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The comedy icon's company, Desilu Productions, was responsible for Gene Roddenberry's original "Star Trek" series. Desilu was one of the largest independent production companies in...
Desilu Productions, Inc. ( / ˈdɛsiluː /) was an American television production company founded and co-owned by husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. The company is best known for shows such as I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Mannix, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.
Aug 6, 2023 · Four years later, Roddenberry came to Desilu with an idea for a pilot that would grow into Star Trek. Ball bought the series, even if she didn’t quite understand it; allegedly, she thought the title referred to a group of traveling USO performers during WWII.
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Desilu Productions was formed in 1950 by Lucille Ball and her then-husband, Desi Arnaz. Originally, the studio was named Motion Picture Center, founded by Joe Justman (father of later Star Trek alumnus Robert H. Justman, and with whom Arnaz in particular had a mutual friendly relationship), the couple first rented before buying it. (Inside Star Tre...
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, universally known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-born singer and actor best known for his starring role on I Love Lucy. He co-founded Desilu with his wife Lucille Ball. She bought his shares of the company in 1961, three years before Star Trek joined their studio. His son-in-law, Laurence Luckinbill appeared as Sy...
Further reading
1. Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, June 1996 2. Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Coyne S. Sanders & Tom Gilbert, HarperCollins Publishers, August 2001 (ISBN 0062020013) 3. These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One and Season Two, August 2012-March 2014
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1. Star Trekcorporate history
External links
1. Desilu at Wikipedia 2. Desilu Productions at the Internet Movie Database 3. Desilu Studios at the Internet Movie Database
Nov 5, 2021 · The first episode of the new 10-part documentary series The Center Seat, which premiered Friday, focused in part on the history of Lucille Ball and her studio, Desilu Productions (named as a...
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Jul 8, 2016 · Gene Roddenberry's quirky little sci-fi drama found an unlikely champion in comedy queen Lucille Ball. Even after production costs ballooned and the first pilot bombed, the famous redhead...
Dec 7, 2021 · As told in Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, CBS sought to build on the success of My Favorite Husband by adapting it for the small screen. Ball informed the network that she...
