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Lucy Show: Lucy and the French Movie Star/Lucy Goes to London

Starring: Lucille Ball
Dvd Release: 3rd December, 2002
Number Of Discs: 1
Format: Black & White, Special Edition, PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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Background Information: Lucy Show
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The Lucy Show was Lucille Ball s followup show to I Love Lucy. It began in 1962 & ran until 1968. The premise & the cast changed frequently, with only Gale Gordon lasting the run of the show. From time to time, Vivian Vance, Lucie Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr. appeared. For about the first month of its run, it was formally entitled The Lucille Ball Show, which was then shortened to merely The Lucy Show. The show began with Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael, a widow with two children, Chris & Jerry, living in Danfield, Connecticut, sharing her home with divorced friend Vivian Bagley & her son, Sherman. Lucy had been left with a substantial trust fund by her late husband, which was managed during the first season by local banker Mr. Barnsdahl. At the beginning of the 1963-64 season, the character was replaced by Theodore J Mooney. Mrs. Carmichael spent so much of her time & effort trying to get Mr.
Biography: Lucille Ball
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Lucille Desirée Ball was an American actress, comedian & star of I Love Lucy. A B-grade movie star of the 1940s, she became one of the best & most popular stars in television history. She was born in Jamestown, New York & after her father died, was raised by her working mother & grandparents. She moved to New York City to become an actress & had some success as a fashion model & chorus girl. She moved to Hollywood in 1933 to appear in films. She appeared in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO. She switched to MGM in the 1940s, but never achieved great success in films. She was known in many Hollywood circles as the B-Movie queen, sharing the royalty honor with Macdonald Carey, who was designated as her king. In 1948, she was cast as a wacky wife in My Favorite Husband, a radio program. The program was successful & CBS asked her to develop it as a television program. She agreed, but insisted on working with her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz. Posters Of Lucille Ball

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