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RlrBladeMan  160 |
Fri Mar 13 2009 13:31:23 |
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Lucille Ball,star of Broadway, Movies and TV, was also a major businesswoman in Hollywood. Ms Ball and her then husband Desi Arnaz founded Desilu and that studio produced 'I Love Lucy','The Untouchables'. After Mr. Arnaz left Desilu Ms Ball was CEO when Desilu produced her own TV show, 'The Lucy Show' and two series now part of legend: 'Mission Impossible' and 'Star Trek'. Desilu also produced the hit TV series 'Mannix' and Ms Ball's big movie hit "Yours Mine and Ours" co starring Hank Fonda (In my Opinion Lucy should have been nominated for an Oscar for her great work in "Yours Mine and Ours") Desilu also produced Ms Ball's hit "Wildcat" on Broadway. Ms. Ball sold Desilu to Paramount and became a multi millionaire and is said to have left an emnormous estate with trust funds for her Children and Grandchildren amounting to many millions. Paramount honored Ball with 'Lucy Park' at he studio's back lot. Ms. Ball after leaving Paramount moved her new production company 'Lucille Ball Productions' to Universal which produced her last show "Here's Lucy" Ms Ball also starred in the WB movie version of the hit play at "Mame" which continues to hold the record as the biggest grossing movie in one theatre as "Mame" grossed over $1 Million in one week at the Radio City Music Hall. Ms Ball was to this day the only woman to be CEO of a major studio: Desilu which had 3 Studios; Desilu Gower, Desilu Cahuenga and the old Selznick Studio renamed Desilu Culver | ||
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DZY2008 5 |
Fri Aug 15 2008 23:13:22 |
| LUCILLE BALL WAS THE BEST.HARD WORKING WOMEN AND A HELL OF AN ACTRESS! HATS OFF TO YOU LUCY! THANKS FOR ALL THE LAUGHS WE MISS YOU. | ||
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ilovelucy 4 |
Tue Aug 5 2008 19:55:41 |
| Oct 15 1951-- "I Love Lucy is aired on CBS. By the end of the 1951-52 season, it's #3 on the Nielsen Ratings. It stayed #1 until its closing on 6 May 1957 and it has never gone out of syndication. | ||
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ilovelucy 4 |
Tue Aug 5 2008 19:49:35 |
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In 1940, she met Cuban bandleader, actor, producer, and director Desi Arnaz while working on the MGM movie "Too Many Girls" with Van Johnson and Eddie Bracken. Ball and Arnaz were married on the 30 Nov 1940 at the Byram River Beagle Club in Greenwich, CT. While Desi was a regular on Bob Hope's radio show, Ball starred in many other Columbia, RKO and MGM movies during the '40's. In 1948, she starred in her own radio show My Favorite Husband with actor Richard Denning until 5 Jul 1951. | ||
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ilovelucy 4 |
Tue Aug 5 2008 19:43:15 |
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She was born on Sunday, 6 Aug 1911 in the tiny little village f Celoron, New York. Her parents: Desiree (called DeDe) Eveline Hunt and Henry Durrell Ball. Grandparents: Fred C. Hunt and Florabelle Orcutt-Hunt. Her brother, Frederick Henry, named after her grandfather, came in 1915. As a child, Lucy would do comedy stunts in stores and impress the clerks. At 16, she did two major things: In New York City she posed TOPLESS and she moved out in order to go to the NYC. At 22, Cynthia S. (unknown last name) walked up to Miss Ball in front of the Palace Theatre in 1933 and said "How wouldd you like to go to Hollywood? Sam Goldwyn gathered up 12 beautiful models but one quit." Lucy said yes, and she flew off on the SuperChief. Ball arrived on July 19, 1933. Executives got her an apartment on Formosa Street in Hollywood. She starred in many B-plus movies, from 1933 to late 1936. In 1937, she was cast in a supporting role in the movie "Stage Door" starring Eve Arden, Ginger Rogers, Andrea Leeds, Katharine Hepburn, and many others. Eventualy, she got the lead parts in many B-movies, and was later called "Queen of the B's". Ball stated that Stage Door was the film that made her recieve recognition. From 1938 on, she had the lead in many movies until 1985. She also joined "the Wonder Show" in 1938 with a young Gale Gordon. They would become friends and Gordon would be on her radio show as a guest star and on 'Lucy' as Freddy Filmore on "Mr. and Mrs. Quiz". | ||
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ilovelucy 4 |
Tue Aug 5 2008 19:18:52 |
| She was a great radio, television and stage actress that proved to America she had coic, radio and stage talent during the 1940s and '50's. | ||
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heather nichole 87 |
Fri Mar 7 2008 16:59:07 |
| I love Lucy...! She is one of the most amazing actresses. She seemed like a wonderful Person, she was so talented, and beautiful and funny. She was awesome... | ||
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aspiringactress 48 |
Thu Dec 6 2007 17:54:28 |
| Lucielle Ball is a legend. She is my number one icon, and my favorite actress of all time. I adore her more than any other actress. From her beauty, to her talent, to her comic timing, and humor. She is what I want to become, and who I want to be. I love you lucy... | ||
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RlrBladeMan 160 |
Sun Sep 30 2007 21:50:43 |
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Lucille Ball at her death was the most famous Woman in the World. Lucille Ball made many fine films at RKO and later MGM and made the transition to TV with "I Love Lucy" and with her husband Desi Arnaz created an Empire that was known as Desilu with Three studio lots in Los Angeles. A zany comedy star, Miss Ball is likely to be remembered equally as one of the greatest Executives in Hollywood and the first Woman to helm a major studio. Thru her Supervision, Desilu produced two of the most famous shows in history: 'Mission Impossible'and 'Star Trek'. Desilu also produced 'Mannix' and its first foray into Movies, the huge hit "Yours Mine and Ours" which not only did Ball develop and Produce but gave a great performance. Lucille Ball was the subject of an PBS Show "American Masters" Tough, demanding, glamorous, Ms. Ball starred in Desilu's only Broadway effort "Wildcat" Ms. Ball sold Desilu to Paramount in a stock deal that made her one of if not Hollywood's weathliest woman. No mention of Ball can go without the name of Desi Arnaz her first husband, Father of her children and said to be the great love of her Life. While being honored at the Kennedy Center by President Reagan, Robert Stack who starred Desilu's "Untouchables" read a note Desi Arnaz dictated just before Arnaz's Death. Mr. Stack read Arnaz' note to the assembled group of Dignitataries: Quote: "To Me,'I Love Lucy' was not only the name of a TV show"; The audience gasped and Lucille Ball wept | ||
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