Tag: Wildcat
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NEW TV SHOW
August 14, 1962 HOLLYWOOD (UPI) – There is something ludicrous in the sight of a man trying to do a woman’s work. A man looks about as silly wielding a dust mop as a woman does trying to throw a baseball overhand. But even funnier, I think is a woman trying to do a man’s…
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INDOMINATABLE LIFESTYLE
July 16, 1972 HOLLYWOOD – Indomitable funny girl Lucille Ball, with a messy scoop hair the color of an orange popsicle, flashes on the scene in a sad predicament. She’s got a lame leg. Lucy hobbled from her sleek silver Rolls Royce and into the yellow cubbyhole dressing room which is a sunny retreat near the…
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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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PEOPLE: LUCY 1911-1989
May 8, 1989 On May 8, 1989, People Weekly (vol. 31, no. 18) dedicated its cover to the late Lucille Ball (1911-1989). The cover photograph is by Neal Peters. QUIZ: Name the above episodes! Which is not from “I Love Lucy”? Which classic “Lucy” moment is missing from this collage? In the beginning… The movie years…. Broadway at…
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PAULA STEWART
April 9, 1933 Paula Stewart was born Dorothy Paula Zürndorfer in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother, Esther Morris, was an actress. She was signed as understudy to Anne Crowley in a production of Seventeen on Broadway in June 1, 1951. Her third Broadway show was The Most Happy Fella, a show produced partly by Desilu and featured…
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LIFE: SEXY EYES OVER HOPE’S SHOULDER
March 17, 1961 On March 17, 1961, Lucille Ball and Bob Hope appeared in an article with photographs on the inside of LIFE Magazine. The article was timed to promote their film The Facts of Life, which had opened in November 1960 and was still in US cinemas. On the cover is model and dancer…
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LUCY BUSY WITH PLAY, TV, FAMILY
January 1, 1961 On the first day of 1961 the Associated Press (AP) published a story about Lucille Ball, and her transition from TV star in California, to Broadway star in New York City. In the below article – reprinted verbatim – footnotes have been added for historical perspective. This story appeared in the Honolulu…
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HELLO BROADWAY – GOODBYE, TV! / DESILU REVUE
December 20, 1959 [On December 20, 1959, many US newspapers carried stories about Lucille Ball’s plans to do Broadway, as well as her upcoming “Desilu Revue” and the end of the “Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”. Italics indicate quotes from Lucille Ball. The indented text and footnotes offers historical context on the articles, which are otherwise reproduced verbatim.] Lucille…
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WILDCAT
December 17, 1960 Wildcat is a musical comedy about Wildcat Jackson and her sister who come to oil country in 1912 to strike it rich. She runs into the prowess of Joe Dynamite, and a battle of the sexes and the oil tycoons ensues. Wildcat wasn’t written with the 48 year-old queen of comedy in…
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LOOK! LUCY is UNTOUCHABLE!
September 27, 1960 Robert Stack and Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Look Magazine (volume 24, number 26) on September 27, 1960 in connection with three entertainment articles. The photo of Lucille Ball is credited to Charlotte Brooks. Charlotte Finkelstein Brooks was a staff photographer for Look from 1951 to 1971 and the only woman…