Tag: The Lucy Show
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HAPPY IN HER NEW DOUBLE ROLE
July 7, 1963 HOLLYWOOD (AP) – The president of Desilu Productions Inc. had a special interest in inspecting the sumptuous new quarters for television’s Dr. Casey, Vincent Edwards. (1) It was the same building in which the president Lucille Ball had a tiny dressing room when she was an RKO starlet 25 years ago. Long the…
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ALL IN A DAY FOR LUCY
July 3, 1966 CAMERA ANGLES It’s all in a day for Lucy by Aleen MacMinn Lucille Ball, the television executive, looked around her spacious, handsome and newly refurbished office at Desilu Studios and commented: “This is a great office. I wish I could spend more time here." However, Lucille Ball, television executive, doesn’t put in…
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LUCY THE FIRECRACKER!
July 1, 1962 To most people July 4 means a big celebration with family picnics and plenty of fireworks. Channel 8 celebrates two days early by welcoming a redheaded firecracker named Lucille Ball to its summer schedule. Lucy, along with the guest stars pictured with her on the cover, (1) will be featured in a…
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TV TIMES
June 27, 1965 Every so often a new comedienne is hailed and toasted by the critics and public. None of them in the past 15 years has shown the talent or endurance of Lucille Ball. Cara Williams (1) was touted as “the new Lucy.” She never came close because the old Lucy was too good for…
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TALKING SHOP
June 25, 1967 ON CAMERA, LUCILLE BALL is the funniest female in America. They gave her a second Emmy early this month to attest to the fact. With the cameras turned off, she is an interesting combination of several people – hard-headed business woman, mother concerned and even outraged at some of the things being…
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ROSS ELLIOTT
June 18, 1917 Ross Elliott was born Elliott Blum in the Bronx, New York. While at City College of New York, he participated in the college’s dramatic society, causing him to abandon his original plan to become a lawyer. He did four Broadway shows between 1938 and 1946. After serving in World War II (where he…
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PERSONAL APPEARANCE
June 14, 1945 Personal Appearance (1934) is a stage comedy by playwright and screenwriter Lawrence Riley (1896–1974), which was a Broadway smash and the basis for the classic Mae West film Go West, Young Man (1936). Personal Appearance opened in 1934 at New York’s Henry Miller Theatre starring the famed stage and screen actress Gladys George (now…
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LIFE WITHOUT VIVIAN
June 13, 1965 (Editor’s Note: Next season it will be “Life Without Vivian” on “The Lucy Show”. Vivian Vance is enjoying life hugely as a Connecticut housewife. She’s dressing and speaking as herself, and cutting a wide swath through the game shows. For summer “vacation” she’ll play stock.) By CYNTHIA LOWRY, AP Television-Radio Writer NEW…
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TV GUIDE: LUCY’S EARLY DAYS
June 12, 1971 Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of TV Guide (volume 19, no. 24) on June 12, 1971. The cover drawing was by Al Parker. The inside article was titled “Lucille Ball’s Early Days” by Dwight Whitney. The cover illustration of Lucille Ball is by Al Parker, one of the artists that founded the…
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TRIB TV WEEK TURNS TEN!
June 4, 1966 Lucille Ball was one of ten stars who were on the cover of the Chicago Tribune’s TV Week Tenth Anniversary issue for the week of June 4, 1966. 1. BOZO the CLOWN ~ was first played by Pinto Colvig, who voiced dogs for “The Lucy Show” in 1964. The Chicago Bozo franchise was…
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