Tag: tv
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THE ATTIC
September 23, 1949 “The Attic” (aka “Trapped in the Attic”) is episode #55 of the radio series MY FAVORITE HUSBAND broadcast on September 23, 1949. This was the fourth episode of the second season of MY FAVORITE HUSBAND. There were 43 new episodes, with the season ending on June 25, 1950. Synopsis ~ One…
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DESIREE ‘DEDE’ BALL
September 21, 1892 Desiree Evelyn Hunt was born on September 21, 1892 in Jamestown, New York. Her ancestors were mostly English, but a few were Scottish, French, and Irish. Some were among the earliest settlers in the original thirteen colonies, including Elder John Crandall of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Edmund Rice, an early emigrant from England…
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FALL PREVIEW ‘53
September 18, 1953 On September 18, 1953, TV Guide, now a national publication, published their first Fall Preview issue. This became an annual and much anticipated tradition with the magazine. Although TV Guide national edition was only 25 issues old, Lucille Ball had already been featured on three covers and would go on to be seen…
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LOOK: FALL TV FORECAST
September 17, 1957 Look Magazine (volume 21, #19) featured the 1957 Fall TV Forecast on the cover, including a photograph of Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and Richard Keith (aka Keith Thibodeaux) by Bob Vose. At the time of publication, “I Love Lucy” had ended its half-hour format and was about to launch an hour-long show airing…
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LAWRENCE DOBKIN
September 16, 1919 Lawrence ‘Larry’ Dobkin was born in New York City and went on to become a successful character actor and director with a career spanning seven decades. Dobkin was a popular performer during the Golden Age of Radio. His voice was used to narrate the classic western “Broken Arrow” (1950). He was one…
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PHIL ARNOLD
September 15, 1909 Philip Arnold was a prolific character actor born on September 15, 1909 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He appeared in approximately 200 films and television shows between 1938 and 1968 – in bit parts most of the time. Perhaps most famously, Arnold was a regular in the “Three Stooges” movies doing six films…
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RETA SHAW
September 13, 1912 Reta M. Shaw was born in South Paris, Maine, on September 13, 1912. Her father was an orchestra leader. Shaw’s younger sister was actress Marguerite Shaw. The daughter and granddaughter of women who believed in spiritualism, Shaw reportedly once told a newspaper interviewer that she had been “brought up on a ouija board." She…
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MAURICE CHEVALIER
September 12, 1888 Maurice Chevalier was born on September 12, 1888 in Paris. He started in show business in 1901. He was singing at a café when it was suggested he audition for a local musical. He got the part. Chevalier made a name as a mimic and a singer. In 1909, he became the partner of…
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BALL and BERLE are BACK!
September 12, 1952 TV GUIDE ~ Volume 5, #37 This pre-national TV Guide for the New York region chose to colorize the photograph on the cover, which is a composite shot of Lucille Ball and Milton Berle, not one posed together. New York being the most important of the television markets, an attractive color cover…
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