Tag: Rodgers and Hammerstein
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STAGE MUSICAL!
July 11, 1955 Billion-dollar combination is the deal Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are cooking with Rodgers and Hammerstein (1) for a Broadway musical to follow their TV tour of Europe (2). They’re figuring on an original story to fit their personalities, and it will bring these two back to the stage for the first…
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HOWARD KEEL
April 13, 1919 Harold Clifford Keel, known professionally as Howard Keel, was born in Gillespie, Illinois. It was stated that Keel’s birth name was Harold Leek. After his father’s death in 1930, Keel and his mother moved to California, where he graduated from high school at age 17. He worked various odd jobs until settling at Douglas…
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“Ricky Needs An Agent”
(S4;E29 ~ May 16, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed April 7, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studio. Rating: 39.2/63 Synopsis ~ When Ricky’s career stalls, Lucy pretends to be his agent – to disastrous results! In the early 1940s, Desi Arnaz was under contract to MGM and had…
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“Face to Face” aka “The Ricardos are Interviewed”
(S5;E7 ~ November 14, 1955) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed October 20, 1955 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 44.3/61 Synopsis ~ Lucy and Ricky are scheduled to appear on a TV interview show from their home. But his new agent says the apartment is…
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“No Children Allowed”
(S2;E22 ~ April 20, 1953) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed on March 20, 1953 at General Service Studios. Rating 68.3 / 89 Synopsis ~ Little Ricky’s crying is keeping the building awake. When Mrs. Trumbull says that the lease forbids children, Ethel insists that the Ricardos can…