Lucille Ball
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Filmography
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Best Foot Forward
(1943)Beloved actress Lucille Ball plays herself in this lively musical comedy, based on the Broadway play and featuring the music of popular bandleader Harry James. When young military cadet Bud Hooper (Tommy Dix) invites Ball to be his date at the academy's prom, her agent convinces her that accepting would be a great publicity stunt. Soon Ball's presence at the school leads to chaos, and the redheaded celebrity unwittingly incurs the wrath of Bud's girlfriend, Helen (Virginia Weidler).

Two Smart People
(1946)Director Jules Dassin (Night and the City) combines the best of film noir, crime caper and romance in this little gem starring Lucille Ball, John Hodiak and Lloyd Nolan. Ace Connors (Hodiak) is a con man on the run, chased by determined cop Bob Simms (Nolan) who is trying to convince Ace to turn in the bonds he has stolen in exchange for a reduced sentence. When Simms catches up with Connors, the con man talks him into taking a train ride back east that will take them through the Southwest and into New Orleans. Entering into the fray is Ricki Woodner (Ball), who is looking to con the con man out of his bonds, while falling for him and Fly Feletti (Elisha Cook, Jr.), a snarling trigger man hot on Ace's trail. The tension builds to an exciting climax during Mardi Gras.

Next Time I Marry
(1938)In order to become the richest girl in America, a heiress must marry in haste.

Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie
(1993)A sensitive and absorbing documentary that details the circumstances that brought the immortal twosome together and ultimately drove them apart.
Beauty for the Asking
(1939)
Valley of the Sun
(1942)Indian scout Johnny Ware (James Craig) is determined to stop an all-out war plotted by crooked Indian Affairs agent Jim Sawyer (Dean Jagger).

Forever, Darling
(1956)TV's greatest comedy duo, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, star in this madcap comedy about a research chemist whose dedicated pursuit of a new pesticide wreaks havoc on his marriage.

Happy Anniversary and Goodbye
(1974)A couple approaching their 25th anniversary look to their respective best friends, an independent thinker and a swinger, for tips to spice things up.

The Funny World of Lucy, Volume 1
(1997)Lucille Ball’s rise as a film starlet from New York who eventually met and married Desi Arnaz while becoming television’s first queen of comedy.

Lucy Calls the President
(1977)Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance reunite in this tale of a woman whose call to the President for a local project leads to chaos when he comes for dinner.

What Now, Catherine Curtis?
(1976)After many years of marriage to a philandering spouse, a divorcee struggles to begin life anew, and finds herself torn between two very different men.

Lured
(1947)British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.

Fancy Pants
(1950)An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The complications increase when the town believes Arthur to be an Earl, and President Roosevelt decides to pay a visit

Seven Days' Leave
(1942)Victor Mature and Lucille Ball lead a star-studded cast in this wacky romantic comedy in which a serviceman has one week to wed an heiress. High-spirited soldier Johnny Grey suddenly inherits $100,000. There's just one catch: Johnny must marry heiress Terry (Ball), whom he has never met, within seven days. Supporting comedians and specialty performers include Harold Peary (in his traditional "Great Gildersleeve" radio persona), Ralph Edwards (shown hosting his popular television game show Truth or Consequences), announcer Charles Victor (emceeing his Court of Missing Heirs radio program), singers Ginny Simms and Marcy McGuire, south-of-the-border entertainer Mapy Cortes, and bandleaders Freddy Martin and Les Brown.
Critic's Choice
(1963)
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
(1956)Laugh along with Lucy and Desi as you've never seen them before in these extremely rare television appearances, beautifully restored and in color.

Annabel Takes a Tour
(1938)Lucille Ball stars in this screwball comedy about a publicity hungry movie star who will do--and does do--almost anything to promote herself.
Easy to Wed
(1946)
Dance, Girl, Dance
(1940)Judy (Maureen O’Hara) and Bubbles (Lucille Ball) move to New York City with dreams of ballet success, but Bubbles soon falls into a career in burlesque. And when Judy’s ballet company fails, she resorts to a demeaning job working for Bubbles. Their tenuous friendship soon devolves into all-out war when they both fall in love with the same man.

Room Service
(1938)Deep in debt, a producer and his team fake a measles outbreak and a suicide in a wild bid to secure backing for their Broadway play.