Vivian Vance
Nascimento : 1909-07-26, Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Morte : 1979-08-17
História
Vivian Vance (July 26, 1909 – August 17, 1979) was an American actress and singer from Kansas, best known for her role as Ethel Mertz on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy (1951–1957).
Self (archive footage)
O documentário explora a parceria improvável e o legado duradouro de um dos casais poderosos mais prolíficos da história do entretenimento. Lucille Ball e Desi Arnaz arriscaram tudo para ficarem juntos.
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
Neste documentário, nomes influentes da arte e do pensamento transgêneros analisam o impacto de Hollywood na comunidade trans.
Celebrate the holidays with the I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, a new one-hour special featuring two back-to-back colorized classic episodes of the series. In "The Fashion Show," Lucy's lifelong dream of appearing in a motion picture seems to have come true when Ricky arranges for her to play a showgirl in a new musical. Unfortunately, the enormous feathered headdress she is expected to wear as she descends a staircase proves to be too cumbersome. After numerous mishaps on the stairs, the musical's frustrated director decides to make a change.
Viv
Homemaker Lucy Whittaker calls up President Carter to complain about a local political issue—and to her astonishment, he agrees to come dine at her house. Now Lucy has her hands full as family, friends and Secret Service agents invade her home in preparation for the big dinner summit.
Self
CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
Minnie
A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Singer
Um menino vai ao encontro de um industrial arruinado chamado de LER Uma vez em um deserto sem árvores e ouvir o seu conto sobre o que aconteceu com ele. Seus documentos trágica história de como ele começou um negócio de sucesso na produção de um produto de moda desnecessário, mas versátil chamado de Thneed derivada das "árvores Truffula" nativos da terra. Como booms de seus negócios, a floresta e seus habitantes sofrem como ele desenfreadamente desmatamentos sem levar em conta as advertências de uma criatura velho sábio chamado The Lorax sobre as terríveis consequências da sua ambição.
May Brodey
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.
Hester Goodbody
O audacioso profissional Professor Fate e o herói branco Great Leslie convencem os fabricantes de automóveis do início do século de que uma corrida de Nova York a Paris (pelo oeste por todo os EUA, estreito de Bering. Rússia, Alemanha e França) ajudará a promover as vendas de automóveis. O arquirrival de Leslie, o professor Fate, amarfanhado e vestido de preto, prometeu chegar antes de Leslie na linha de chegada em um carro da própria invenção. Vão percorrer vários quilômetros, encarar muitas desavenças e enfrentar um imenso iceberg na corrida mais divertida de todos os tempos.
Ethel Mertz
The legendary Lucille Ball as you've never seen her before! Laugh along with Lucy and Desi in these extremely rare television appearances, beautifully restored! Includes a rare appearance of the I Love Lucy cast on the Bob Hope Show and the lost Lucy pilot. A must-have collection of gems from the first lady of comedy! - The I Love Lucy cast on the Bob Hope Show - Westinghouse special with Lucy and Desi - Segment with Lucy on the game show I've Got a Secret with panelist Johnny Carson - A rare lost Lucy pilot directed by Desi.
Ethel Mertz
The film plays out, with three first-season episodes edited together into a single story: "The Benefit", "Breaking the Lease", and "The Ballet", with new footage included between episodes to help transition the episodes into one coherent storyline. As the series routinely took the format of filming scenes in chronological order, this adds to the "show within a show within a show" format of the film, as viewers watch the cast perform the episodes live. The film itself ends with a "curtain call", as the cast comes out and Arnaz thanks the audience for their support.
Alicia
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
Leah
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
Dancehall Girl
Take a Chance was based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, though only one of the original songs, Eadie Was a Lady, has been retained. The thinnish plot involves the misadventures of a pair of pickpockets, played on Broadway by Jack Haley and Sid Silvers and on film by James Dunn and Cliff “Ukelele Ike” Edwards.