Lucille Ball movies
The Fuller Brush Girl/Her Husband's Affairs/The Magic Carpet/Miss Grant Takes Richmond. Great movies for a great price. If you love Lucy, you'll love these movies. I really like Miss Grant Takes Richmond. I never new this one but love it. She plays a bumbling secretary that seems not so smart, but looks can deceive. check it out. you'll be glad you did. :)
A pre-"I Love Lucy" career
Prior to the existence of Mrs. Ricky Ricardo, a certain Lucille Ball had a thriving film career. As a contract actor of both RKO and MGM studios, she consistently garnered bouquets and encomia from critics representing many publications: from the august NY Times to Variety, the L.A. Times, the New York Herald-Tribune, and many, many others, all too numerous to list. At RKO (1935-42), the most financially precarious of the major five Hollywood studios, she progressed from extra, bit player, supporting actor, and leading lady to full-fledged star. Such was the faith possessed in her by RKO's executives, that she was cast in both dramatic and comedic roles, primarily in programmers or "B" movies. And so versatile was she, that Ms Ball achieved her highest accolades as a dramatic actress in such fare as RKO's "Dance, Girl, Dance" and "The Big Street" (finally, an "A" movie which co-starred Henry Fonda). After sojourns on stage (also to much praise) and at MGM, she was in a transitional...
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