Tag: Newsweek
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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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WHO DOESN’T LOVE LUCY?
January 19, 1953 Lucille Ball was on the cover of Newsweek on January 19, 1953 (volume XLI, #3). The inside article was titled “Lucille Ball: Who Doesn’t Love Lucy?” This was her only appearance on Newsweek’s cover. Newsweek was founded in 1933. As of this writing it is still published and maintains an online edition. A photo of…
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TIME to LOOK at LIFE with LUCY
Magazines were the internet of the 1950s. A couple of episodes of “I Love Lucy” were built around getting magazine coverage of Ricky and his career. Most times characters were just seen casually reading magazines, the way we would check our phones. Lucy and Desi frequently featured magazines on camera as a way of thanking…