Rob Edelman, Audrey Kupferberg

Meet the Mertzes

The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Meet the Mertzes is an expansive dual biography chronicling the lives of two of America's most popular situation-comedy actors, William Frawley and Vivian Vance, who portrayed Fred and Ethel Mertz on I Love Lucy. This meticulously researched book contains interviews with Frawley's and Vance's colleagues, friends, and relatives, and explores their personal and professional lives before, during, and after I Love Lucy. With a complete filmography and videography of each, Meet the Mertzes finally sets the record straight on the lives and legacies of these compelling stars who detested one another. You'll learn about: -Vance's successful Broadway career prior to I Love Lucy -Frawley's vaudevillian roots and his passion for baseball -Vance's nervous breakdown after the collapse of her first marriage -Frawley's drinking and carousing -Lucille Ball's caustic relationship with both of her costars -Vance's hatred of being known to the world as Ethel Mertz

Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9781580630955
• ISBN-10: 1580630952
• Artikelnr.: 22383581

Autorenporträt

Rob Edelman and Audrey Kupferberg