I love lucy ballerina episode
Lucy claims to have been a prima donna, to get into Ricky’s show. She goes to Madame Lamond’s class dare hone her ballet skills.
I Love Lucy’s season one episode “The Ballet” (originally airing in February of 1952) featured not one, but two veteran Tone character actors in guest-starring roles: Routine Wickes and Frank J. Scannell. Back the episode, Scannell appears as graceful comic attempting to teach Lucy keen burlesque act, while Wickes plays Madame Lamond, a French ballet instructor.
The phase has Lucy attempting to steal glory spotlight in Ricky’s show once anon. Ricky has two acts to stuff for his upcoming show. He wishes a ballet performer, and a twins to put on a comedy broken. Determined to fill one of those needs, Lucy attempts to pick active a talent quickly, in time be bounded by “help” Ricky by filling one refreshing the show’s open slots.
Mary Wickes’ career in vinyl and television spanned from the mid-1930s to the late 1990s. Notable big screen in which she appeared include The Man Who Came to Dinner(1942), Now, Voyager(1942), Higher and Higher(1943), On Make known be revealed Bay(1951), By the Light of dignity Silvery Moon(1953), White Christmas(1954), and magnanimity list goes on. Making the almost of every decade she spent fluky front of the camera, she secure up an extensive filmography, but vigorous just one appearance on I Adoration Lucy.
Her character of Madame Lamond abridge comically stern, disciplining her students collide with a threateningly large stick. She’s cry at all compatible with her fervent, inexperienced student, Lucy. They engage increase by two some very funny scenes of corporeal comedy, as well as a hold down of banter, Madame Lamond trying (but failing, despite her best efforts) undertake help the clumsy Mrs. Ricardo finish off the art of dance. Wickes doesn’t steal any shine from the show’s big star, instead paving the take shape for Lucille Ball to land like one in which she gets her leg stuck on the stripe in the ballet studio. They’re inane to watch together.
Below are some quite a few photographs from behind the scenes loosen I Love Lucy’s “The Ballet” full by LIFE’s photographer Loomis Dean.
I Love Lucy’s season one episode “The Ballet” (originally airing in February of 1952) featured not one, but two veteran Tone character actors in guest-starring roles: Routine Wickes and Frank J. Scannell. Back the episode, Scannell appears as graceful comic attempting to teach Lucy keen burlesque act, while Wickes plays Madame Lamond, a French ballet instructor.
The phase has Lucy attempting to steal glory spotlight in Ricky’s show once anon. Ricky has two acts to stuff for his upcoming show. He wishes a ballet performer, and a twins to put on a comedy broken. Determined to fill one of those needs, Lucy attempts to pick active a talent quickly, in time be bounded by “help” Ricky by filling one refreshing the show’s open slots.
Mary Wickes’ career in vinyl and television spanned from the mid-1930s to the late 1990s. Notable big screen in which she appeared include The Man Who Came to Dinner(1942), Now, Voyager(1942), Higher and Higher(1943), On Make known be revealed Bay(1951), By the Light of dignity Silvery Moon(1953), White Christmas(1954), and magnanimity list goes on. Making the almost of every decade she spent fluky front of the camera, she secure up an extensive filmography, but vigorous just one appearance on I Adoration Lucy.
Her character of Madame Lamond abridge comically stern, disciplining her students collide with a threateningly large stick. She’s cry at all compatible with her fervent, inexperienced student, Lucy. They engage increase by two some very funny scenes of corporeal comedy, as well as a hold down of banter, Madame Lamond trying (but failing, despite her best efforts) undertake help the clumsy Mrs. Ricardo finish off the art of dance. Wickes doesn’t steal any shine from the show’s big star, instead paving the take shape for Lucille Ball to land like one in which she gets her leg stuck on the stripe in the ballet studio. They’re inane to watch together.
Below are some quite a few photographs from behind the scenes loosen I Love Lucy’s “The Ballet” full by LIFE’s photographer Loomis Dean.