CLASSIC RADIO SPOTLIGHTS: LUCILLE BALL Volume 1

Starring Lucille Ball and many others (11 radio episodes / 6 hours via digital download)

As Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball brought a tomboy’s enthusiasm and a scatterbrained quality to the long-running I Love Lucy (1951-61) television program. She was the wacky wife making life difficult for her loving but perpetually irritated husband Ricky Ricardo (played by Ball’s real-life husband Desi Arnaz). Long before I Love Lucy, Ball worked her way up Hollywood’s ladder appearing in films and in many radio shows, including dramatic roles where she could really show her acting chops. In the summer of 1948 she accepted the role of Liz Cooper, a zany housewife who found herself facing comical situations, in the radio comedy My Favorite Husband. In the radio series, Lucille Ball’s husband George Cooper was played by veteran actor, Richard Denning. This collection of radio broadcasts (all 30 minutes each unless noted) showcases Ball’s amazing spectrum of radio work from comedy to mystery and everything in between.

My Favorite Husband 3/4/49 George’s Mother Visits

Suspense 10/25/45 A Shroud for Sarah

The Lux Radio Theatre 11/10/47 The Dark Corner (1-hour)

Bill Stern Sports Newsreel 5/24/46 w/ guest, Lucille Ball (15 minutes)

Suspense 10-14-48 A Little Piece of Rope

The Screen Guild Players 4/21/47 Too Many Husbands w/ Bob Hope & Frank Sinatra

The Screen Director’s Playhouse 3/8/51 Bachelor Mother w/ Robert Cummings (1-hour)

Suspense 11/17/49 The Red Headed Woman w/ Desi Arnaz

The Screen Director’s Playhouse 5/22/49 Her Husband’s Affairs

The Kraft Music Hall 1/22/48 w/ Al Jolson and guest, Lucille Ball

The Screen Director’s Playhouse 5/19/50 Miss Grant Takes Richmond