Book Description
During their marriage, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz filled over 100 scrapbooks with all manner of memorabilia. Now fans can take a rare peek at the details of the famous TV couple's lives with this fantastic replica composite. LUCY & DESI, our exclusive, real-life scrapbook of the couple's lives, contains 25 interactive, three-dimensional paper-engineered replicas of actual items--from Desi's report card to important telegrams--which have never been published before. Vintage snapshots of happy family moments, touching love letters, passports, and other precious minutiae, with more than 150 photographs, both black-and-white and color, fill this wonderful, engrossing look back at the golden years of television comedy, when Lucy and Desi charmed America with humor and song. This official scrapbook is a must-have for the millions of devoted fans.
Customer Reviews:
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-01-14
If you are a Lucy Fan then you simply must buy this book! I just received mine and sat mesmorized by it, it is now my favorite Lucy item I have. I have an enormous collection of everything to do with Lucy or I LOVE LUCY you can imagine and this Scrapbook is so incredible.....it's honestly as if you are looking at the original scrapbook and you are even able to pull out inserts on several pages.....passport, letters, etc. I am not joking, if you are a collector of Lucy things and you do not have this Scrapbook then you are missing an incredible addition to your collection. The price is really great considering all you get. Words truly are not enough....I'll never ever get tired of looking at this!!!! Don't just think about buying it, buy it this minute!!!
lucy & desi the real -life scrapbook .......2005-09-21
The scrapebook was execellent. I enjoyed every little thing about it. It was great of all the document that were in there. This is a great book.
pop culture fanatic in Ohio.......2005-09-04
I picked up this book on a whim. In all honesty, I was "blown away" by it. Whoever put this thing together did a wonderful and pain-staking job duplicating items glued and tucked within the pages of the original scrapbooks. Passports, holy cards, letters from presidents and celebrities and much more is reproduced to look like the originals. I found myself getting lost in the lives of these people and the decades in which they lived. Mostly, I closed the book with the realization that even icons like Lucy and Desi are flesh and blood people, drawn to their heritage, celebrating their children and accomplishments, and mourning the loss of dreams and friends along the way. Each yellowed news clipping and lovingly preserved souvenir is a reminder of the ties that bind us all.
Amazing.......2005-07-22
This is simply priceless. Worth every penny you spend on it and more! Everything looks so authentic. I especially liked reading the letters and seeing Desi's passport! A must-have for any Lucy and/or Desi fan.
a marvelous album.......2005-03-01
I'm one of millions of fans of Lucille Ball and her handsome husband Desi. The love between Lucy and Desi (despite their difficulties/different backgrounds and expectations) was romantic, palpable, just so real, that it lit up their tv show and the movies they made together.
Here is a scrapbook containing many little personal items and minutia from their days together, so that both Lucy and Desi return to life before our eyes. Browsing through it is a joy.
Book Description
At any time, night or day, I Love Lucy is being broadcast somewhere in the world. Four generations have grown up watching I Love Lucy, and Lucille Ball’s is the most recognized face in the world. Madelyn Pugh Davis was Lucy’s staff writer for nearly half a century. Davis was the first female writer in television and was responsible for thousands of hours of memorable programming. Many of the plot lines used on I Love Lucy were taken from Davis’s own life and immortalized by Ball’s comic genius. In Laughing with Lucy, Davis and her long-term writing partner, Bob Carroll Jr., recount her rise in television and her many years working on the set and behind the scenes with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. She recounts her experiences as a pioneer in the entertainment industry, one of the first women writers in Hollywood. Lighthearted and witty, this book fondly remembers Lucy and the early days of television.
Customer Reviews:
With Lucy's other writers had done books, too........2007-08-06
Having read tons of other books on everything tied to Lucy, I was especially happy to come across this memoir of what I consider to be one of television's best writers. Ms. Davis writes succinctly but thoroughly and entertainingly about many of her memories associated with what many people consider to be television's all-time best sit-com. It is a great, fun read for anyone interested in "I Love Lucy."
Adventures of the Original Girl Writer.......2007-04-18
Madelyn Pugh Davis tells us upfront that this is no tell-all tome...that to dish on longterm employers Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz would be unfair since they are dead and cannot defend themselves.
She also adds that as the writers of "I Love Lucy," she and her partner Bob Carroll Jr. were in the dark much of the time about personal scandal and gossip.
This is the crux of her book. Desi Arnaz called her the 'Girl Writer' when he wasn't mangling her given name by calling her 'Mallen.' He called Pugh and Carroll 'the kids' or as he pronounced it, 'the kits.'
Pugh's stories of her own beginnings in the TV and radio writing trades would be absorbing enough - but chuck Lucy, Desi and company in the mix and you have yourself a page turner.
Pugh writes with warmth, enthuiasm and energy (qualities by the way in which she admired Arnaz).
Straight out of college, she was turned down for a job as a newsletter writer for a meat-packing company. As she wittily points out, the meat-packing company smelled bad and somebody with the last name of Pugh shouldn't be working in a place like that.
Her adventures up to and including all the incarnations of "Lucy" are absorbing. She dishes in an amusing, professional and tasteful way about hard-headed Lucy and working with gues stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - and that famous 69 carat diamond ring.
As an ardent Lucy fan,I loved hearing about how Pugh and Bob Carroll jr. drove up to northern Calfornia to meet the North famly whose marrriage and staggering 20 children led to the screenplay for the Ball-Fonda classic, "Yours Mine And Ours." (A Desi Arnaz idea).
There are tons of nuggets here - both professional and private. When Pugh married her college sweetie, Dr. Richard Davis, she moved herself and her small son to his Frank Lloyd Wright house in Indiana. She hated the house both because its construction design lent itself to dark bathrooms and a miniscule kitchen, but also because strangers dropped by unanounced to get a look at it.
The chipmunk watching her each morning is hysterical. Movie version, anyone?
The author says that for her, it is gratifying when fans tell her they watch "I Love Lucy" when they are feeling blue and it gives them a lift. I will keep "Laughing With Lucy" handy so that I may dip into it on my 'off days' as a reminder that even the original Girl Writer had her share of ups and downs.
A book that's part tribute, exploration, and witty!.......2006-05-30
How many comedy writers have surrived so long with one performer? The author started with Lucille Ball on the radio series My Favorite Husband. She and her partner Bob Carroll Jr. wrote for the full 6 year run of I Love Lucy. (Jess Oppenheimer, who created the series, left after the 5th season. By the way, this book makes a great companion to his book.) They also worked on the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, and Here's Lucy. In between, they wrote the story for her feature film, "Yours, Mine, and Ours," plus various specials. Sadly, the final series, Life With Lucy, is best forgotten. The author does a good job of dealing with various stories regarding I Love Lucy and its main star. You won't read about the problems that broke up the Ball-Arnaz marriage here. Ditto for the strife between Vivian Vance and William Frawley. There's also no mention of the scare regarding Lucy's onetime registration with the Communist party. Ms. Davis may have wished to protect the now deceased stars. Or she wasn't directly involved in such matters. This book provides a wonderful behind-the scenes look at Lucy's various series. Ms. Davis tried out many of the stunts beforehand. Would a woman be capable of them? While her partner is listed as a co-writer, this is essentially her story. We learn about the struggles she had as a woman comedy writer. There's material on her personal life too. The author writes with great affection for both Lucy and Desi. She notes that his contributions were often overlooked. Ms. Davis and Mr. Carroll later became producers on Alice. I caught one goof in the book. Earl Hamner did create The Waltons. But he wasn't involved in Little House On The Prairie. Still, this is a very good read. Please check it out.
Hats off to Lucy.......2006-05-30
Lucy liked to "xaggerate," and she often went on TV talk shows and amplified her own role in the filming of her classic TV sitcom. Madelyn Pugh was there and she now gently corrects her former boss. In the grape-stamping episode, she writes, it's NOT true that the other actress in the grape vat didn't speak English, nor was it true that the fight wasn't in the script and the other temperamental wine woman knocked her down and tried to drown her. But Lucy liked a colorful story, as we all do.
Fascinating tales abound in this book, such as hearing about the notebooks in which Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll would jot down all their ideas, including some which never came to fruition. Such as the episode of I LOVE LUCY in which an old boyfriend of Lucy's would come to pay a call, played by Frank Sinatra. And how about the "almost filmed" episode of the LUCY-DESI hour in which Lucy was to try out for a big break, the lead in a Broadway musical WILDCAT? Lucy was supposedly going to try to browbeat bob Hope into backing her and Leonard Bernstein into giving her singing lessons. Her rival? None other than Vivian Vance, who was to be given the consolation prize, a featured part in a revival of COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (probably as Sheba). Alas, it didn't happen.
And there are some great backstage stories, unprintable here, concerning gay icons Tallulah Bankhead and Gypsy Rose Lee. I didn't know that Madelyn Pugh, the writing genius of I LOVE LUCY, was married to Quinn Martin, the innovative "Act IV" producer of THE FUGITIVE and BARNABY JONES? Too bad they divorced so quickly, but the combination of so much talent in one marriage must have made for a combustible union--she, the greatest single TV writer of all time, and he, the man who practically invented the "drama" series. They had a charming son, Michael, about whom Madelyn tells several stories, the kind that if you were her boy you'd be wishing she'd shut up.
She doesn't seem to like Lucy very much, but she keeps mum about specifics and praises her for her courage and comic aplomb.
The only problem with the book is that it's pretty long and not all of it is all that interesting. But, if you know someone who loves the program I LOVE LUCY, or someone with a soft spot for the 13 orphan episodes of Lucy's final disastrous series LIFE WITH LUCY, you'll get this one for him or her. After all, this is the woman who came up with the term, "vitameatavegemin girl."
A Must For Lucy Fans.......2006-05-07
While the name Madelyn Pugh Davis might not be super familiar, almost everyone is familiar with her work. As one of the first women writing in TV, she co-wrote nearly every episode of the classic sit-com "I Love Lucy." This fascinating memoir is a behind the scenes look at her life and work.
Madelyn started out wanting to be a foreign correspondent. But, since this was the 30's, women didn't get those kinds of jobs, and she had to settle for anything she could get. Moving to California, she started working at CBS, first in news, then in entertainment when she started working on a weekly radio comedy program called "My Favorite Husband" starring a comedian named Lucille Ball. It was also during this time that she hooked up with Bob Carroll, Jr., her long time writing partner.
The book spends lots of time talking about "I Love Lucy," starting with the birth of the show. There are many familiar stories here, the network's reluctance to make a show about an interracial couple, Desi's desire to film the show in front of a live audience, the making of the pilot, Lucy's pregnancy in season two, etc. Madelyn also debunks a few myths that have sprung up over the years, such as Vivian Vance's weight being in her contract and Lucy's fake nose catching fire in a season four episode.
The book does talk about other things. Being a memoir, we also get some talk about Madelyn's life. She doesn't spend too long at it, but it continues to entertain. It also gives an interesting view of Los Angeles in the 1940's. It's certainly changed over the years.
Madelyn also talks about her post "I Love Lucy" work, including all of Lucy's other TV shows and the classic "Alice." These were just as fascinating to me, even though I have never seen them, and make me very interested fixing that.
There are times the book begins to feel like an episode guide for whatever series she's currently discussing, but it never lasts too long. She will start telling a story about something that happened behind the scenes at that time. These include some of the extra things she had to do as the only female staff member of the shows such as watching for any wardrobe malfunctions Lucy might have performing the stunts or dealing with the sometimes temperamental star.
The one thing you won't find here is dishing on the behind the scenes rumors. As Madelyn states in the first chapter, it's poor form to do that when someone can't defend themselves. While she does discuss character flaws that Lucy and Desi had, she doesn't dwell on them. Instead, a very complimentary view of the two comes to the forefront. She praises them equally for the success of the show. The picture she paints shows Desi willing to pay for anything they dreamed up and Lucy willing to do it. If it brought laughs, it would happen.
The book feels like a conversation with a good friend over a cup of coffee. This makes it an easy, fun read. I actually read it in two days, staying up way too late at night to read just a little more.
This book provides a fascinating look at life behind the scenes of a just emerging medium as well as a classic show. Fans of early Hollywood history or "I Love Lucy" will eat it up.
Book Description
"Fascinating." (Hollywood Reporter)
"Good stuff." (New York Daily News)
The entertaining, complex, and surprising true story of the funniest-and most instantly recognizable-sidekick in TV history: Vivian Vance.
Customer Reviews:
We love Vivian!.......2007-08-31
A great little book on a woman we never heard much about. I've always wondered about her personal life - WOW - more painful than I imagined. Wish she got her Hollywood Star before she died. She worked really hard only to be a second banana, but we loved her, and boy - was she good!!!
Couldn't Put it Down-- A Great Read!.......2007-06-07
I loved this book. I've read several books on Lucille Ball and this was a very cool opportunity to read about her famous sidekick. I have to say, I have a whole new view on Ethel now!
Hey Ethel where's Lucy.......2007-05-15
Book was in very good shape. I would buy another book from this vendor. The only thing I had trouble with was that it took a little longer then I expected to receive in mail.
Never knew the book existed.......2005-03-17
Glad I got a chance to check this book out...it was very interesting as I'd heard about some of the tiffs between them but never really got into it. While I am sure a few different takes on her life/their lives could also fill in the missing pieces..its a good read and provides the rest of the story to the generally heroic and sweentened up picture often given about Ms. Ball and the whole show in general. They were all each and as a group irreplacable and perhaps may have never really understood their "fate" or "destiny" in the place of American life at the time. What a wonderfully talented, funny, and brillant pair and team of actress/actors they were. While all was not well on the show or in that era as with any...to this day they can make you laugh your head off without the crudeness so many comdieans and shows resort to today. The effort and work put into such show outdoes shows today by far. They were great at what they did for the time that they did it. It was also very sobering to read a human real or truer side to them as the pollyannaness of television lives can sometimes rub off on the viewers. Reading it though I could not help feel a sort of sadness ; Ms. Vance..never really being happy. Perhaps its just the way it was told or written. I would like to read other books about her/them to get a more indepth idea. In any case..I recommend taking a spin with this book.
VIVIAN VANCE...........2004-05-11
When I ran across a softback edition of this book, I was floored. I had no idea a book had been written about Vivian Vance. Where had I been? I bought it thinking ,well, it'll be superficial at best. Boy, was I wrong. This is an excellent, in depth and very revealing life story of one of television's best loved ladies. Alvin Walker and Frank Castelluccio have written one of the best biographies on a legend I've ever read. And Vivian Vance is a legend, if an often overlooked one. From her humble showbiz beginnings, to a Broadway career, to her fateful reading with Lucille Ball for the part of Ethel Mertz---I could not put this book down. Vivian Vance came to life on those pages and I learned that there's a lot more to a "second banana" than just the character they play. Vance never escaped her role as Ethel, but she lived a full and complete life worthy of this book and was a more accomplished actress than given credit for. Her years of baffling mental problems, the estrangement with her mother, her extensive stage work, her often rocky relationship with Lucille Ball (not to overlook William Frawley) are all here as well as the huge amount of humanitarian work she did for mental health later in life. This is a highly recommended read for anyone who loved watching Ethel as well as Lucy. It reveals the fascinating woman behind the "mask" of Ethel Mertz, a landmark television icon and an American showbiz legend known as Vivian Vance.
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- Academic-style biography succeeds
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Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball
Charles Higham
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Academic-style biography succeeds.......2003-03-19
Higham really plunges deep with his account...I'm probably
in the minority who really and truly like his approach,
but he hits on just about everything I was hoping to
find. Released just a few years before Lucy died and
months before Desi died, the last few years of
Lucy's life aren't covered.
The tone is fairly despondent, and until reading
the bio, I never knew just how rough things
got for Lucy after she and Desi started up
their show in 1951. Their marriage was
clearly a match made in hell. Luckily Lucy
was able to go on and do a few other successful
projects over the years, despite her unstable
health and the incredible volume of stress
she endured.
One particularly nice chapter in the book is the
one that describes the purchase of RKO studios (which
would become Desilu Studios), putting nearly all their good fortune
on the line. This turned out to be a great
investment, but it was not without its problems-
it was the last big business deal made during
their marriage. During the course of the deal,
they were rehearsing the episode of "The Lucy Desi Comedy
Hour" with Tallulah Bankhead. Tallulah, being
her temperamental, melodramatic self, was
breaking nearly every rule in the book. She
was unpunctual, flubbed lines, drunk constantly, cursed out
the director and Lucy on the set. Desi
made the deal, only to come back to the
set and plunge headlong into another violent
fight with their guest star. Luckily, on the
night the show was shot in front of the
audience, Tallulah was flawless.
This book is a good supplement to the "Love, Lucy"
autobiography resurrected by Lucie Arnaz. Highly
recommended.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Account of her Life.......2007-08-29
I loved this book, and still own it. I believe it is a first edition of the book. It's an account of her life, with her input. It was written in 1986.
Average customer rating:
- Short and not so sweet
- rating of Lucille Ball
- Lucy lives forever!
- Lucy Lacks Luster
- Very, very informative
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Forever Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball
Joe Morella
Manufacturer: Carol Pub. Corp.
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Customer Reviews:
Short and not so sweet.......2006-02-01
I was somewhat disappointed that this book relies on so many anonymous sources for its information. Many sequences read "Lucy said," then "Desi said," and then "but a friend of the family says" and relies on that as the truth. Having said that, it's a nice start/overview on the life of Lucille Ball, but it shouldn't be the only book about her that you read.
rating of Lucille Ball.......2005-09-06
This book was in great condition. I am completely satisfied with my purchase.
Lucy lives forever!.......2000-04-24
I have read many books on Lucille Ball. She is my idol and I love her with all my heart.This book is so good. It's very informative. It covers her life from her birth to her death in 1989, not 1986, as another reviewer put it. Someone said it didn't give much detail, which is not true at all. The end moved me to tears. Not just water in my eyes tears; real tears running down my face. I sobbed like a little baby. It doesn't go into specifics of Lucy and Desi's deaths. It tells how they died, but it leaves it at that,and in a way that's good.Lucy believed in privacy, as you can tell from her autobiography. This book is not an expose on the tabloid marraige of Lucille and Desi. If all you're looking for is gossip, then this is not for you. If you want an entertaining, informative outlook on the life of Lucille Ball, and I guess Desi Arnaz, then read this book. It's a real page turner. You won't want to put it down.
Lucy Lacks Luster.......2000-01-26
Instead of "The Life of Lucille Ball" perhaps a better subtitle would be "Some Things about Lucille Ball". If you're looking for an in-depth bio on her, this is not it. However "Forever Lucy" would make a fine second book to read about Lucy, to fill in some cracks others have left room for.
The book reads fast and does hold your interest. In most areas there is simply not enough detail. Perhaps this was intentional. But when we get to the part of Desi's death, we do expect more than a small paragraph stating that "in recent years his health had deteriorated rapidly".
The many interviews given by Lucy & Desi over the years the authors use may make this an important resource material for Lucy researchers/fans if those sources are not readily available elsewhere. The authors do go into more detail than is usually done on the accusation in the '50s of Lucy's supposed communist activities. Also the business side of Lucy when she took over as head of Desilu are more detailed than other books on her.
Read it? Yes. But make it second on your Lucy bio list.
Very, very informative.......1998-07-13
It started in her early years and took you straight through to her death in 1986. Around 200 to 250 pages. It explained a lot of things that I had been wondering about AFTER "I Love Lucy". It talked about her kids a lot too. It explained in deep detail about her kids' trials and tribulations while managing at the same time to link everything to Lucille Ball and continue talking about her life. A must buy for all Lucille Ball fans.
Customer Reviews:
Loving Lucy.......2003-01-08
Lucy, a simple title, a not so simple life for Lucille Ball. Very well done, the book takes you through the birth through death life journey of Lucy. To my surprise Lucy didn't get an easy start to her acting career. Known for her number one show "I Love Lucy" Lucy and her husband Desi start the show with a great start and a great end. There's more to Lucy's then what you've seen on TV. She went through a head to head war with broadcasting companies and moviemakers. Also starring in her famous radio show "My Favorite Husband", she fell into her career show "I Love Lucy", and accomplished a great deal in her life. This book lets you know what happened from head to toe, Birth to death and is very well done. You don't miss out on a thing, it's like you walked with Lucy through it all.
Written so that you can picture the words and events in your head, the book is well written. Even though at some points in time you get lost and lose track of where the heck the book is trying to get at you catch back on rather quickly. There were some foul langue every once in a while but you know the old days right. This book is on Lucy's heels every step of the way that you'd know if she got a scratch from anything.
My over all opinion of the book is that it was well done and I'm not just saying that, I mean it. At first it would take Lucy like two seconds to get into her career of acting, wrong more like two decades. It changed my visual opinion about Lucy completely. I still watch her show and it just cracks me up I like the book, but I will always love Lucy. To my recommendation I would consider this book to anyone who likes Lucille Ball. Also to anyone who life a humors life of someone. Giving this book three stars of my approval because at some points you want to keep going at others you don't.
Best Of the 1970's Lucille Ball Book.......1997-07-12
My aunt bought this book in 1970's and I found it in the bookshelf in my house in 1994. Although it was quite old and dusty, I enjoyed the book. Cheers to all Lucille Fans
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- A life in pitcures
- A MUST for Lucy fans!
- Great Pictorial of the Greatest Comedienne to Ever Live!
- Great Book
- Lucy lover
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Lucy: A Life in Pictures (Life in Pictures, A)
Tim Frew , and
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Book Description
Relive the life and career of Lucille Ball—the star everyone loves—through a series of 135 magnificent archival photographs.
A delightful pictorial tribute to beloved Lucy tours the highlights of her life and career, right from her showbiz beginnings through the glamorous movie roles to I Love Lucy and beyond. Go behind the scenes to meet the private Lucy in childhood and during her romance with Desi. Follow her work from her first big break as a Goldwyn Girl through all the major film roles. An entire section is devoted to I Love Lucy, with photos of favorite scenes (including the Vitameatavegamin skit). The later TV shows, her performance in the dramatic film Stone Pillow, and her triumphant appearance at the 1989 Academy Awards ceremony: it’s all here, in a tribute worthy of one of comedy’s greatest legends.
Customer Reviews:
A life in pitcures.......2005-09-17
The seller indicated that this was a hard cover book, which is what I was looking for (Coffee table Book). The book I recieved was not a hard cover as described. I was disappointed.
A MUST for Lucy fans!.......2002-09-23
"Lucy: A Life in Pictures" can only be described in one word - "fantastic"! The pictures are of great quality and the captions are super. To see Lucille Ball evolve from Goldwyn Girl, to what she is most remembered for today, Lucy Ricardo, is just great. I recommend.
Great Pictorial of the Greatest Comedienne to Ever Live!.......2001-12-25
I may be a little high on the praise, but Lucille Ball is truly deserving of all the accolades bestowed upon her during her life and since her death. No other performer has had such a lasting impression on the world of entertainment as she has.
One cannot forget that, despite the outrageous costumes worn and situations in which her various "Lucy" characters were involved, the fact remains that Lucille Ball was a very attractive woman. This book not only showcases the respective series but her work on the big screen as well as her early life.
Obviously, like the rest of us, the author really "loves" Lucy.
Great Book.......2001-08-28
I personily enjoyed reading this book. It had many awsome pictures and a lot of information about Lucy. There is a whole chapter about the show I Love Lucy containing summeries of some of the most faverable episodes. If you are a true lucy fan this is a great book to read.This book also has a little bit of infotmation on desi.
Lucy lover.......2001-08-11
I loved this book. It is chocked full of some famous pictures of the American icon, Lucielle Ball, as well as other not as well known shots. Its filled with well known episodes like the chocolate factory and the grape smashing. I really recommend it.
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