Tag: RKO
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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…
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OLD GOLD COMEDY THEATRE
“A GIRL, A GUY, AND A GOB” ~ February 11, 1945 The Old Gold Comedy Theatre (aka Harold Lloyd Comedy Theatre) was NBC Radio’s attempt to replicate the success of CBS’ Lux Radio Theatre. It debuted on October 29th, 1944. Silent film star and producer (and Lucille Ball’s mentor) Harold Lloyd introduced condensations of movie comedies.…
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FASHION PLATE ‘37
January 29, 1937 On January 29, 1937, while under contract to RKO, Lucille Ball was also busily modeling the latest fashions. These photos were used in the ‘women’s pages’ of newspapers nationwide. All the while, Lucille was busily acting on stage in Hey Diddle Diddle in Baltimore and on movie screens in That Girl From Paris. Shiny…
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HOLLYWOOD TODAY
January 26, 1938 A strange assortment of night attire is assembled on the “Joy of Loving” [SP] set. Lucille Ball, with inch-long lashes glamorizing her eyes, is clad in a blue, fluffy negligee. Irene Dunne whose blonde hair reveals some darkness at the parting, wears a mannish-looking dressing gown. Alice Brady’s locks are enveloped in a…
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TV PREVUE & MORE!
December 29, 1957 On December 29, 1957, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz appeared on the cover of TV Prevue, a television listings supplement to the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times. Inside, it lists the premiere of “Lucy Hunts Uranium” on January 3, 1958, part of the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”. The episode guest-starred Fred MacMurray and featured his wife, June…
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LUCY IN THE MORGUE!
December 24, 1936 The article is slightly misleading in that the title of the RKO film Once Over Lightly was changed to Don’t Tell The Wife, released in March 1937. Although the film did feature Lucille Ball and Guy Kibbee, Gene Raymond was not in the film. Ball and Raymond were together in RKO’s There Goes My…
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BUYING A DREAM, LUCILLE BALL’S GOAL
December 23, 1945 Below is an article by Philip K. Scheuer in the Los Angeles Times published on December 23, 1945, and reprinted verbatim. Except for the above headshot, photographs were added for editorial enhancement. Philip K. Scheuer wrote about film for the Los Angeles Times from the 1920s until 1967. Bold Italics indicate quotes by…
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DESILU SOLD!
July 27, 1967 Desilu Productions was formed in 1950 by Lucille Ball and her then-husband, Desi Arnaz. The name was a portmanteau of the couple’s first names and was originally applied to the Ball-Arnaz ranch. Desilu was one of many television production companies that sprung up all over the Hollywood catering to the growing needs…
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LUCILLE BALL: A Life on TV
1949-1989 Lucille Ball performed in nearly every aspect of show business, but television was the medium on which she left her mark. From the late 1940s until her death on April 26, 1989, Lucille Ball lit up television screens worldwide with her talent. Below I’ve selected one program from each calendar year she was on…
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Lucie Arnaz Gives Back to Students in Musical Theater
Just as her mother continued the RKO tradition of training with the Desilu Workshop, Lucie Arnaz is mentoring up-and-coming musical theatre artists and has founded an awards program for them in California. Brava, Lucie! Lucie Arnaz Gives Back to Students in Musical Theater