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| The 4th Edition of Lucy A to Z: The Lucille Ball Encyclopedia (above) is ... Expanded! Revised! Updated! And for the 1st time with EXCLUSIVE pictures! The reviews are in: "Very important.... Fresh insights.... This is the most detailed — and most enjoyable — book available on Lucille Ball. A must-have." — Laura Wagner, Classic Images "This new fourth edition is a wonderful read, and I'm pleased to recommend it to everyone." — Wanda Clark, Lucille Ball's personal secretary Click to order online.
  Steven Savage drew one of my favorite caricatures of Lucy for The New York Times Book Review. Browse more pics, including many Lucy exclusives, in my Photo Album. |
 SPOTLIGHT: It didn't get much more glamorous than the star-studded premiere of 1954's A Star Is Born, Judy Garland's comeback vehicle. I lucked out and caught a half-hour kinescope of the festivities at the Pantages Theater in Los Angeles on Turner Classic Movies. Anyone who was anyone in Hollywood and show-biz at the time was there, including Dean Martin, Joan Crawford, Virginia Mayo, Peggy Lee, Ray Bolger (Judy's Wizard of Oz co-star), Hedda Hopper, Louella Parsons, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Taylor (with then-hubby Mike Todd), Jack Carson, Van Heflin, Jack Palance, Dorothy Lamour, William Bendix, and on and on and on — oh, yes...and, of course, TV's top couple at the time, Lucy and Desi. I shot these pics directly from the TV screen with my iPhone, one of the reasons I adore having it. You probably haven't seen these before...so enjoy!
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