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The Unhappy But Vastly Profitable Lives Of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz — By Darwin Porter
Announcing Volume One (1911-1960) Of A Two-Part Biography “They Weren’t Lucy And Ricky Ricardo”
In 1955, a survey revealed that Lucille Ball studio formerly owned by the spectacularly
was the most recognizable face on Planet unstable aviator and oil-industry mogul,
Earth. Howard Hughes.
With her husband, Desi Arnaz, a bandleader Despite their enormous success, many
and émigré from Cuba, they launched TV’s aspects of their personal lives were tragic. As
most successful sitcom, I Love Lucy, at the tail Desi himself once said, “We had our daughter,
end of the Golden Age of Hollywood. we had our son, we had a fabulous career, and
Even today, somewhere in the world, the we were in love. Then the shit hit the fan.”
series is still being shown on a 24-hour cycle. For such a well-publicized couple, their
The original black-and-white celluloid is being complete story has never been told, especially
colorized for new generations, and Nicole their early years. This has radically changed
Kidman is set to star as Lucille in an upcoming with the publication of Blood Moon’s latest
feature film. biography, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz: They
★ See AND hear Darwin Porter every month on Zoomertimes TV. ★ Weren’t Lucy & Ricky Ricardo. I co-authored it with Danforth Prince.
To read this entire article, go to BoomerTimesFL.
Tune in on YouTube (search zoomertimes TV), on Facebook. Darwin Porter’s latest biography
★ com/Boomertimes, or on BoomerTimesFL.com ★ is Volume One of a two-part over-
Millions of fans believe that Lucille and Desi played themselves as view of one of the most famous
th
couples of the 20 Century: “Lucille
Ricky and Lucy Ricardo, their fictional characters on TV. As this book Ball and Desi Arnaz—They Weren’t
reveals, that isn’t exactly true. Lucy & Ricky Ricardo.” This 530
Both were savvy business executives. Lucille, for example, morphed page book with hundreds of photos
herself from a $50-a-week RKO extra into a multi-millionaire. Along is available now from Amazon.com. Darwin Porter
with Desi, she bought RKO, the major-league movie and TV production Volume Two will be available in early October.

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