Late last month, The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center participated in the Ohio Travel Association's 2007 Heartland Travel Showcase in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Now in its 22nd year, Heartland Travel Showcase is recognized as the largest regional motor coach marketplace in the United States. Patricia Brininger, Associate Director of the Lucy-Desi Center, joined hundreds of hospitality/tourism professionals at Cincinnati's Duke Energy Center.
"It was really exciting to have tour companies from Texas to Massachusetts eager to hear about what we have to offer in Lucille Ball's hometown," Brininger noted. Tour operators from across the country made appointments to learn about Jamestown's Lucy-Desi Museum and Desilu Playhouse, the "I Love Lucy" museum. Brininger met with travel industry representatives from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas.
Appointment sessions and open trade show times were the forums for group tour operators to interact with representatives from attractions, accommodations and destination marketing organizations. These forums offer tour companies ways to develop new group tour products and sellers the opportunity to tell tour companies about their destination and encourage group travel to their area.
For more information about the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center, call or visit the Lucy-Desi Gift Shop, 300 N. Main Street, Jamestown, NY 14701, (716) 484-0800 (toll-free: 1-877-LUCY-FAN).
March 05, 2007
Warner to Release 5 Lucille Ball Movies on DVD
Warner Home Video announces the Region 1 DVD release of "The Lucille Ball Collection" for 19th June 2007. Those who 'love Lucy' may be surprised to learn that Ms. Ball had nearly 20 years of big-screen credits prior to launching the TV show that made her a household name, and WHV will debut on DVD five of the films she made from 1940 through 1974: CRITIC’S CHOICE, DANCE GIRL DANCE, DU BARRY WAS A LADY, THE BIG STREET and MAME. In addition, BEST FOOT FORWARD will be available separately for the first time nationally. All the films will include special features such as Oscar® nominated vintage short subjects, featurettes and classic cartoons. Packaged as a collectible gift set, the five-disc Lucille Ball Collection will sell for $49.92 SRP, with individual titles and BEST FOOT FORWARD available for $19.97 SRP.
CRITIC’S CHOICE (1963)
Lucille Ball and Bob Hope shine in this comedy from the Broadway hit by Ira Levin (No Time for Sergeants, Deathtrap). Tossing inspired throwaway lines right and left, Hope is New York theatre critic Parker Ballentine, who loves writing pointed reviews that close insufferable plays. But there’s a new show in town – by his redheaded wife (Ball). Is it bad? Parker better think twice before he writes this time. Rip Torn, Jim Backus and Marilyn Maxwell co-star.
DVD Special Features:
Vintage comedy short CALLING ALL TARS with Bob Hope [1935 WB Short]
Oscar-nominated Cartoon NOW HEAR THIS [1963 WB Cartoon]
Theatrical trailer
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940)
Directed by Dorothy Arzner, classic Hollywood’s sole major female director in the ‘30s and ‘40s, this backstage musical has been embraced by fans for its feminist sensibilities as well as its powerful storytelling. Ball and Maureen O’Hara star as two very different types of women who are in the same chorus line. Judy (Maureen O’Hara) is a serious dancer, willing to suffer for her art, but while her friend Bubbles (Lucille Ball) loves to dance, she’s equally interested in paying the rent. To do that, she swaps her ballet shoes for a G-string…and turns patrons’ fantasies into dollars as burlesque sensation Tiger Lily White. Ball exhibits terrific onscreen chemistry as she vamps onscreen – and grabs the heart with her cynical acceptance of being a woman in a man’s world.
DVD Special Features:
Vintage comedy short JUST A CUTE KID [1940 WB Short]
Classic cartoon MALIBU BEACH PARTY [1940 WB Cartoon]
DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943)
Lucy stars with Gene Kelly and Red Skelton in this glittery, tune-filled bon-bon featuring lavish sets and costumes, a supporting cast of wags and wits (including the inimitable Zero Mostel) and three Cole Porter songs from the original Broadway smash: Friendship, Katie Went to Haiti and Do I Love You? With Ball playing the glamorous nightclub chanteuse May Daly, who’s transformed into Madame Du Barry opposite Skelton as King Louis XV this is fabulous and fun musical comedy from Hollywood’s Golden Era.
Special Features:
Oscar- Pete Smith specialty short SEEING HANDS [1943 MGM Short]
Classic cartoon BAH WILDERNESS [1943 MGM Cartoon]
Theatrical trailer
THE BIG STREET (1942)
This gutsy, touching melodrama was produced from a Damon Runyon story, the man who wrote Guys and Dolls. Ball and Henry Fonda play brilliantly against type -- Fonda poignant as a timid small-timer and Ball impressive as an icy vixen with an ego twice the size of her soul. Lucy plays haughty nightclub singer Gloria Lyons, a gold digger who doesn’t have time for anyone without money, including Little Pinks (Henry Fonda), the busboy who adores her. All that changes when Gloria is paralyzed after a mobster knocks her down the stairs, and she’s forced to see what and who really matter.
Special Features:
Vintage musical short CALLING ALL GIRLS [1942 WB Short]
Classic cartoon THE HEP CAT [1942 WB Short]
MAME (1974)
This lavish 1974 screen version of the beloved Broadway musical stars Lucille Ball as a high-living grande dame who’s outlandishly eccentric and, when suddenly faced with raising an orphaned nephew, fiercely loving. Veterans of the New York stage original join her: Beatrice Arthur as best friend Vera, Jane Connell as prim governess Agnes Gooch, choreographer Onna White and director Gene Saks. As Mame’s husband Beauregard, Robert Preston (The Music Man) sings Loving You, written specially for the film. Jerry Herman’s songs, from It’s Today to We Need a Little Christmas and If He Walked into My Life, rank among the best show tunes ever.
Special Features:
Vintage featurette LUCKY MAME
Theatrical trailer
BEST FOOT FORWARD (1943)
Ball portrays herself as the attention-seeking glamour girl who accepts an invitation to the prom from a Winsocki Military Institute cadet as a publicity stunt. Costars June Allyson, Nancy Walker and Tommy Dix recreate their Broadway roles, and Harry James and his band play at the prom to make this a snappy frolic.
Special Features:
Vintage musical short THE KNIGHT IS YOUNG, with June Allyson [1938 WB Vitaphone Short]
Classic cartoon ONE HAM’S FAMILY [1943 MGM Cartoon]
Theatrical trailer
CRITIC’S CHOICE (1963)
Lucille Ball and Bob Hope shine in this comedy from the Broadway hit by Ira Levin (No Time for Sergeants, Deathtrap). Tossing inspired throwaway lines right and left, Hope is New York theatre critic Parker Ballentine, who loves writing pointed reviews that close insufferable plays. But there’s a new show in town – by his redheaded wife (Ball). Is it bad? Parker better think twice before he writes this time. Rip Torn, Jim Backus and Marilyn Maxwell co-star.
DVD Special Features:
Vintage comedy short CALLING ALL TARS with Bob Hope [1935 WB Short]
Oscar-nominated Cartoon NOW HEAR THIS [1963 WB Cartoon]
Theatrical trailer
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (1940)
Directed by Dorothy Arzner, classic Hollywood’s sole major female director in the ‘30s and ‘40s, this backstage musical has been embraced by fans for its feminist sensibilities as well as its powerful storytelling. Ball and Maureen O’Hara star as two very different types of women who are in the same chorus line. Judy (Maureen O’Hara) is a serious dancer, willing to suffer for her art, but while her friend Bubbles (Lucille Ball) loves to dance, she’s equally interested in paying the rent. To do that, she swaps her ballet shoes for a G-string…and turns patrons’ fantasies into dollars as burlesque sensation Tiger Lily White. Ball exhibits terrific onscreen chemistry as she vamps onscreen – and grabs the heart with her cynical acceptance of being a woman in a man’s world.
DVD Special Features:
Vintage comedy short JUST A CUTE KID [1940 WB Short]
Classic cartoon MALIBU BEACH PARTY [1940 WB Cartoon]
DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943)
Lucy stars with Gene Kelly and Red Skelton in this glittery, tune-filled bon-bon featuring lavish sets and costumes, a supporting cast of wags and wits (including the inimitable Zero Mostel) and three Cole Porter songs from the original Broadway smash: Friendship, Katie Went to Haiti and Do I Love You? With Ball playing the glamorous nightclub chanteuse May Daly, who’s transformed into Madame Du Barry opposite Skelton as King Louis XV this is fabulous and fun musical comedy from Hollywood’s Golden Era.
Special Features:
Oscar- Pete Smith specialty short SEEING HANDS [1943 MGM Short]
Classic cartoon BAH WILDERNESS [1943 MGM Cartoon]
Theatrical trailer
THE BIG STREET (1942)
This gutsy, touching melodrama was produced from a Damon Runyon story, the man who wrote Guys and Dolls. Ball and Henry Fonda play brilliantly against type -- Fonda poignant as a timid small-timer and Ball impressive as an icy vixen with an ego twice the size of her soul. Lucy plays haughty nightclub singer Gloria Lyons, a gold digger who doesn’t have time for anyone without money, including Little Pinks (Henry Fonda), the busboy who adores her. All that changes when Gloria is paralyzed after a mobster knocks her down the stairs, and she’s forced to see what and who really matter.
Special Features:
Vintage musical short CALLING ALL GIRLS [1942 WB Short]
Classic cartoon THE HEP CAT [1942 WB Short]
MAME (1974)
This lavish 1974 screen version of the beloved Broadway musical stars Lucille Ball as a high-living grande dame who’s outlandishly eccentric and, when suddenly faced with raising an orphaned nephew, fiercely loving. Veterans of the New York stage original join her: Beatrice Arthur as best friend Vera, Jane Connell as prim governess Agnes Gooch, choreographer Onna White and director Gene Saks. As Mame’s husband Beauregard, Robert Preston (The Music Man) sings Loving You, written specially for the film. Jerry Herman’s songs, from It’s Today to We Need a Little Christmas and If He Walked into My Life, rank among the best show tunes ever.
Special Features:
Vintage featurette LUCKY MAME
Theatrical trailer
BEST FOOT FORWARD (1943)
Ball portrays herself as the attention-seeking glamour girl who accepts an invitation to the prom from a Winsocki Military Institute cadet as a publicity stunt. Costars June Allyson, Nancy Walker and Tommy Dix recreate their Broadway roles, and Harry James and his band play at the prom to make this a snappy frolic.
Special Features:
Vintage musical short THE KNIGHT IS YOUNG, with June Allyson [1938 WB Vitaphone Short]
Classic cartoon ONE HAM’S FAMILY [1943 MGM Cartoon]
Theatrical trailer
March 02, 2007
Lucy Promotes iPhone During Academy Awards
Apple's iPhone got a plug from Lucille Ball during the Academy Awards. Lucy appeared in the first commercial break as Lucy Ricardo in the "Vitavetavegamin" episode answering her phone saying "Hello". The commercial then followed with a number of movie and TV personalities saying "Hello" into their phones. You can watch the commercial on Apple's iPhone website.
The iPhone is a mobile phone, iPod, eMail, web browsing handheld device. It revolutionizes the concept of mobility and communications.
Lucy's Movies For March
Lucille Ball will be featured in a number of movies in March on Turner Classic Movies. Gene Kelly is this months featured star and appears in three of the films that also features Lucy.
Starting on Monday, March 5th at 11:30pm will be "DuBarry Was A Lady". Red Skelton takes over the role played on Broadway by Bert Lahr, while Lucille Ball steps into the shoes of the original play's Ethel Merman. Gene Kelly appears as Alec Howe/Black Arrow.
On Tuesday, March 6th at 3:15am will be "Thousands Cheer". Gene Kelly appears as Eddy Marsh while Lucy has a cameo appearance along with Red Skelton and many others in this star-studed film.
On Tuesday, March 13th at 6:15pm will be "The Facts of Life". Unlike the typical Bob Hope and Lucille Ball vehicles, The Facts of Life is essentially a domestic drama with comic undertones.
On Monday, March 19th at 6:00am will be "Bunker Bean". Lucy plays Miss Kelly in this film.
On Tuesday, March 20th at 2:00am will be "Ziegfeld Follies". This is the final for the Gene Kelly tribute on Turner Classic Movies for the month. Gene Kelly plays himself along with many other stars from Hollywood. During the opening number, "Meet the Ladies", spotlights a whip-wielding Lucille Ball!
On other TV Networks, Lucy along with her husband, Desi Arnaz will be a part of TV Land Myths and Legends, "Film Frights & Red Scares" that will air on Thursday, March 8th at 1:30am on TV Land. On HBO Signature, "Mame" will be shown Wednesday, March 14th at 5:15am.
Lucy's children will also appear on TV this month. You can see Lucie Arnaz on HBO Family's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, "Sleeping Beauty" on Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00am and Desi Arnaz, Jr. will appear on Cinemax's "The Mambo Kings" on Wednesday, March 7th at 7:15pm and several times on the Sundance Channel starting on Thursday, March 8th at 8:30 am in "Red Sky at Morning" and in HBO Signature's, "A Wedding" on Sunday, March 11th at 6:05am.
Starting on Monday, March 5th at 11:30pm will be "DuBarry Was A Lady". Red Skelton takes over the role played on Broadway by Bert Lahr, while Lucille Ball steps into the shoes of the original play's Ethel Merman. Gene Kelly appears as Alec Howe/Black Arrow.
On Tuesday, March 6th at 3:15am will be "Thousands Cheer". Gene Kelly appears as Eddy Marsh while Lucy has a cameo appearance along with Red Skelton and many others in this star-studed film.
On Tuesday, March 13th at 6:15pm will be "The Facts of Life". Unlike the typical Bob Hope and Lucille Ball vehicles, The Facts of Life is essentially a domestic drama with comic undertones.
On Monday, March 19th at 6:00am will be "Bunker Bean". Lucy plays Miss Kelly in this film.
On Tuesday, March 20th at 2:00am will be "Ziegfeld Follies". This is the final for the Gene Kelly tribute on Turner Classic Movies for the month. Gene Kelly plays himself along with many other stars from Hollywood. During the opening number, "Meet the Ladies", spotlights a whip-wielding Lucille Ball!
On other TV Networks, Lucy along with her husband, Desi Arnaz will be a part of TV Land Myths and Legends, "Film Frights & Red Scares" that will air on Thursday, March 8th at 1:30am on TV Land. On HBO Signature, "Mame" will be shown Wednesday, March 14th at 5:15am.
Lucy's children will also appear on TV this month. You can see Lucie Arnaz on HBO Family's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, "Sleeping Beauty" on Tuesday, March 6th at 7:00am and Desi Arnaz, Jr. will appear on Cinemax's "The Mambo Kings" on Wednesday, March 7th at 7:15pm and several times on the Sundance Channel starting on Thursday, March 8th at 8:30 am in "Red Sky at Morning" and in HBO Signature's, "A Wedding" on Sunday, March 11th at 6:05am.
Another Lucy Movie Coming to DVD
One by one, they are being released on DVD. Another Lucy Movie is being released on May 29th, "Without Love" stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in the box-office sensations of 1945, a sparklingly witty wartime comedy about a marriage entered on the theory that love only gums up a relationship.
Lucille Ball co-stars in this film as Katherine Hepburn's cynical secretary, Kitty Trimble, in this film.
This DVD is being sold as a DVD Set from Warner Home Video and Turner Class Movies, "TCM Spotlight: Katherine Hepburn Collection". The studio honors the legendary actress on the anniversary of her 100th birthday. This collection features 6 of her films, "The Corn is Green", "Dragon Seed", "Morning Glory", "Sylvia Scarlett", "Undercurrent", and the Lucille Ball film, "Without Love".
This movie was previously released on VHS and is being offered for the first time on DVD. This box set will sale for $41.99 but you will be able to purchase the single DVD, "Without Love" from Amazon.com for $14.99. Be sure to look for it through the Everything Lucy Store.
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