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SPLAIN · 01-15-2004, 10:05 AM

In your opinion, was the famous Lucy look of bow lips and long lashes and the perfect hair defined best in this Lucy show period? Is this where the Lucy signature LOOK was refined and adopted for the rest of her life?

PracTz · 01-17-2004, 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by SPLAIN
In your opinion, was the famous Lucy look of bow lips and long lashes and the perfect hair defined best in this Lucy show period? Is this where the Lucy signature LOOK was refined and adopted for the rest of her life?

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I DO know that she started the constantly dying her hair that hennaed that trademark red (later on having her wigs made to match that color) when she made 'DuBarry Was a Lady' c.1943- yet I believe that the bow lips and long lashes were something she'd adapted from the early 1930's. I could be wrong, though. Sad to say, what started out as a look that highlighted her best features became a sad parody of her former beauty in the last part of her life.

SPLAIN · 01-20-2004, 12:12 PM

What i was asking is if that signature Lucy look showed off at it's best during the Lucy show period of her life, which i think it did. You're right that during the last years of her life, it was just a shadow of it's former glory. Especially when she painted her eyebrows on her forehead during the Life with Lucy debacle.

Lodee · 02-05-2004, 03:08 PM

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In your opinion, was the famous Lucy look of bow lips and long lashes and the perfect hair defined best in this Lucy show period?

I don't know if it was best defined during this period, but I think she looked her best during this time.

SPLAIN · 02-05-2004, 03:44 PM

You know you are going to find out what a genius Karl Freund was when you get that I've got a Secret with the tangible incident, she looked a lot better on the show than she does on that, you'll see, get back to me when you get it!

MagsLovesLucy · 02-06-2004, 11:42 PM

I have that "I've Got a Secret" on tape, and Lucy definitely does not look as good as she does on "I Love Lucy." I don't want to say she looked old, but I guess I could say she looked her age. I've got a "What's My Line?" episode on the same tape where she's a mystery guest, and she looks much better than she does on "I've Got a Secret," but then again "WML?" was filmed a couple years earlier.

SPLAIN · 02-09-2004, 11:49 AM

Exactly, it's all in the lighting and camera work! Why did she look terrible at The Night of 100 stars, but looked like an angel at the Bob Hope Cultural center opening a few years later, same thing! Although in these two cases, she was underweight for one and heavier in the last one. Maybe Stone Pillow had something to do with it?

Lodee · 02-12-2004, 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by SPLAIN
You know you are going to find out what a genius Karl Freund was when you get that I've got a Secret with the tangible incident, she looked a lot better on the show than she does on that, you'll see, get back to me when you get it!

I will.

I can't wait.

SPLAIN · 02-12-2004, 10:28 AM

And thanks for asking for it, i forgot what gems i had in the OLD shows department, i loved seing them again. You sometimes forget what you have and where it is, it was a joy to see her on those old shows again.

01-15-2004, 10:05 AM	#1
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	The Lucy Look In your opinion, was the famous Lucy look of bow lips and long lashes and the perfect hair defined best in this Lucy show period? Is this where the Lucy signature LOOK was refined and adopted for the rest of her life?

01-20-2004, 12:12 PM	#3
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	What i was asking is if that signature Lucy look showed off at it's best during the Lucy show period of her life, which i think it did. You're right that during the last years of her life, it was just a shadow of it's former glory. Especially when she painted her eyebrows on her forehead during the Life with Lucy debacle.

02-05-2004, 03:44 PM	#5
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	You know you are going to find out what a genius Karl Freund was when you get that I've got a Secret with the tangible incident, she looked a lot better on the show than she does on that, you'll see, get back to me when you get it!

02-06-2004, 11:42 PM	#6
MagsLovesLucy For being a friend.. Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Posts: 307	I have that "I've Got a Secret" on tape, and Lucy definitely does not look as good as she does on "I Love Lucy." I don't want to say she looked old, but I guess I could say she looked her age. I've got a "What's My Line?" episode on the same tape where she's a mystery guest, and she looks much better than she does on "I've Got a Secret," but then again "WML?" was filmed a couple years earlier.

02-09-2004, 11:49 AM	#7
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Exactly, it's all in the lighting and camera work! Why did she look terrible at The Night of 100 stars, but looked like an angel at the Bob Hope Cultural center opening a few years later, same thing! Although in these two cases, she was underweight for one and heavier in the last one. Maybe Stone Pillow had something to do with it?

02-12-2004, 10:28 AM	#9
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	And thanks for asking for it, i forgot what gems i had in the OLD shows department, i loved seing them again. You sometimes forget what you have and where it is, it was a joy to see her on those old shows again.