Tag: Lucille Ball
-
JACK RICE
May 14, 1893 Jack Rice was born as Earl Clifford Rice in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He became a comic actor with thin a pencil-thin moustache and was the best-known of Edgar Kennedy’s brother-in-laws in his short comedy series. He was also a regular on the ‘Blondie’ series of films in the 1940s. After a brief…
-
FRED SHERMAN
May 14, 1905 Fred Sherman was born as Clarence E. Kolegraff in South Dakota. He began his career in tent shows and vaudeville. He made his screen debut in 1942′s Too May Women (not to be confused with Too Many Girls), playing Charlie Blakewell. That same year he appeared with William Frawley (aka Fred Mertz) in…
-
JAMES FLAVIN
May 14, 1906 James William Flavin Jr. was born in Portland, Maine. Flavin was a graduate of the United States Military Academy, where he played football. Flavin worked his way across the country in stock productions and tours, arriving in Los Angeles around 1932. He made his screen debut in a leading role in 1932′s The…
-
NUMEROLOGY
May 14, 1950 “Numerology” is episode #88 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on May 14, 1950. Synopsis ~ Mr. Curry, George and Liz’s landlord, is raising the rent, supposedly on instructions from his late wife, Bernice. Liz figures that she can fix things with a crooked Ouija Board. Notes: This program was a…
-
BEA ARTHUR
May 13, 1922 Bea Arthur was born Bernice Frankel in Brooklyn, New York, to an Austrian mother and a Polish father. She was raised in a Jewish home with older sister Gertrude and younger sister Marian. In 1933, the Frankel family relocated to Cambridge, Maryland. During World War II, Arthur enlisted as one of the first…
-
PANAMA LADY
May 12, 1939 Directed by Jack HivelyProduced by Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures Written by Michael Kanin, based on a story by Garrett Fort Synopsis ~ A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon hooks up with a rough-and-tumble oil driller, who takes her to his oil-field in the jungle to show her what “real”…
-
BYRON KANE
May 9, 1923 Byron Kane was born as Byron Harold Kaplan in St. Albans, Vermont. He served in the US Special Services during World War II. On radio, he was the droll announcer for “The Story Lady” series as well as “Tales of the Texas Rangers.” He made his film debut as a reporter (uncredited) in Orson…
-
EDITH MEISER
May 9, 1898 Edith Meiser was born on May 9, 1898 in Detroit, Michigan. She was an actress and an author who wrote mystery novels, stage plays, and numerous radio dramas. She is perhaps best known for bringing adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories to radio in the 1930s. Lucy fans will remember her as Phoebe Littlefield…
-
PEOPLE: LUCY 1911-1989
May 8, 1989 On May 8, 1989, People Weekly (vol. 31, no. 18) dedicated its cover to the late Lucille Ball (1911-1989). The cover photograph is by Neal Peters. QUIZ: Name the above episodes! Which is not from “I Love Lucy”? Which classic “Lucy” moment is missing from this collage? In the beginning… The movie years…. Broadway at…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 