Lucille Désirée Ball was born this day in 1911
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Zeigfield Follies, 1945
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style. (IMDb)
Lured, 1947
7 girls are missing and a serial killer is believed to be loose in London. When Sandra Carpenter’s friend becomes the 8th victim when she responds to a personal ad in the paper, Sandra is recruited by Scotland Yard to find the killer. There are plenty of suspects in this fun who dunnit, with an outstanding cast of Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff and George Zucco. Lured is currently playing on Tubi
Ringing in the New Year
and good riddance to 2020
Lucille Ball with Billie Seward in 1935.
Dark Corner, 1946
Kathleen Stewart (Lucille Ball) works for Bradford Galt (Mark Stevens), a private eye who recently moved from San Fransisco to NYC after a 2 year stint in the slammer for a crime he didn’t commit. When Galt is framed (again) for murder, Kathleen does what she can do to help him find the real killer.
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Five Came Back, 1939
In what would be Lucille Balls first major role (thanks to a last minute replacement), Five Came Back is an excellent adventure and is considered to be a precursor to disaster movies.
12 people (9 passengers and 3 crew-members) are en-route to Panama, when a violent storm throws the aircraft off course and forces them to crash land in an area know for its cannibalistic tribes.
The aircraft is eventually repaired, but some are not able to make the journey home… and as you can guess by the title, only five came back.
Happy Birthday Lucy
August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989
Promotional still of Lucille Ball from the 1939 film Five Came Back
Lucy at the Beach
(It’s only a model…)
Lucy on the Radio
A Blonde Ball, 1930s
Lucille Ball initially dyed her hair blonde to pursue acting and modeling in New York. It wasn’t until MGM purchased her contract in 1942 that she returned to her natural hair color.
