Tag: Shakespeare
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ORSON WELLES ALMANAC
May 3, 1944 “Orson Welles Almanac” aka “The Orson Welles Wonder Show” (1944) is a CBS Radio series directed and hosted by Orson Welles. Broadcast live in California and Arizona via CBS West Coast studios, the 30-minute program was heard Wednesdays at 9:30pm beginning January 26, 1944. Its last broadcast was July 19, 1944. Orson Welles…
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RIP Peter Wyngarde – British stage and screen actor who was born in France to an English father and French mother. Lucille Ball personally asked Wyngarde to appear in the her TV special “Lucy in London” (1966) having seen him on Broadway in “Duel of Angels” starring Vivien Leigh in 1960 (while she was rehearsing…
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Lucy Plays Cleopatra
S2;E1 ~ September 30, 1963 Synopsis When the Volunteer Fire Department asks Professor Gitterman to help them put on an amateur production of Antony and Cleopatra, Lucy and Viv both want the lead. A compromise is made, with Lucy as Cleopatra and Viv as Mark Antony! The girls continuously upstage one another until it is…
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“Lucy Meets Orson Welles”
(S6;E3 ~ October 15, 1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Madelyn Martin, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed June 14, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 43.8/62 Synopsis ~ Ricky tries to pack Lucy off to Florida rather than have her involved in Orson Welles’ act at the new Club Babalu. This…
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“Lucy Writes a Play”
(S1;E17 ~ February 4, 1952) Directed by Marc Daniels. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed on December 22, 1951 at General Service Studios. It was the 17th episode filmed. Rating: 55.6/75 Synopsis ~ Playwright Lucy pens a drama with a Cuban locale. She figures Ricky for the star. The hitch: he refuses…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 