Lucille Ball

Best Foot Forward

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February 11, 2019February 24, 2023

Best Foot Forward (1943), starring Lucille Ball, Harry James

A fun musical, that frequently had me asking, “When is Lucy coming back on screen?” Please understand, that even without Lucy on screen, it’s a fun musical farce. There are several nice musical numbers and some Wonderful music by the Harry James band. I was absolutely transfixed by their rendition of Flight of the Bumblebees. But there’s a definite decrease in the comedy, and in the pace of the film, when Lucille Ball is off-screen. With a few notable examples.

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February 10, 2019September 18, 2021

Lured (1947) starring Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Boris Karloff, Charles Coburn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke

Synopsis of Lured

A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. He announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist her American friend to answer advertisements in the personal columns and so lure the killer.

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February 9, 2019April 6, 2021

Unlike many other television show’s theme music, the lyrics to I Love Lucy were not sung at the beginning of the show. In fact, it was only sung once… Read More »I Love Lucy theme song lyrics by Harold Adamson and Eliot Daniel

Nobody Loves The Ump – song lyrics

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February 7, 2019May 24, 2021

Song lyrics to Nobody Loves the Ump, as sung on the I Love Lucy episode, Lucy Meets Bob Hope

Safe
You’re out
Foul ball

Nobody loves the ump
He’s the apple of nobody’s eye
Nobody loves the ump
And I’ll never know , never know why

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February 6, 2019March 19, 2021

[Song lyrics to Birmingham Jail, sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford on the I Love Lucy episode, Tennessee Bound]

Down in the valley
Valley so low
Late in the evenin’
Hear the train blow
Hear the train blow, love
Hear the train blow
Late in the evenin’
Hear the train blow

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February 5, 2019May 18, 2021
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Lyrics to Friendship from I Love Lucy, words and music by Cole Porter

In addition to the I Love Lucy episode Lucy and Ethel Buy the Same Dress, Lucille Ball also performed Friendship in the movie DuBarry Was a Lady, starring Gene Kelly, Lucille Ball, Red Skelton

If you’re ever in a jam, here I am
If you’re ever in a mess, S-O-S
If you ever feel so happy, you land in jail; I’m your bail.
It’s friendship, friendship, just a perfect blendship.
When other friendships have been forgot,
Ours will still be hot.
Lah-dle-ah-dle-ah-dle dig, dig, dig.

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December 29, 2018July 10, 2023

The Magic Carpet (1951), starring Lucille Ball and John Agar

I’ve just finished watching The Magic Carpet with my children, having DVR’ed it earlier. How can I describe this movie? The word “cheesy”comes to mind; it’s a very typical Arabian Nights-style story, with an evil man overthrowing (and killing) the Caliph of the land, in order to seize control. The Caliph’s wife, however, manages to send their baby son to safety on the “magic carpet” where he’s raised by a relative, without knowing his true identity. He (John Agar) grows up, and on his own leads a Robin Hood-style insurrection against the evil, oppressive Caliph.

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October 28, 2018December 26, 2021

Mame (1974) starring Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston

Synopsis of Mame

Lucille Ball stars in Mame. Mame is a film of the blockbuster Broadway musical. It tells the story of the flamboyant, unconventional and, above all, glamorous Mame.

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October 27, 2018May 9, 2022

Meet the People(1944) starring Lucille Ball, Dick Powell

At its’ heart, Meet the People is a musical romantic comedy, where shipyard worker William ‘Swanee’ Swanson (played by Dick Powell) has written a patriotic play about the American worker during World War II. Actress Julie Hampton (played by Lucille Ball) is hired to act in the play, but when Swanson has “creative differences” with the producer, he wants the actual shipyard workers to star in the play.

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October 24, 2018October 7, 2023

Forever Darling (1956) starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason

Forever, Darling a very sweet movie, and very funny as well. I enjoyed it, and hope that you do as well.Frankly, Forever Darling is one of my favorite Lucille Ball movies. The basic premise is that biologist Lorenzo Xavier Vega (played by Desi Arnaz) has grown apart from his wife Susan (played by Lucille Ball). He has thrown himself into his work. She has thrown herself into the social scene. Nobody says the words “thinking of divorce” — but then, nobody really needs to, either. By this point it should be obvious that this is not an offshoot of I Love Lucy. Although there are, indeed some similarities later on. But first, this marriage needs God’s help to avoid divorce. And He provides it, in the form of an angel that only Lucille Ball can see, played by James Mason.