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Lucille Ball was let go again from the Shubert brothers production of Stepping Stones. After an uncredited walk-on role in Thru a Keyhole (1933) she moved to Hollywood to appear in films. She appeared in many small movie roles in the 1930s as a contract player for RKO (including movies with the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges), where she met her lifelong friend, Ginger Rogers. She was signed to MGM in the 1940s, but never achieved great success in films.
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Though universally recognized as a true talent and charismatic performer, Ball had yet to find the niche that would shoot her to super-stardom. From one film to the next her roles would change from the seriously dramatic to the light-hearted romantic lead. Dramas, Comedies, Musicals, she would and could do anything. But it wasn't until her part on the radio show "My Favorite Husband" that her true genius appeared. "My Favorite Husband" was a situation comedy about a housewife who was always getting into trouble. Over the airwaves, Ball's beauty and grace were invisible and what was left was that perfect comic timing and tone.
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Frank Sinatra wanted Lucille Ball to play the devious mother in The Manchurian Candidate. Director John Frankenheimer pushed instead for Angela Lansbury, who stamped the role with her scary brilliance. The Manchurian Candidate is just one highlight Lansbury recalls tonight in Private Screenings on Turner Classic Movies. The charming interview, conducted by Robert Osborne, reminds viewers that Lansbury has enjoyed a colorful, wide-ranging career beyond her signature role, Jessica Fletcher, on TV's Murder, She Wrote.
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