Tag: parachute battalion

• LUCY’S ‘PARACHUTE’ FAILS TO OPEN!

  February 12, 1941 The RKO film Parachute Battalion was released on September 12, 1941, directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Robert Preston, Edmond O’Brien, Harry Carey, and Buddy Ebsen. Lucille Ball was NOT cast. The role went to Nancy Kelly, who married Edmond O’Brien just a week after this item was published. The movie was filmed on…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 12, 2021

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  1941, Desi Arnaz, Here’s Lucy, Look Who’s Laughing, Lucille Ball, parachute, parachute battalion, RKO, The Lucy Show