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Describe The Relationship Between Lucille And Desi Arnaz

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In her lifetime, she would appear in 72 movies, including many second-tier films in the 1940s that started to give her the unofficial title "The Queen of B Movies." One of her first major films, was a movie called Dance, Girl, Dance. This movie introduced her to a handsome Cuban bandleader, Desi Arnaz. Later, Lucille and Desi appeared in Too Many Girls, and soon after they fell in love and married. For Lucille, who had periodically been romantically linked to a series of older men, Arnaz was something completely different. He was fiery, young and had a reputation as a ladies' man. Friends and colleagues guessed the romance between the mismatched performers wouldn't last a year. Lucille was instantly drawn to Arnaz's spark, and while her husband's attention sometimes did stray romantically from the marriage, the truth is that during their 20 years together, Arnaz was a huge supported in her career hopes. …show more content…

At the time, she was unable to break into the kinds of starring roles she'd always dreamed about. Arnaz told his wife to try broadcasting, and it wasn't very long before she took a lead part in a radio comedy show called My Favorite Husband. The program soon caught the attention of CBS executives, who wanted to recreate the show on the small screen. Lucille insisted it include her real-life husband, something the network clearly didn’t want to see happen. So Lucille left, and with Desi put together an I Love Lucy and took it on the road. Success soon came to the pair and so did a contract from

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