In Oakland, California, at least 40 anti-war protesters, including the folk singer Joan Baez, were arrested for blocking the entrance during a sit-in at a Armed Forces induction center.
The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS. After the series ended in 1957, however, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials; it ran from 1957 to 1960. It was first known as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show and later in reruns as The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.
The show, which was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35 mm film in front of a studio audience, won five EmmyAwards and received numerous nominations. I Love Lucy is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms in history. In 2012, it was voted the ‘Best TV Show of All Time’ in a survey taken by ABC News and People Magazine.
Penny Marshall starred as Laverne DeFazio in the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983), then went on to become a director of such films as Awakenings (1990), A League of Their Own (1992) and Big (1998), both starring Tom Hanks. With Big, she became the first female director to have a film gross over $100 million. She started tap dancing at the age of three and began her acting career with guest-starring appearances on The Odd Couple, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Happy Days.
Original air dates on NBC/CBS: October 14, 1934 to June 7, 1955.
Lux Radio Theatre was a long-run classic radioanthology series, broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35); CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long programs were performed live before a studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand. Lux Radio Theatre strove to feature as many of the original stars of the original stage and film productions as possible. Cecil B. DeMille took over as the host on June 1, 1936, continuing until January 22, 1945.