Tag: Lucille Ball
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A GIRL, A GUY, AND A GOB
March 14, 1941 Directed by Richard Wallace Produced by Harold Lloyd for RKO Radio Pictures Written by Bert Granet and Frank Ryan, based on a story by Grover Jones Synopsis ~ A shy, quiet executive for a shipping firm who finds himself with a dilemma: he’s become smitten with his young temporary secretary but she’s…
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WILLIAM R. HAMEL
March 14, 1906 William R. Hamel was born in Pennsylvania in 1906. He is best known as the first Maître d’ at the Tropicana on “I Love Lucy.” He made his screen debut in the 1948 short Big Sister Blues. The following year he was featured in Streets of Laredo (1949) starring William Holden. He made…
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TIME PEOPLE: LUCY & DESI
March 14, 1960 PEOPLE When TV’s foremost up-from-the-ranks production tycoons, Cinemactress Lucille Ball and Bandleader Desi Arnaz, were married in 1940, acquaintances of the volatile lovebirds gave their union six months at most before an inevitable explosion would send them on separate ways. Lucy herself doubted that the match was good for six weeks. Last…
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FRANK WILCOX
March 13, 1907 Frank Reppy Wilcox was born in De Soto, Missouri, although he was raised primarily in Atchison, Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, for a year, where he was a fraternity brother of newsman John Cameron Swayze. He graduated in 1933 from St. Benedict’s College in Atchison. Wilcox came to California in…
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BOB WEISKOPF
March 13, 1914 Bob Weiskopf was born in Chicago, Illinois. He became an Emmy-winning writer and producer for television. At the start of World War II, he moved in with writer Jess Oppenheimer, who 13 years later would hire him to write for “I Love Lucy". Weiskopf was hired to write radio comedy for the legendary comedian…
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TV GUIDE
March 12, 1988 On March 11, 1988 Lucille Ball and Desi Aranz were featured (among others) on the cover of TV Guide (volume 36, number 11, issue #1824). This would be the last time Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of TV Guide during her lifetime. She was on the cover of the very first…
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SEVEN STEPS TO STARDOM
March 11, 1939 To Lucille Ball it’s not superstition. Seven is her lucky number just as it’s the fortunate digit that crap-shooters pray for. Try not to be too technical and you’ll soon see that Lucille (count the letters) reached stardom in “A" pictures in seven steps. (Meanwhile the portrait above proves that the RKO…
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CHARITY REVUE
March 11, 1949 “Charity Revue” (aka “Red Cross Benefit Revue”) is episode #34 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on March 11, 1949 on the CBS radio network. Synopsis ~ Mr. Atterbury asks George to work up a song and dance routine for the local Red Cross Charity Review. At the same time Liz’s…
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LAWRENCE WELK
March 11, 1903 Lawrence Welk was born in the German-speaking community of Strasburg, North Dakota. He was sixth of the eight children of Ludwig and Christiana Welk, Roman Catholic Germans who emigrated from Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). He was a musician, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted the television program “The Lawrence Welk Show” from 1951 to…
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WOMEN’S RIGHTS ~ PART 2
March 12, 1950 “Women’s Rights – Part 2” (aka “Equal Rights Role Reversal”) is episode #79 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on March 12, 1950. Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris have bet George and Rudolph that they can hold down a job, and the boys have bet the girls that they can take…
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