Tag: Lucy
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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…
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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”…
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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…
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LUCY
May 4, 2003 Directed by Glenn JacksonExecutive Producer Neil Meron, Craig ZadanWritten by Katie Ford, T.S. CookAired on CBS TV (USA) on May 4, 2003 The film was shot entirely on location in Auckland, New Zealand Synopsis ~ “Lucy” covers 35 years of the comedienne’s life, from her time as a free-spirited teenager through to…
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LUCY AT 62
April 25, 1974 The April 1974 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal included an article about Lucille Ball titled “Lucy: Having A Ball at 62″ by Thomas Thompson. Ladies’ Home Journal was first published on February 16, 1883, and became one of the leading women’s magazines of the 20th century. In 1903, it was the first American…
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Lucille Ball Scrapbook
March 22nd ~1936 to 1950 ~ MARCH 22, 1936 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1939 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1941 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1941 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1942 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1943 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1943 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1943 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1945 ~ ~ MARCH 22, 1945 ~ ~…
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THAT NEVER HAPPENED!
February 20, 1948-1975 ~FEBRUARY 20, 1948~ Hedda would lose that bet! The role of Billie Dawn in the Los Angeles production of “Born Yesterday” went to Jean Parker. Lucille Ball did not do the Garsin Kanin comedy on Broadway or appear in the 1950 film. After the play was a hit, Holliday was insistent that she…
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EVENING GOWN, STREET FROCK & JACKET SUIT
February 4, 1936 On February 4, 1936, Lucille Ball modeled three fashion-forward outfits in photographs that appeared in newspapers nationwide.
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BOUNCING BALL
January 16, 1965 By JOAN CROSBY, NEW YORK — (NEA) — Lucille Ball looked very much the glamor queen as she descended an orange-carpeted circular stairway, her gold and white silk sari hostess gown trailing her one arm gracefully behind her back “They are great stairs for falling down” she said as she got to…