Tag: Meet the People
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VERTÈS / BALL
July 9, 1944 On July 9, 1944 it was reported that Lucille Ball was the first Hollywood star to pose for noted artist Marcel Vertès. His paintings of Ball were used for publicity surrounding MGM’s Meet The People. Marcel Vertès (born Marcell Vértes, August 10, 1895 – October 31, 1961) was a French costume designer…
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LUCY & DESI: DIVORCED!
October 16, 1944 On this date in 1944, Lucille Desiree Ball was granted a divorce from Desiderio Alberto Arnaz in a Los Angeles Superior court. The two had separated on September 6, 1944. Ball’s mother, Desiree “Dede” Ball, was in court to substantiate Lucille’s accusations. Arnaz was then in the military, serving as a Staff…
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PATSY MORAN
October 13, 1905 Patsy Moran was born Adeline Alberta Moran in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She made her film debut in the Laurel and Hardy comedy Block-Heads (1938) as Lulu. She quickly followed-up with Laurel and Hardy’s Saps at Sea (1940) as a telephone switchboard operator. On radio, she portrayed boarding house owner Martha Hooper, wife of…
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“Bonus Bucks”
(S3;E21 ~ March 8, 1954) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed on February 4, 1954 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 57.8/83 Synopsis ~ Lucy finds the winning dollar bill in the newspaper’s Bonus Buck contest, but lets it slip through her fingers. Now she has only a few…
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