Tag: RKO Studios
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LUCILLE WINS 10 YEAR FIGHT
July 15, 1943 By ERSKINE JOHNSON It took Lucille Ball 10 years to travel five miles to stardom. There’s a smooth, concrete highway all the way with only an occasional boulevard stop. “But its the toughest five miles,” Lucille said today, "that I’ve ever traveled in my life.” With, she added, plenty of stops and…
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HOLLYWOOD THE GOLDEN YEARS: THE RKO STORY
“A Woman’s Lot”(S1;E3) ~ July 17, 1987 “Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story” is a six-part series produced and aired on the BBC in 1987. Each episode is at least an hour long, and touches on a different aspect of the studio’s history (1928 to 1957) mixing comments, clips, and interviews. Interviews with Lucille…
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LUCY BUYS WESTINGHOUSE
Summer 1958 Cast Lucille Ball (Herself) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which…
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Papermoon Loves Lucy 