “Stage Door" wanted to know the name of “the funny tail girl who went home to Oregon to marry a lumberman." They know now she’s Lucille Ball… and she’s since been…
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HEART-TO-HEART
February 14, 1949 HOLLYWOOD – Lucille Ball, in a heart-to-heart talk with me, told me how she has worked out her eight years of marriage to Desi Arnaz, her orchestra leader husband. Lucille, smartly dressed in a dark brown suit with one of those little hats set back on her red hair, might have posed…
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LUCY & DESI’S TOTS HUNG UP STOCKINGS, TOO!
December 25, 1955 By LOUELLA O. PARSONS ~ INS Motion Picture Editor, Hollywood Merry Christmas! In the home of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz today as in homes all over the world the family is gathered around the Christmas tree. They, too, wish you a happy Yuletide with peace on earth good will toward men.…
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Lucy Becomes a Reporter
S1;E17 ~ January 21, 1963 Synopsis After just three days as the fill-in society reporter for the Danfield newspaper, Lucy’s job is hanging by a thread. The only thing that will save it is an interview with a press-shy financier visiting town. Once she learns he had been Viv’s high school sweetheart, Lucy heads down…
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