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A dreamy-eyed Lucille at rehearsal for 'My Favorite Husband'. 1948. #lucilleball #radioshow #myfavoritehusband #richarddenning #rehearsal #headscarf #incolor #1948 #dreamyeyes #myfavoriteredhead https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtXe-OFVLe/?igshid=1ws18vvuht1ce

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In honor of National Radio Day...here is a brief backstory to the radio show that started it all and would eventually send Lucille Ball into the stratosphere... Isabel Scott Rorick was born in Toledo in 1900, a daughter of one of the city's most prominent families. She married Ceilan Rorick, a banker with the Spitzer-Rorick Trust and Savings Bank of Toledo. Between 1937 and 1940 Isabel Scott Rorick wrote ten delightful and engaging short stories recounting the married life of the fictional 'Elizabeth and George Cugat’. Appearing in newspaper supplements and popular magazines of the era, Ms. Rorick compiled the ten short stories with added material into her 1942 book, "Mr. and Mrs. Cugat: The Record of A Happy Marriage." Quickly becoming a critically acclaimed and highly popular distraction from the World War II and Homefront stresses of the era, the book formed the basis for the 1942 Paramount film, "Are Husbands Necessary?" starring Ray Milland as George Cugat and Betty Field as Mary Elizabeth Cugat. Also appearing were Charles Dingle as Duncan Atterbury and Kathleen Lockhart as Duncan Atterbury's wife, Laura. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Cugat, Rorick also wrote another collection of short stories called Outside Eden. Mr. and Mrs. Cugat later became a successful situation comedy over Radio called “My Favorite Husband”, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning. Then came “I Love Lucy”, and we all know that story. Isabel Rorick's thrice retooled literary work thus became an important, though often overlooked, footnote in the history of one of television’s all time favorite, and influential, situation comedies. Isabel Scott Rorick passed away in 1967. #lucilleball #richarddenning #isabelscottrorick #oldtimeradio #myfavoritehusband #arehusbandsnecessary #cbs #cbsradio https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Y_d0IHHuh/?igshid=n5behu423dnl

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#LucilleBall and #RichardDenning taping radio's precursor to "I Love Lucy" - "My Favorite Husband" #OTR