![]() ![]() This was the basis for their invention of re-runs and syndicating TV shows (a huge source of new revenue). Desi was filming a musical comedy called MARCO. RM F2ATT9 Liza Minnelli and Desi Arnaz Jr. In return, they retained the rights to the films. RM PM9363 Publicity photo of Desi Arnaz, circa 1948 File Reference 31537 437THA. ![]() Due to the expense of 35mm film, Arnaz and Ball agreed to salary cuts. Arnaz was told that it would be impossible to allow an audience onto a sound stage, but he worked with Freund to design a set that would accommodate an audience, allow filming, and adhere to fire and safety codes. ![]() The use of film enabled every station around the country to broadcast high-quality images of the show. Karl Freund, Arnaz's cameraman, and even Arnaz himself have been credited with the development of the multiple-camera setup production style using adjacent sets in front of a live audience that became the standard for subsequent situation comedies. At that time, most television programs were broadcast live, and as the largest markets were in New York, the rest of the country received only kinescope images. I loved Lucy and Desi, the documentary, and I will love them for as long as I live.With Ball, Arnaz founded Desilu Productions in 1950, initially to produce the vaudeville-style touring act that led to I Love Lucy. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz is a story for all ages and what they have created is immeasurable in terms of greatness. No one will live forever but the love of two people will continue on living in the children and many many millions of other people whose lives were touched by those two. A love that never dies, even when the marriage falls apart - a true love will never end. ![]() Something that has to be said: that Lucy and Desi's story still resonates even after 60+ years after their divorce and 30+ years since their deaths - it's something that will always be in the memory of everyone who knew them, their work and their relationship. Even the latest motion picture, Being the Ricardos, has done that to me as well. Considering how much I love Lucy and Desi and their show I should have seen it coming a mile away. Every time I watch a documentary on artists I love who passed away breaks me down to tears. ![]()
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