Tag: Lucille Ball
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RIP PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH
1921-2021 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born in on June 10, 1921, in Mon Repos on the Greek island of Corfu. He was the only son and fifth and final child of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. On November 20, 1947, he married Princess Elizabeth, who became Queen Elizabeth…
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HOBBIES
April 9, 1950 “Hobbies” (aka “Hobbies Have Consequences”) is episode #83 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 9, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are tired of waiting at home on weekends while George and Rudolph are at the golf course, so they decide to leave half-smoked cigars around the house…
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ALLEN JENKINS
April 9, 1900 Allen Curtis Jenkins was born Alfred McGonegal on Staten Island, New York, on April 9, 1900. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In his first stage appearance, he danced next to James Cagney in a chorus line for an off-Broadway musical called Pitter-Patter, earning five dollars a week. He also appeared…
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PAULA STEWART
April 9, 1933 Paula Stewart was born Dorothy Paula Zürndorfer in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother, Esther Morris, was an actress. She was signed as understudy to Anne Crowley in a production of Seventeen on Broadway in June 1, 1951. Her third Broadway show was The Most Happy Fella, a show produced partly by Desilu and featured…
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GUM MACHINE
April 8, 1949 “Gum Machine” (aka “The Principal of the Thing” aka “Demand Your Rights”) is episode #38 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on April 9, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ George tells Liz that she needs to stand up for her rights and stop letting people push her around.…
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LUCY + DESI = BIG BUSINESS
April 8, 1956 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of the New York Herald Tribune’s TV and Radio Magazine on April 8, 1956. (The remainder of the article was not available.) In this week’s listing is “Lucy Gets Homesick in Italy” (ILL S5;E22) first aired on Monday, April 9, 1956. In reality, the cast…
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MAXINE SEMON
April 8, 1909 Maxine Semon was born on April 8, 1909 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She made her screen debut in October 1944 in one of RKO’s Edgar Kennedy short films titled “Feather Your Nest”. In 1936, Lucille Ball had appeared in one of the shorts titled “Dummy Ache”. In 1950 she made her television debut as Honeybee Gillis…
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ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
April 8, 1946 Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth. Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Norman Taurog, Charles Walters. Robert LewisProducer: Arthur Freed for Metro Goldwyn Mayer The shooting schedule ran between April 10 and August 18, 1944, with retakes plus additional segments filmed on December 22, 1944 and then between January 25 and February 6, 1945. The film was first proposed in…
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TIME: THE NEW TYCOON
April 7, 1958 THE NEW TYCOON Battered old movie posters still flapped in the Hollywood breezes on the high walls of the old RKO lot last week. But towering above the lot, in huge black letters on the freshly painted silver water tower, loomed a new hallmark: Desilu Studios. Below it, cameramen were already shooting…
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WALTER WINCHELL
April 7, 1897 Walter Winchell was born in New York City, the son of immigrants. He left school in the sixth grade and started performing in vaudeville as a tap dancer. Winchell served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He began his career in journalism by posting notes about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards.…
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