Arnaz and Ball's marriage ( 1940 ) was turbulent, and convinced that Arnaz was being unfaithful to her, and also because Desi came home drunk several times, Ball filed for divorce in September 1944, but returned to him before the interlocutory decree became final.

Lucille Ball's My Favorite Husband, the radio predecessor to TV's I Love Lucy, was another popular program sponsored by Jell-O for much of its 124-episode run.

Also, during the first few seasons of the first of Lucille Ball's two 1960s television series, The Lucy Show, cast members including Vivian Vance often did commercials for Jell-O.

In 1967, Ball's design was used in an advertising campaign for Seattle-based University Federal Savings & Loan.

The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms.

Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took American Beauty to DreamWorks ; the fledgling film studio bought Ball's script for $ 250, 000, outbidding several other production bodies.

Ball's inspiration for the characters came from a thought he had after seeing a " bland, boring, heterosexual couple " who wore matching clothes: " I can't wait for the time when a gay couple can be just as boring.

Turan cited Ball's lack of constraint when writing the film as the reason for its uniqueness, in particular the script's subtle changes in tone.

Also in America, in 1976, PBS broadcast a videotaped version of William Ball's 1976 American Conservatory Theater production for their Great Performances series, starring Marc Singer and Fredi Olster.

It is named for Edward Dickinson Baker, a senator from Oregon who was killed at Ball's Bluff, a battle of the Civil War in Virginia in 1861.

This film was a success at the box office ( even making records with audience attendance at its run at Radio City Music Hall ) but critics generally panned for the lack of Ball's singing ability and thought she was not up to the part ( she was 62 years old ).

Many of the characters ' names were after family members or close friends of Lucille Ball's ; for example, Marion Strong was one of her best friends and roommate for a time in New York, and also set Lucy and Ricky up on their first date.

According to Ball's wishes, the Assembly changed name to National Congress in order to emphasise the need for a compromise.

Stone had been relieved, arrested, and imprisoned for his role in the Battle of Ball's Bluff in the fall of 1861, despite the lack of any trial.

Dave Ball's ex-wife played violin in Marc Almond's solo band, though Almond and Ball did not work again together until 1990 when Ball remixed one of Almond's singles (" Waifs And Strays ") and co-wrote and arranged some music for Almond's Tenement Symphony album in 1991.

"; upon Ball's re-election, the Sentinel ran another editorial entitled " Joe Ball for U. S. Senator!

* Joseph H. Ball's personal papers are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.

In 1951, the state bought nearly all of Black Ball's ferry assets for $ 5 million ( Black Ball retained five vessels of its fleet ).

It continued to be the most-watched satellite channel in Britain and Ireland, a position it held for most of the 1990s, with many first-run US imports such as The Simpsons ( which traditionally has been the channel's main selling-point, remaining a satellite exclusive until it finally made its terrestrial television appearance on BBC2 in 1996 ), Friends, Frasier, Seinfeld, ER and The X-Files, as well as some older programmes such as the various Star Trek series, Hill Street Blues, M * A * S * H *, and Lucille Ball's various comedy series.

As noted by critics, he found himself split between the urge to mock traditional art and the belief that something just as elaborate needed to take its place: in the conflict between Tzara's nihilism and Ball's art for art's sake, Janco tended to support the latter.

) The " slapstick " was toned down for the remainder of the series, given Ball's decreased ability to perform physical comedy as a result of her injury.

Though it was widely reported at the time that it was Ball's decision not to continue ( as she wanted to pursue other projects ), a number of sources through the years have stated that it was CBS that chose not to renew the series for the following season.

MGM used Ball in a variety of films, but it was her work with funny man Red Skelton in the 1942 film DuBarry Was a Lady that brought Ball's physical comedy into the forefront, earning her the reputation as " that crazy redhead ".

Nonetheless, Ball's striking beauty was in sharp contrast to physical antics she did in her films ; thus, MGM tried to use her in an array of different film genres that did little to highlight her skills.

As time passed, Cannon and Ball's popularity began to decline, though they were not the only comedy act to suffer as comic tastes shifted.

Gale Gordon ( February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995 ) was an American character actor perhaps best remembered as Lucille Ball's longtime television foil — and particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball's second television situation comedy, The Lucy Show.

His parents were the stars of the American television situation comedy I Love Lucy, and Ball's pregnancy was part of the storyline, considered daring in those times.

Connors was able to work with his boss on-screen during a cross-promotion episode of Ball's Here's Lucy series in 1971, showing how adept at comedy he was.

Despite being in a struggling Blackpool team, Ball's industry, stamina and distribution were noticed by England manager Alf Ramsey, who gave him his international debut on 9 May 1965 in a 1 – 1 draw with Yugoslavia in Belgrade, three days before his twentieth birthday.

The Waltham Watch Company complied immediately with the requirements of Ball's guidelines, later followed by Elgin National Watch Company and most of the other American manufacturers: Aurora, Hamilton, Hampden, E. Howard & Co., Illinois, Seth Thomas, later on joined by some Swiss watch manufacturers: Audemars Piguet, Gallet, Longines, Record Watch, Vacheron Constantin.

England won their other group games and progressed to another showdown with West Germany in the quarter finals, but the heat sapped Ball's natural industry.

Ball's first task as manager was to re-establish Matthew Le Tissier's role in the team and to ensure that the other players recognised that he was the club's greatest asset.

To reinforce their fear of the Indians, there was another minor disaster on 8 July when a party from the 8th ( King's ) Regiment ) and Merritt's Troop of Provincial Dragoons, accompanied by Ottawas under Captain Matthew Elliott and other Indians under Mohawk chief John Norton, went to retrieve a chest of medicines which had been hastily buried at Ball's Farm near Two Mile Creek when the British had evacuated Fort George in May.

( Note: several of Ball's biographies note that Kahn was eager to be released from the role so that she could join the cast of Blazing Saddles, a film about to go into production ; whether Kahn was fired or left Mame under mutual agreement is undetermined ; however, Kahn stated in a 1996 Charlie Rose interview that she had indeed been fired from Mame.

The company also purchased Desilu Productions from Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in 1967, which included most of Ball's television product, as well as such properties as Star Trek and Mission: Impossible ( it and its successor companies would make millions on both series over the following decades with such projects as Star Treks various hit follow-up TV projects and films, beginning in the late 1970s ).

Richard Denning ( March 27, 1914 – October 11, 1998 ), was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon ( 1954 ) and An Affair to Remember ( 1957 ), and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband ( 1948 – 1951 ), the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's real-life husband, Desi Arnaz.

Shows such as Jack Benny's Lucky Strike Program and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet emanated from Studio B. Lucille Ball's My Favorite Husband, Blondie, and Dr. Christian are a few of the shows that used Studio C. When B and C were built, the Columbia Playhouse then took the letter designation of " Studio A ".

During the second season, Lucy and Ricky have a son named Ricky Ricardo Jr. (" Little Ricky "), whose birth was timed to coincide with Ball's real-life delivery of her son Desi Arnaz Jr.

Both Arnaz and Ball wanted to adapt Ball's CBS radio series My Favorite Husband to television.

The studio's initial attempt to become involved in film production was the 1956 film Forever, Darling, Arnaz and Ball's follow-up to their highly successful The Long, Long Trailer ( 1954 ), but it failed at the box office.

The pair also wrote episodes for The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show ( aka The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour ) and Ball's final series, the unsuccessful Life With Lucy ( 1986 ).

A great deal of Lecuona's music was first introduced to mass American audiences by Desi Arnaz, a fellow Cuban and Lucille Ball's spouse.