Tag: Vivian Vance
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LUCY, JOE & ALVIN, TOO!
Lucille Ball always wanted to be a star on Broadway – until the silver screen and the small screen claimed her for posterity. Using the stage name Diane Belmont, she was chosen to appear in Earl Carroll’s Vanities, for the third road company of Ziegfeld’s Rio Rita, and for Step Lively, but none of these…
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THE KING AND I LOVE LUCY
Did you hear about the time Lucille Ball met the King of Siam? Vivian Vance was at Lucy’s Beverly Hills home on a Saturday in the early 1960s with Lucy putting blonde dye on Vivian’s hair and henna on her own. The pair would be lounging around in comfortable clothing talking for hours. On this…
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RIP STANLEY DONEN
1924-2019 Stanley Donen was the film director and choreographer responsible for two of Hollywood’s biggest hit musicals, Singin’ in the Rain (1950), and On the Town (1949). On Broadway, he was in the chorus of Best Foot Forward (1941) and when MGM acquired the screen rights he was chosen as Assistant Choreographer, working with LUCILLE BALL, who played…
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DESILU, TOO!
6 Forgotten Television Shows produced by Desilu Studios In October 1958, LIFE magazine ran a massive eight-page article on Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. “Arnaz and Ball Take Over as Tycoons – $30 Million Desilu Gamble,” the headline declared. The I Love Lucy stars and power couple had entered the production business, with a splash.…
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political cartoon by Mike Luckovich, 2019
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Happy Beethoven’s Birthday! Ludwig Von Beethoven (December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827).
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“WOMEN” of COLOR
On December 14, 2018, CBS broadcast a colorized version of “Pioneer Women” (ILL S1;E25). As usual, some moments of the original show were edited out to make room for more commercials. Here’s what you missed… Morning Coffee – The entire process of Lucy making coffee was cut, which includes Lucy ladling water into the kettle from…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 