Desi Arnaz

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were a married couple on the hit television show I Love Lucy that aired in the 1950’s. The couple met in 1940 on the set of a movie called Too Many Girls. Lucille Ball was a singer, model and a comedienne when she met Desi. She was also 5 years older than Desi but the dashing 23 year old Cuban bandleader caught her eye and they fell in love and married after only dating for 6 months. No one believed that their marriage would last. Their friends and associates placed bets

"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

presented with the "classics" of televsion such as "I Love Lucy" in relation to techniques for syndication. As discussed in this weeks lecture Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were 'innovative" pioneers in TV entrepeneurship as they found new ways in {production tenichieqs" that they benefitted from greatly. Specifically, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz would buy television quipment then rent it back to CBS thus were able to record on film instead of television which helped them pioneer a "standard in television

Desi Arnaz was an extremely famous actor and musician who was born in Cuba, but is technically an American in terms of Nationality. Desi was born on March 2, 1917 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. His last stand was on December 2, 1986 when he died of cancer at the age of sixty-nine. He had been experiencing health issues and problems for years before his death as soon after he was put in the hospital for the first time during his later years in 1981. During his earlier health complications, many hoped

Lucy show”, “The Lucy Desi comedy hour” and many many more. She is funny, inspiring, a hard worker, interesting, pioneer. Early Life Lucille ball was born on August 6th 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She soon after lost her father when she was only 3 years old! She had a scrambled life since her mom couldn’t keep a job and she had to feed two children. At the time when Lucille was 4 years old WW1 started

Lucille Ball Redhead Comedienne, television star, and actress, are three things that describe Lucille Ball. Many people know Lucille Ball for her hit sitcom, but she was so much more. As a well known actress and comedienne, Lucille Ball showed women everywhere that they should fight for their rights. She left a lasting legacy as a redhead. When Lucille Ball was a child she had to deal with many difficult things at a very young age. “When she was only three years old her father got sick with typhoid

What is an American icon? According to Webster's Dictionary, it is a person or thing that is idolized. It is someone who, by mention of their name, will remind people of who they are and what they are famous for. Synonyms include "representation" and "symbol." When you hear the name Lucille Ball or “I Love Lucy” you probably think of a skittish red head who had eccentric expressions and made America laugh. Lucille Desiree Ball was, and still is, an American icon because of what she represented

On Monday, January 19, 1953, I Love Lucy made history. It was the night Americas favorite Hollywood couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz gave birth to their second child. But, it was also the night Americas favorite fictional couple, Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, were giving birth to their first on the CBS hit, I Love Lucy. The show, already living in its reign as the number one show on American television, managed to receive forty-four million views on the episode, “Lucy Goes to the Hospital,” making it

of Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball), a goofy woman of the house in the 1950s as she attempts to break into show business. In attempts to do so, Lucy gets herself into crazy situations that she often tries to resolve before her husband, Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), comes home. This television show has transformed society as a whole. This television show pushed boundaries by having a bi-racial romantic relationship on television. In the 1950s, individuals would not have thought that a white woman and a Cuban

The main idea of this article is how Lucy manage to stay alive after her former husband, Desi, died. Although she was married to Gary, she had always carried a torch for Desi. Lucy would always love Desi no matter what would happen in their lives. Lucy wanted her life to be over because after Desi’s death that was when she fell apart but Gary and her kids kept her going so when she felt chest pain