Tag: RKO
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MODELING INTO THE MOVIES
August 8, 1936 By Jeannette Meehan, HOLLYWOOD From the women’s angle, there are simply too many gorgeous newcomers in Hollywood. That fact is plain. From the gentlemen’s angle, Hollywood is pleasantly crowded with the most alluring bits of femininity ever to delight the bald-headed row. This fact is even plainer. Oh, say it isn’t so, but…
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PASSAGE TO BORDEAUX
August 7, 1941 HOLLYWOOD. Aug 7— If you have read “Berlin Diary” — and it seems as if the whole world has read William Shirer’s day to day accounts of the events that led up to the war – you will interested to hear he is coming to Hollywood. (1) He will fly her weekends…
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THE GRASS WIDOW(S)
August 1, 1948 In July and August during the summer of 1948, Columbia newbie Lucille Ball was playing musical chairs with film roles, swapping a part in the comedy “The Grass Widow” with Rosalind Russell’s next assignment, “Miss Grant Takes Richmond.” Both pix were to be directed by S. Simon Sylvan. Lucille seems ideal for the role…
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EXPENDABLE to EXPENSIVE
July 25, 1943 BY EDWIN SCHALLERT She called herself an “expendable star” until about a year ago. This was because Lucille Ball thought she might be consigned to ultimate oblivion. Now she has a greater hopefulness about everything. “I was,” she said, “old Mother Ball the worrier. A louse if there ever was one. Now…
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BEST DRESSED
July 18, 1936 “There are few well-dressed women in Hollywood, avers Bernard Newman, de- signer-in-chief to RKO Radio. "There is no incentive to dress well because of the lack of functions, night clubs and theaters. Many of the stars, unfortunately, are not interested in clothes. "Katharine Hepburn, for Instance, would far rather wear a shirt…
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INTERFERENCE
June 26, 1948 On June 26, 1948, Dorothy Manners’ column reported that Lucille Ball was cast in Interference, a film about pro football starring Victor Mature, to be produced by RKO. Manners remarks that when she saw Ball on stage in Dream Girl, she sat next to famed suspense director Alfred Hitchcock, who praised Lucille…
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MRS. LUCILLE CRAWFORD?
June 19, 1936 In 1936 Lucille Ball was engaged to be married to actor Broderick Crawford. Broderick Crawford and Lucille Ball were both the same age (and died just a few years apart) and took similar roads to success. William Broderick Crawford (1911 – 1986) was a stage, film, radio, and television actor, often cast…
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APPENDICITIS, RENO & FULL CONFESSIONS!
June 9, 1939 Lucille Ball’s appendectomy prevented her from doing RKO’s Full Confession. The role went to Sally Eilers, who had been in Carnival with Lucille Ball in 1935. Before her illness, Ball did Five Came Back for RKO. Both films were directed by John Farrow, Mia Farrow’s father. The RKO art department obviously wasn’t…
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YOU CAN’T FOOL YOUR WIFE
May 21, 1940 Director: Ray McCarey Producer: Lee S. Marcus and Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures Writers: Jerome Cady, based on a story by Richard Carroll and Ray McCarey Synopsis ~ Feeling neglected by her husband Andrew (James Ellison), drab housewife Clara Hinklin (Lucille Ball) walks out on him, much to the delight of her busybody mother-in-law (Emma Dunn).…
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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”…