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| Lucille Ball in Ziegfeld Follies (MGM, 1945) |
"I'm so anxious to be in [The Greatest Show on Earth], I'd practically stick my head in one of the elephants' mouths." -- Lucille Ball to Hedda Hopper, November 27, 1950
"Lucille Ball last week joined the 'parade of stars' Cecil B. DeMille is lining up for his circus picture, The Greatest Show on Earth. The red-haired beauty gets a choice spot in the film, that of Angel, the elephant girl..." -- "In Hollywood" column, December 10, 1950
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| Lucille Ball in Meet the People (MGM, 1944) |
"Before she hits the sawdust trail, Lucille will co-star with John Agar in The Magic Carpet for Columbia. [Lucille says,] 'What's it about? A magic carpet, I guess. I do think this is the kind of script they break contracts over, but I never fight. I never got anywhere by fighting. I always do what I'm told to do.'" -- "In Hollywood" column, December 12, 1950
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| Lucille Ball in The Magic Carpet (Columbia, 1951) |
"Lucille Ball has informed Cecil B. DeMille that imminent motherhood will prevent her from appearing in his movie about the Ringling Bros. circus...Paulette Goddard will replace Miss Ball in the film..." -- Leonard Lyons' column, December 29, 1950
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| Paulette Goddard and Richard Ney in Babes in Bagdad (United Artists, 1952) |
"Gloria Grahame was signed recently to complete the bracket of seven stars for Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth...Miss Grahame will portray the role of the elephant girl from which Lucille Ball recently withdrew because of impending motherhood." -- "In Hollywood" column, February 4, 1951
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Gloria Grahame in The Greatest Show on Earth (Paramount, 1952)
"CBS is really plunging into TV...new Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz [series] being prepped for...fall showing..." -- Edith Gwynn's column, February 24, 1951 |
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| Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy ("Lucy Gets into Pictures," Season 4, Episode 18, originally aired February 21, 1955) |
