Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball and Harriet Hilliard during the filming of Follow the Fleet (1936)
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Lucille Ball blog posts
Yesterday would have been Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday. In celebration, many blogs wrote about Lucille Ball and I Love Lucy. Here were some of my favorites.
- Lucy’s Lasting Legacy A wonderful tribute to the actresses’ life.
- Lucille Ball and Desilu Studios She was not only an actress, but also a businesswoman. This article is about Desilu Studios, which she co-founded with her first husband. Besides I Love Lucy, the company was also for a variety of shows including Star Trek.
- My Favorite Husband, I Love Lucy and … Us Lucy’s radio series with Jess Oppenheimer and how it paved the way for I Love Lucy.
- Loving Lucy Some interesting trivia that you might not have known about Lucille.
I ♥ Lucy
- I Love Lucy: breaking language and cultural barriers Clara of Margutta 51 writes about the language differences between Lucy and her Cuban husband Ricky. The second, third, sixth and seventh videos are absolutely hilarious.
- I Love Lucy…A Few Reasons Why Lucille’s encounter with William Holden on I Love Lucy.
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady is a Technicolor comedy musical starring Lucille Ball alongside Red Skeltona and Gene Kelly. The great cast, crazy costumes, and musical numbers make it a Hollywood comedy classic.
Link: IMDb
Stage Door (1937)
Stage Door is a wonderful comedy/drama about a group of aspiring actresses who live together in a boarding house in New York City.
It stars Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Andrea Leeds, and Lucille Ball. Eve Arden and Ann Miller play minor characters.
