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Ball, Lucille
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...ready. The duo was forced to take their "act" on the road to prove its potential and to borrow five thousand dollars to found Desilu Productions. (After buying out Arnaz's share and changing the corporation's name, Ball eventually sold it to Gulf Western...
Lucille Ball
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...were dubious. The duo was forced to take their "act" on the road to prove its viability and to borrow $5,000 to found Desilu Productions. (After buying out Arnaz's share and changing the corporation's name, Lucy eventually sold it to Gulf Western...
Desi Arnaz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...naming their residence after themselves as actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford had done, the couple decided on Desilu after eliminating such other possibilities as Arnaball, Ballarnaz, and Ludesi. In May 1943, Arnaz received hi

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Freund, Karl
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1947–50; 1932—first film as director, The Mummy ; then worked as supervising photographer for Desilu Productions on their TV series I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks, December Bride, and other series, 1951–59; also...

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No surprises, just great history in 'Desilu Story'
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 8/24/2003; ; 693 words ; ...There are no startling revelations in "The Desilu Story: The Rags to Riches Success of the Desilu Empire," but in a way, that's refreshing...careers and the studio they built together, Desilu. And that history is important to TV buffs...
No surprises in 'Desilu Empire'
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/24/2003; ; 627 words ; ...There are no startling revelations in "The Desilu Story: The Rags to Riches Success of the Desilu Empire," but in a way, that's refreshing...careers and the studio they built together, Desilu. And that history is important to TV buffs...
EX-DESILU EXECUTIVE DIES AT 82
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/6/1999; 700+ words ; ...executive who was instrumental in building Desilu Studios into the largest independent Hollywood...stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's Desilu Productions would retain ownership of...Miss Brooks," also in production at Desilu, Arnaz hired Leeds away from CBS to serve...
`Desilu' focuses on the real Lucy and Desi
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/12/1993; ; 700+ words ; DESILU The Story of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball...after crisis with a kiss and a laugh. In "Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz...working for CBS, he started his own studio. Desilu became the production house for dozens of...
BYZANTINE GLITZ, SEVENTIES SOUL AND DESILU FROTH; FOR FALL, ROBERTO CAVALLI TRAVELED TO TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY VENICE, WHILE MIUCCIA PRADA REVISITED THE SEVENTIES FOR MIU MIU AND MOSCHINO DID THE "I LOVE LUCY" LOOK.
Magazine article from: WWD; 3/1/2004; 700+ words ; Roberto Cavalli: On paper, turn-of-the-century Venice might seem an unlikely source for Roberto Cavalli's inspiration. But, as you can imagine, he wasn't interested in the highfalutin bloom of the royal court. For fall, Cavalli focused on what he called the "Opium opulence" of those wicked
Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball.
Magazine article from: Video Age International; 4/1/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...film studio when Ball bought Arnaz out of Desilu in 1962. Equally important is the business...would have a greater fortune if they sold Desilu and kept the syndication rights." Thus...Lucy, from September 1955 to June 1957, Desilu studios output a total of 691 half-hour...
LUCY, WE HARDLY KNEW YE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 2/28/1993; ; 578 words ; ...instantaneously if she felt betrayed or disobeyed." -- from "Desilu" DESILU, by Coyne Steven Sanders and Tom Gilbert; William...23. It's not so easy to love Lucy after reading "Desilu." The redheaded sparkplug is painted as contentious...
Aaron's factory line kept us Spelling-bound
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 6/29/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...lying in a crib trying to crack the code that was "Desilu." "Desilu." Rhymes with goo-goo? Half-way. This usually...word out loud in stentorian tones: "This has been a Desilu production." Without that aural assist, we might...
AMERICA LOVED LUCY COMEDIC PIONEER BALL DIES AT 77.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/27/1989; 700+ words ; ...insisted that CBS assign their new company, Desilu Productions, all rights to the show...only to please her ailing gran By 1957, Desilu was producing other hit shows, "Whirlybirds...In search of more c the company, Desilu sold the the rights to the first 180...
A lifetime in television. (television executive Bruce Gordon)
Magazine article from: Video Age International; 10/1/1997; 700+ words ; ...recommended Gordon to Richard Dinsmore, vp of Desilu Studios, who had traveled to Australia...At that time, the Hollywood-based Desilu produced the ever popular series I Love Lucy. Gordon flew to the U.S. to meet Desilu's Desi Arnaz and was given the job...