Tag: Lucy Wants a Career

• PAUL DOUGLAS

  April 11, 1907 Paul Douglas Fleischer was born in Philadelphia in 1907. After attending Yale, he made his Broadway debut in 1936. A decade later he appeared on the Great White Way in the highly successful Born Yesterday with Judy Holliday, winning both the Theatre World and Clarence Derwent awards. He turned down the opportunity to…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 11, 2021

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  Hour Glass, Jan Sterling, Life Magazine, Lucille Ball, Lucy Wants a Career, Paul Douglas, Rhubarb, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, tv

• JOI LANSING

  April 6, 1929 Joi Lansing was born Joy Rae Brown, in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1940, her family moved to Los Angeles. She began modeling at the age of 14 was signed to a contract at MGM. She completed high school on the studio lot. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 6, 2021

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• “Lucy Wants a Career”

  “I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.  LUCY ON TELEVISION!” (LDCH S2;E4 ~ April 13, 1959) Directed by Jerry Thorpe. Written by Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf.  Produced by Bert Granet. The script was finalized on March 6, 1959.  This is the fourth episode of the second season of the “The Lucille Ball – Desi Arnaz Show” (known in…

  Michael T. Mooney

  December 22, 2015

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