Tag: Robert Cummings
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BACHELOR MOTHER
March 8, 1951 Screen Directors Playhouse was a radio anthology series which brought leading Hollywood actors to the NBC microphones beginning in 1949. The radio program broadcast adaptations of films, and original directors of the films were sometimes involved, although their participation was usually limited to introducing the radio adaptations, and a brief “curtain call”…
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BOB CUMMINGS
June 9, 1910 – December 2, 1990 Robert “Bob” Cummings was born in Joplin, Missouri. His godfather was the aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright, so naturally he got his pilot’s license and studied aeronautical engineering. After the stock market crash of 1929, he gave up flying to study drama in New York City, making his Broadway…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1972 Part One ~ JANUARY to JULY For the first six months of 1972, Lucille Ball concentrates solely on season 4 of “Here’s Lucy,” ending in a possible spin-off for her daughter Lucie. In the meantime, she welcomes Helen Hayes, Keye Luke, Tim Matheson, Wally Cox, Bob Cummings, and for the final time on a…
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LUCY: 40 YEARS OF TELEVISION
1959 As the decade ends, and the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour” winds down, Lucy and Desi do other projects, many to pay back stars who appeared on their own show. “Make Room for Daddy: Lucy Upsets the Williams Household” (S6;E14) ~ January 5, 1959 A reciprocal appearance by the Arnazes in return for the cast of “Make Room for…
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LUCY AND HER GENUINE TWIMBY
S5;E17 ~ January 15, 1973 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs Synopsis While antiques shopping, Lucy spots a chair that she likes and buys it. It turns out not to be a reproduction, but was once owned by George Washington and worth thousands. The dealer (Bob Cummings) decides…
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LUCY’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE
S4;E22 ~ February 7, 1972 Directed by Coby Ruskin ~ Written by Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs Synopsis Lucy takes an interest in a new man (Robert Cummings), but the milkman tips off Kim that he may be a womanizing alcoholic. To protect her mother, Kim and Harry scheme to make him think the…
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“The Ricardos Go to Japan”
(LDCH S3;E2 ~ November 27, 1959) Directed by Desi Arnaz. Written by Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed during September 1959 at Desilu Studios, Hollywood. This is the penultimate episode of “The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour,” the second of a shortened three-episode third season. It is also the very last time we will see the Ricardos and…
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