Tag: Lucille Ball
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BACHELOR GIRL
July 17, 1960 When Lucille Ball divorced Desi Arnaz last spring, her friends were convinced that, for all practical purposes, her public life had come to an end. Life with Lucy, they whispered, would mean seclusion, or at least partial retirement. But Lucy surprised everyone, including herself. Partly because she needed to be busy to…
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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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INDOMINATABLE LIFESTYLE
July 16, 1972 HOLLYWOOD – Indomitable funny girl Lucille Ball, with a messy scoop hair the color of an orange popsicle, flashes on the scene in a sad predicament. She’s got a lame leg. Lucy hobbled from her sleek silver Rolls Royce and into the yellow cubbyhole dressing room which is a sunny retreat near the…
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LUCILLE WINS 10 YEAR FIGHT
July 15, 1943 By ERSKINE JOHNSON It took Lucille Ball 10 years to travel five miles to stardom. There’s a smooth, concrete highway all the way with only an occasional boulevard stop. “But its the toughest five miles,” Lucille said today, "that I’ve ever traveled in my life.” With, she added, plenty of stops and…
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TOO MUCH KISSIN’
July 14, 1957 It was Desi who suggested Keith Thibodeaux go by the stage name Richard Keith. Despite this name change, Thibodeaux was never billed by either name on “I Love Lucy” or “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” – simply as ‘Little Ricky’. Another plus is that boys named Richard are often nicknamed Ricky, which not-so-coincidentally is also…
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SOME SOUND ADVICE
July 14, 1964 Hollywood (UPI) Just a short while ago I was invited to speak to the student body of the University of California at Los Angeles as part of the presentation ceremony at the 10th annual Samuel Goldwyn creative-writing awards. What is a former Goldwyn girl supposed to say on the subject of creative…
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TV GUIDE: PHONY PUBLICITY
July 12, 1958 A straightforward portrait of Lucille Ball was on the cover of TV Guide on July 12, 1958. It was one of 39 appearances by Ball on the magazine’s cover. “People keep saying I’m wild and uninhibited, a real wacky dame. Well, I’m not – really.” The photograph used on the two-page spread…
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SUPERSTAR CLASS
July 13, 1973 By RICK DU BROW, HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Television executives take for granted Lucille Ball’s hold on the viewing audience, and you sometimes wonder if the network people genuinely appreciate the miraculous nature of her video longevity. The trouble with being the kind of superstar that Miss Ball is with ceaselessly solid ratings and…
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STAGE MUSICAL!
July 11, 1955 Billion-dollar combination is the deal Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are cooking with Rodgers and Hammerstein (1) for a Broadway musical to follow their TV tour of Europe (2). They’re figuring on an original story to fit their personalities, and it will bring these two back to the stage for the first…
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EASY TO WED
July 11, 1946 Directed by Edward N. Buzzell Produced by Jack Cummings for Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Written by Dorothy Kingsley, based on the screenplay Libeled Lady by George Oppenheimer, Maurine Dallas Watkins (as Maurice Watkins), and Howard Emmett Rogers. Uncredited contributions by Buster Keaton. Synopsis ~ When a newspaper runs a scandalous story about debutante Connie Allenbury,…
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