#James Ellinson

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YOU CAN’T FOOL YOUR WIFE

May 21, 1940

Director: Ray McCarey

Producer: Lee S. Marcus and Cliff Reid for RKO Radio Pictures

Writers: Jerome Cady, based on a story by Richard Carroll and Ray McCarey

Synopsis ~ Feeling neglected by her husband Andrew (James Ellison), drab housewife Clara Hinklin (Lucille Ball) walks out on him, much to the delight of her busybody mother-in-law (Emma Dunn). Realizing that she's still in love with her husband, Clara undergoes a glamour treatment, re-emerging in the guise of Latin American charmer Mercedes Vasquez. Reunited with her husband at a masquerade party, Clara tries to win him back by continuing her pose as the alluring Mercedes. Does Andrew fall back in love with Clara, or is he merely smitten by her seductive alter ego?

CAST

Lucille Ball (Clara Fields Hinklin / Mercedes Vasquez) makes her 49th film since coming to Hollywood in 1933. 

James Ellison (Andrew 'Hinkie' Hinklin) appeared with Lucille Ball in Next Time I Marry (1938) and Best Foot Forward (1943). 

Robert Coote ('Batty' Battincourt) appeared with Lucille Ball in Lured (1947). He was best know for playing Colonel Pickering in the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. 

William Halligan (J.R. Gillespie, Sr.) appeared with Lucille Ball in The Big Street (1942). 

Emma Dunn (Mother Fields) appeared with Lucille Ball in Dance, Girl, Dance (1940). 

Virginia Vale (Sally) makes her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Rosina Galli (Mama Brentoni) was an Italian-born actress making her only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rosina Galli replaced Ferike Boros in the role when a scheduling conflict prevented Boros from appearing in the film.

Charles Lane (Salesman) appeared in six other films with Lucille Ball between 1933 and 1949: The Bowery (1933), Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933), Broadway Bill (1934), Joy of Living (1938), Look Who’s Laughing (1941), and Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949). On “I Love Lucy,” Lane later went on to create memorable characters like Mr. Hickox in “The Business Manager” (ILL S4;E1) as well as the clock-watching passport office clerk in “Staten Island Ferry” (ILL S5;E12). He made a total of four appearances on “I Love Lucy” and two more on “The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.” In 1962, Lucille Ball cast him as banker Barnsdahl in the first season of "The Lucy Show.” He died at the ripe old age of 102.

Oscar O'Shea (Dr. Emery, Colony College Chaplain) makes his only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Norman Mayes (Porter at Dock) is making his only screen appearance with Lucille ball. 

Patsy O'Byrne (Hotel Maid) appears with Lucille Ball in 1949′s Sorrowful Jones. 

Charlie Hall (Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy) appeared with Lucille Ball in Kid Millions (1934), Top Hat (1935), Five Came Back (1939), The Big Street (1942), and Seven Days’ Leave (1942). 

Dell Henderson (Ritz Amsterdam Manager) appeared with Lucille Ball in Bottoms Up (1934), Look Who’s Laughing (1941), Du Barry Was A Lady (1943), Meet the People (1944), and Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945).  

Minerva Urecal (Mrs. Doolittle) appeared with Lucille Ball in The Dark Corner (1946). 

Leo Cleary (Mr. Doolittle) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Dance, Girl, Dance (1940). 

Harrison Greene (Sullivan, the House Detective) makes his final appearance with Lucille Ball after being in Kid Millions (1934), Broadway Bill (1934), Foolish Hearts (1935), and The Farmer in the Dell (1936). 

Max Wagner (Burglar) appeared with Lucille Ball in Chatterbox (1936), Follow the Fleet (1936), There Goes My Girl (1937), Stage Door (1937), Room Service (1938), and Seven Days Leave (1942). 

Hobart Cavanaugh (Potts, GBG & P Vice President) makes his final appearance with Lucille Ball after being in Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933), Moulin Rouge (1934), and That’s Right - You’re Wrong (1939). 

Walter Sande (Mr. Gillespie, Jr.) also appeared with Lucille Ball in A Woman of Distinction (1950). 

Walter Fenner (Walker) makes his only appearance with Lucille Ball. 

Irving Bacon (Lippincott, GBG & P Clerk)  was in six other films with Lucille Ball: The Bowery (1933), Broadway Bill (1934), I’ll Love You Always (1935), There Goes My Girl (1937),  A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941), and Look Who’s Laughing (1941). He appeared in three Best Picture Oscar winners: It Happened One Night (1934), You Can’t Take It With You (1938), and Gone With The Wind (1939).  On “I Love Lucy” he appeared as Mr. Willoughby in “The Marriage License” (ILL S1;E26) and played Ethel’s father Will Potter in “Ethel’s Hometown” (ILL S4;E16).  

Elaine Shepard (Peggy) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Ronald R. Rondell (Battincourt's Friend at Party) appeared in six other films with Lucille Ball between 1934 and 1942.  

Mike Tellegen (Henchman) also appeared with Lucille Ball in Roberta (1935). 

‘YOU CAN’T FOOL’ TRIVIA

John Farrow (Mia’s father) briefly took over direction during the shoot when director McCarey fell ill. Farrow had directed Ball in 1939′s Five Came Back. 

Some scenes were shot on location at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA in  Westwood, Los Angeles. Later in her career Lucille Ball lectured at UCLA on the subject of comedy and her career. 

You Can’t Fool Your Wife was generally considered a ‘B’ picture and for the most part was the second feature on a double bill.  The New York Daily News gave the film two and a half (out of five) stars. 

The working title of this film was "The Romantic Mr. Hinklin". It was based on an original story of the same name by Richard Carroll and Ray McCarey.

The Danish movie poster. 

The idea of a wife disguising herself to woo her husband was later explored on “I Love Lucy” in “The Black Wig” (ILL S3;E26) aired on April 19, 1954.

The Des Moines (IA) Register

There was a silent film, also titled You Can’t Fool Your Wife, which is now considered lost. It is not related to the 1940 film. 

#You Can't Fool Your Wife #Lucille Ball #James Ellinson #RKO #1940 #Irving Bacon #Charles Lane #I Love Lucy

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Art History: Multiculturalism

Kerry James Marshall is a contemporary artist with the main aim ‘to populate the museum with black figures’. A Portrait of the Artists as a Shadow of his Former Self, was a turning point in Marshall’s career. Prior to this self-portrait, much of his work had been collage based, relatively successful but not entirely fulfilling for a man who grew up witnessing black activism. Marshall felt the absence of black voice within contemporary art; therefore, black life became the centre of his practice. Within this painting, the artist almost exclusively uses various shades of black, a shade which he describes seeing as a series of primary colours. The whites of the eyes, wide smile and pale shirt, appear to hover on the page at first glance. Marshall drew inspiration from Ralph Ellinson’s novel ‘Invisible Man’, allowing the figure to be both visible and invisible simultaneously. This work marks the beginning of the rest of his career, vowing never to paint a white figure, Marshall often depicts his models in the darkest shade, usually dramatically contrasting a vibrant background.

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James Ellinson

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Lenny Henry in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at The Donmar Warehouse

The Donmar Warehouse today announces full casting for Bruce Norris’ new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s satirical masterpiece The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, directed by Simon Evans with design by Peter McKintosh. As previously announced, Lenny Henry will make his Donmar debut as Arturo Ui, he is joined by Michael Pennington, who recently played the title role in King Lear at the Royal & Derngate Northampton, as Dogsborough. Other casting includes Philip Cumbus, Lucy Eaton, Tom Edden, Lucy Ellinson, Simon Holland Roberts, Louis Martin, Justine Mitchell, Gloria Obianyo, Guy Rhys and Giles Terera.

Chicago! A city of jazz and gangsters, prohibition and poverty. Amongst the murk of the Great Depression, there’s room for a small time crook like Arturo Ui to make a name for himself.

Ui and his henchmen just want to look after you, to offer protection for workers, for jobs, for businesses. Nothing to fear. But a little bribery here, some harmless corruption there, and soon something much more dangerous takes hold.

Brecht’s satirical masterpiece about the rise of a demagogue will be given a new translation by Pulitzer, Olivier and Tony Award-winning American playwright, Bruce Norris. Lenny Henry makes his Donmar debut as Arturo Ui. Making theatre accessible to as many people as possible remains at the heart of the Donmar’s mission. The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui has tickets available throughout the run via KLAXON TICKETS: a new allocation of tickets, starting from £10, being made available every Monday for performances two weeks later. Tickets will also be available across the auditorium at every price band.

The Donmar’s new YOUNG+FREE scheme, which provides free tickets to those aged 25 and under will also continue throughout the season, with releases for tickets on the last Friday of each month. YOUNG+FREE is made possible thanks to donations from Donmar audiences via PAY IT FORWARD. The Donmar has now received almost 2,750 donations alongside their partnership with Delta Airlines, which has enabled the venue to allocate almost 5,600 of these free tickets so far to those aged 25 and under.

Audiences can sign up to receive information about tickets on the Donmar’s website http://ift.tt/QGnINs Philip Cumbus (Clark/Prosecutor) makes his Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Philip has made multiple appearances in productions at Shakespeare’s Globe including Comus, The Inn and Lydda, The Lightning Child, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Macbeth, Much Ado about Nothing, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo & Juliet and The Merchant of Venice. Other theatre credits include First Light (Festival Theatre), The Importance of Being Earnest (UK Tour and Vaudeville Theatre), Moon Tiger (Theatre Royal Bath and Tour), The Norman Conquests (Liverpool Playhouse), The Master Builder (Chichester Festival Theatre) and The Crucible (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). Philip’s television credits include The Rebel.

Lucy Eaton (Dockdaisy) makes her Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Lucy’s theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Southwark Playhouse), Almost Maine (Park Theatre), Win Lose Draw (Waterloo East) and The Duchess of Malfi (Old Vic).

Tom Edden (Announcer/Ragg/Sheet/Actor/Butler) makes his Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Tom’s extensive theatre credits include Amadeus (National Theatre), Doctor Faustus (Duke of York’s), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre), Measure For Measure (Young Vic), Les Misérables (Queen’s Theatre), Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible) and One Man, Two Guvnors (National Theatre) for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor, and was nominated for a Tony Award and Outer Critics’ Circle Award. Tom’s television credits include Upstart Crow, The Woman in Red and Dr Who. Film credits include Star Wars Episode VII – The Force Awakens, Cinderella, The Wolf Man and Mr Turner.

Lucy Ellinson (Giri) makes her Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Lucy’s theatre credits include Grounded (Gate Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC), Mad Man (Plymouth Theatre Royal), Money: The Game Show (Bush Theatre), Trojan Women (Gate Theatre), Oh The Humanity! (and other good intentions) (Northern Stage/Soho Theatre) and Fib (National Theatre). Television and film credits include New Tricks, Underworld: Dublin Gangland and Really.

Lenny Henry (Arturo Ui) makes his Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. He made his West End acting debut in the role of Othello in the Northern Broadsides production at the Trafalgar Studios. His portrayal won him critical acclaim and the London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Newcomer. Other theatre includes Fences (on tour and West End), Rudy’s Rare Records (Birmingham Rep and Hackney Empire) and The Comedy of Errors (National Theatre).

Lenny has been a comedian since the age of 16, finding fame as a comedy impressionist on 70’s TV talent show, New Faces. Other television work includes TISWAS, Three of a Kind, The Lenny Henry Show, Hope & Glory, Lenny Henry in Pieces, Chef! and the Saturday night BBC1 show, The Magicians. He has completed many sell-out live stand-up tours in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. On radio, Lenny worked for three years as a DJ on BBC Radio 1. He has also worked extensively for Radio 4, starring in the comedy Rudy’s Rare Records, he wrote the Radio 4 play Corinne Come Back and Gone and presented the series Lenny and Will.

Simon Holland Roberts (Butcher/Judge) has previously appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in Artistic Director Josie Rourke’s production of Saint Joan. Theatre includes Cyrano, All My Sons, Hamlet, Arms and the Man, Aristocrats, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Taming of the Shrew and Arden of Faversham (Theatr Clwyd), Of Mice and Men (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Assembly 13 (National Theatre Wales), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Othello, Sex Strike, Edward IV, Henry VI, The School for Scandal, The Comedy of Errors and Sweet William (Northern Broadsides), Sheepish (Manchester 24:7), The Tempest (Northern Broadsides, New Vic Stoke, UK and China tour), The Man with Two Gaffers (Northern Broadsides, Theatre Royal York and UK tour), Richard III (Northern Broadsides, West Yorkshire Playhouse and UK tour), Sea of Silence (Quicksilver), Man is Man (Steam Industry). Television credits include All at Sea, Da Vinci’s Demons, Stepping Up, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Shameless, Eric & Ernie, Accused, The Street.

Louis Martin (Bodyguard/Caruther) makes his Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Louis’ stage credits include Future Conditional (Old Vic), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Last Days of Troy (Shakespeare’s Globe) and A Witness For The Prosecution (The Agatha Christie Theatre Company).

Justine Mitchell (Public Defender/Betty Dullfeet) has previously appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in Michael Grandage’s production of King Lear. Justine’s extensive theatre credits include The Plough and the Stars (National Theatre), For Services Rendered (Chichester Festival Theatre), Love For Love (RSC), Man – Three Plays By Tennessee Williams (Young Vic), The Rivals (Arcola Theatre), Mr Burns (Almeida Theatre), Gastronauts (Royal Court) Detroit and Children of the Sun (National Theatre). Television credits include The Suspicions of Mr Whicher II, Harry and Paul, Doctors, New Tricks and Wild At Heart. Justine has also appeared on film in The Stag, Imagine Me and You, Citizen Verdict, The Honeymooners, Goldfish Memory and Conspiracy of Silence.

Gloria Obianyo (Flake/Hook) makes her Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Gloria’s stage credits include The Wild Party (St James Theatre), The Grinning Man (Bristol Old Vic) and Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).

Michael Pennington (Dogsborough) has previously appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in The Cosmonauts Last Message to the Woman He Loved. Michael’s most recent theatre credits include King Lear (UK Tour), She Stoops to Conquer (Theatre Royal Bath), A Winter’s Tale (Garrick Theatre), Richard II (RSC), Dances of Death (Gate Theatre), Judgement Day (The Print Room), Sweet William (Michael has also appeared in numerous productions at Chichester Festival Theatre, including Anthony and Cleopatra, The Syndicate, The Master Builder, Collaboration and Taking Sides). Michael has appeared on television in Endeavour, Father Brown, Silent Witness, Holby City, The Tudors, Lewis, Walking the Dead and The Bill, and on film in The Iron Lady and Return of the Jedi. Together with director Michael Bogdanov, Michael founded the English Shakespeare Company in 1986 and is an honorary Associate Artist.

Guy Rhys (Givola) has previously appeared at the Donmar Warehouse in Artistic Director Josie Rourke’s production of Saint Joan. Most recent theatre appearances include Pomona originating at the Orange Tree Theatre, and subsequent National Theatre/Manchester Royal Exchange revival. Other theatre credits include Jason and the Argonauts (Unicorn), Bird (Sherman Cymru and Manchester Royal Exchange), Wendy & Peter (RSC), Rafta Rafta (Bolton Octagon) and Mother Courage and Her Children (National Theatre).

Giles Terera (Roma) makes his Donmar Warehouse debut in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Giles’ stage credits include Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Hamlet, Death and the King’s Horseman, The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other, Troilus and Cressida, Candide, Honk!, The Darker Face of the Earth, Mind the Gap and Walk in the Light (National Theatre), The Tempest (RSC). Other theatre credits include The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre), Pure Imagination (St James’ Theatre), The Merchant of Venice (Globe Theatre, International Tour) King John (Globe Theatre & UK tour), Don’t You Leave Me Here (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Up on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), Six Degrees of Separation (Sheffield Crucible) and Generations of the Dead (Young Vic). Giles has appeared on television in Horrible Histories and Doctors, and on film in The Current War, Muse of Fire and London Boulevard.

(All other characters will be played by members of the company.)

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI By Bertolt Brecht Translated by Bruce Norris Friday 21 April – Saturday 17 June 2017 Press Night Tuesday 2 May 2017 Donmar Warehouse, 41 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London WC2H 9LX http://ift.tt/QGnINs

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