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Someone’s In The Kitchen With Lucy!

  • September 6, 2013

Someone’s In The Kitchen With Lucy! Ethyl and Lucy rehearse for a scene in the kitchen. In front of the sound boom, Director of Photography Karl Freund is making adjustments with the crew. The show goes before the motion picture cameras in much the same way it would as a live show in a television […]

CBS Uses Thomson Cameras…1985 NCAA Championships

  • July 11, 2013

CBS Uses Thomson Cameras…1985 NCAA Championships Yesterday, veteran cameraman Kevin Vahey mentioned in a note his surprise to see CBS using Thomson cameras on a remote in 1977 in Los Angeles. Kevin wondered if that was just an LA truck or if there was more to it. I think there was more to it and […]

Meet ‘I Love Lucy’s’ Summer Replacement! ‘My Little Margie’

  • March 23, 2013

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