Tag: Ziegfeld Follies

• ZIEGFELD FOLLIES

  April 8, 1946 Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth. Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Norman Taurog, Charles Walters. Robert LewisProducer: Arthur Freed for Metro Goldwyn Mayer The shooting schedule ran between April 10 and August 18, 1944, with retakes plus additional segments filmed on December 22, 1944 and then between January 25 and February 6, 1945. The film was first proposed in…

  Michael T. Mooney

  April 8, 2021

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• MOVIE LIFE

  March 28, 1944 Lucille Ball appeared on the cover of Movie Life magazine’s March 1944 issue.  At the time of publication, Ball had just released her 59th film, Thousands Cheer, in which she played herself.  In June 1944, her 60th film, Meet The People, was released.  During March 1944, her 64th film, Ziegfeld Follies, was…

  Michael T. Mooney

  March 28, 2021

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• EVE WHITNEY

  February 6, 1923 Eve Whitney was born Eva Whitney on February 6, 1923 in Lincoln, Nebraska. She worked as a model in New York, later modelling for illustrators Alberto Vargas and George Petty. She appeared on the cover of Yank magazine in January 1945. She made her screen debut with Lucille Ball in Du Barry…

  Michael T. Mooney

  February 6, 2021

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• RED SKELTON

  JULY 18, 1913 Red Skelton was born Richard Bernard Skelton in Vincennes, Indiana. He left school after the third grade to join a traveling medicine show and from there entered vaudeville. He was best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program “The Red…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 18, 2020

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• MGM PARADE

  February 8, 1956 Directed by Leonard Spigelgass Written by David Greggory CAST George Murphy (Himself / Host) was introduced as “Your Hollywood Ambassador of Good Will.” He started singing and dancing on Broadway at age 25. There he is credited with introducing Bob Hope to his wife Dolores. In Hollywood, he became Screen Actors Guild…

  Michael T. Mooney

  July 22, 2018

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• “Lucy Gets Into Pictures”

  (S4;E19 ~ February 21, 1955) Directed by William Asher. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Filmed December 16, 1954 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 51.7/68 Synopsis ~ Lucy finally gets her chance – she lands a part as a murdered showgirl in a Hollywood movie!  But can she navigate the headpiece and her need…

  Michael T. Mooney

  June 9, 2015

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