Research Catalog

Title

Lucille Ball FAQ : everything left to know about America's favorite redhead / James Sheridan and Barry Monush.

Author

Sheridan, James, 1988-

Publication

Milwaukee, WI : Applause, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Monush, Barry.

Description

xii, 450 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Lucile Ball frequently asked questions

Subject

• Ball, Lucille, 1911-1989
• Entertainers > United States > Biography
• Comedians > United States > Biography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"I thought you wanted to know something about her.": Lucille Ball: a timeline -- "I'm from Jamestown!": Lucy's family -- "Mr. and Mrs.": the men Lucy married -- "Lucille Ball is old enough to be your mother": Lucy's children -- "Friendship, just the perfect blendship": Lucy's friends and co-stars -- "Is she still entertaining in her Beverly Hills mansion?": where Lucy lived -- "I felt she was much too young for Henry Fonda": the other men in Lucy's life -- "Two people who live together and like it": Lucy on the radio -- "The Lucy Ricardo show": I love Lucy -- "Cook the meals, do the dishes, make the beds, dust the house": The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz comedy hour -- "Impersonating a secretary": The Lucy show -- "Unusual jobs for unusual people": Here's Lucy -- "World's greatest grandmother": life with Lucy -- "His, hers, and somebody else's": inside jokes -- "Hello, Clark! hello, Walter! hello, Hedy!": pop culture references on Lucy's series: people -- "That story's had more performances than South Pacific": pop culture references on Lucy's series, entertainment -- "Us show folk who eat there all the time, we just call it 'the Derby'": pop culture references on lucy's series: places -- "We're going to be on the stage with the Alabama Foghorn": notable guest stars -- "That's what they say on Lineup": other Desilu series and pilots -- "When Lucy came to London town": Lucy on location -- "Who are you, Catherine Curtis?": "not Lucy": the seven instances -- When Lucille Ball acted on television not playing her Lucy character -- "Roll 'em, lights, camera, action, quiet!": studios where Lucy worked -- "Real Gone with the wind": projects that never happened -- "It took years of practice to get my voice where it is today": Lucy sings and Lucy "sings" -- "Comedy ain't no joke": who made Lucy laugh -- "What's that? another Oscar?": Lucy's awards.

ISBN

• 9781617740824 (pbk.)
• 1617740829 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2011016466

OCLC

664668932

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library