Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979

Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball
Lucille Ball, John Wayne, and Vivian Vance behind the scenes of Wayne’s guest-starring turn on I Love Lucy (1955)

Lucille Ball, John Wayne, and Vivian Vance behind the scenes of Wayne’s guest-starring turn on I Love Lucy (1955)

On dealing with difficult bosses:
“Lucille [Ball] gave Vivian [Vance] a hard time when they first met. I mean, a really hard time. One day I pulled Viv aside and I said, ‘What are you going to do about her?’ Vivian was very smart. She said, ‘Maury, if by any chance I Love Lucy actually becomes a hit & goes anywhere, I gonna learn to love that bitch.’”
-Maury Thompson (via Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball)

On dealing with difficult bosses:

“Lucille [Ball] gave Vivian [Vance] a hard time when they first met. I mean, a really hard time. One day I pulled Viv aside and I said, ‘What are you going to do about her?’ Vivian was very smart. She said, ‘Maury, if by any chance I Love Lucy actually becomes a hit & goes anywhere, I gonna learn to love that bitch.’”

-Maury Thompson (via Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball)