Tag: William Frawley
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GLORIA BLONDELL
August 16, 1910 Was born to theatrical parents in New York City in 1910. She once said, “[S]ome member of my family has been in the theater ever since the time of Richard the Lionhearted.” She is the younger sister of Joan Blondell, also an actress. First appearing on Broadway in the 1935 Three Men on…
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RICHARD REEVES
August 10, 1912 Richard Reeves was born on August 10, 1912 in New York City as Richard Jourdan Reeves. Although he specialized in playing henchmen, gangsters and street thugs, he actually came from a well-off family; his father was a bank executive he and grew up in an upscale section of Queens, New York. He studied…
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCY!
August 6, 1911 MIND READER’S ASSISTANT: (whispering) “What’s your birthday?”LUCY RICARDO: (whispering) “August the sixth.”MIND READER’S ASSISTANT: “August the sixth what?”LUCY RICARDO: “August the sixth period.” AUGUST 6 in LUCY HISTORY Filming Seven Days Leave (1942) “My Favorite Husband” (aired August 6, 1948) Filming The Facts of Life (1960)
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TYPEWRITER TESSIE!
Lucy and the Typewriter On July 23, 1829, American William Austin Burt patented a machine called the “Typographer” which is listed as the first typewriter. The London Science Museum describes it as “the first writing mechanism whose invention was documented”. Burt never found a buyer for the patent, so the invention was never commercially produced. …
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SAX APPEAL
On June 28, 1846, musician / inventor Adolphe Sax filed 14 patents for his new invention: the saxophone. Initially crafted from wood, Sax’s instrument flared at the tip to form a music-amplifying bell. Although the saxophone quickly became popular with French army bands, the Belgian-born Sax spent decades in court trying to fend off knockoffs…
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MORONI OLSEN
June 27, 1889 Moroni Olsen was born in Ogden, Utah, to Mormon parents. During World War I, he sold war bonds for the US Navy. In 1923, Olsen organized the ‘Moroni Olsen Players’ in Ogden. He got his start on Broadway in 1920 starring as Jason (of the Argonauts) in Medea alongside “Lucy” cast member Byron Foulger. He…
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THE MAYER TWINS
June 26, 1952 Michael Leo and Joseph David Mayer were born on June 26, 1952, in Los Angeles, California. They are the twin sons of Max and Eva June Mayer. Between 1953 and 1956, the brothers alternated in the role of Little Ricky in 32 episodes of “I Love Lucy.” They succeeded twins Richard Lee…
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