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	Desilu - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		Desilu was a production company formed in 1950 by Lucille Ball and her then-husband, Desi Arnaz.
		Desilu had a first-refusal agreement with CBS, which is why Star Trek was first pitched to that network.
		Such talent moved from production to production as needed, and were paid a salary instead of a per-appearance fee.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Desilu (587 words)

	Desilu Productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Desilu Productions was a Los Angeles, California based company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
		As Desilu was a growing company, they soon outgrew their first space and in 1953 bought their own studio: the Motion Picture Center on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, at the site of what is now the Ren-Mar rental studio; most of I Love Lucy was filmed there.
		Another Desilu loss was Carol Burnett, who declined to star in a sitcom for the studio in favor of a weekly variety show that ultimately lasted eleven seasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Desilu (706 words)

	Lucille Ball
		It was also during this period that the couple formed Desilu Productions, parent company for their studios.
		Desilu Productions was sold to the large Gulf + Western Industries in 1967, severing Ball's connection with the company.
		The film production of Mame (1974) was designed as a starring vehicle to revive Ball's film career, but it was a critical and financial disappointment.
	www.edwardsly.com /ball.htm (1830 words)

	Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse
		However, among the episodes in its brief run were two productions that, in effect, served as pilots for The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables, two of the most memorable (and most widely syndicated in reruns) television shows of the 1960s.
		Departing from the standard practice of networks committing to series only after a sponsor had agreed to bankroll production costs, CBS bought Desilu Playhouse on the strength of the Desilu track record and with a promise that The Lucy-Desi Hour would be among the planned package of dramas, comedies, and musical spectaculars.
		Although Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse did prove Desilu to be multi-faceted at telefilm production, Desi Arnaz did not get a chance to expand his acting range, and the musical spectaculars he had envisioned producing for the series fell short of the quantity and quality promised to Westinghouse.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/W/htmlW/westinghouse/westinghouse.htm (459 words)

	RKO Forty Acres
		In December of 1968, the production filmed on the backlot again while making "The Clarion" and the final episode at the backlot was "The Running Man" made in January 1969, including the opening act where the house facade is burned down on the backlot.
		Desilu Productions new ownership of RKO in Culver City also included the physical property of RKO's other studios that were located on Cahuenga Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood, right behind Paramount Pictures.
		For the television series, Roddenberry moved back to Desilu on Gower Street in Hollywood, since he didn't like the stages at the Culver lot, in particular Stage 15 had a three-foot drop on one side of the cement floor, which ran through part of Stage 16 and the stage walls were not soundproofed.
	ponderosascenery.homestead.com /files/rko.html (2117 words)

	Desilu- FREE Desilu Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		There are no startling revelations in "The Desilu Story: The Rags to Riches Success of the Desilu Empire," but in a way, that's refreshing...
		Desilu became the production house for dozens of series,...
		Solow was the production executive at Desilu Studios who, in April 1964, welcomed a...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Desilu (1216 words)

	Martin, Quinn
		But during the years at Desilu and during the first years of QM, Martin surrounded himself with a cadre of writers, directors, and producers who would later ably serve him when he was juggling the production schedules of several series.
		Indeed, the relationship between QM and ABC was enormously beneficial to both, despite repeated charges that both the production company and the network rode to their mutual successes upon a wave of violent programming begun with The Untouchables and continuing as a central stylistic feature in QM programs.
		Part of the agreement was for Martin to leave television production for five years and not to compete with Taft.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/martinquinn/martinquinn.htm (893 words)

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		Lucy and Desi however wanted to stay in Hollywood, but they also wanted to take advantage of movie industry production facilities to ensure the long-term value of their series by capturing it on film.
		In exchange Desilu was given one hundred percent ownership of the series; which in turn turned Lucy and Desi into millionaires almost overnight.
		Another breakthrough trademark of Desilu Productions was the use of 35mm film.
	mason.gmu.edu /~skouba/it103desilu.html (495 words)

	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
		In another development during the 1957-58 season, Desilu purchased the old RKO movie studios, giving it one of the largest production facilities in Hollywood.
		It quickly became apparent the “Lucy” specials were the engine driving the “Playhouse”; most of the other Desilu productions in the anthology received little notice from the critics or the audience.
		In a move that surprised the television industry, Desilu sold the show not to longtime home CBS, but to ABC, the weakest of the three broadcast networks-a decision that caused a strain in the relationship between Arnaz and CBS Chairman Bill Paley.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /desilu.htm (1189 words)

	The Life Of Lucy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1950 she and her husband formed Desilu Productions which, after experimenting with a radio program called "My Favorite Husband", launched in October 1951 a television comedy series entitled "I Love Lucy." Starring the two of them in a comedy version of their real lives, the show was an instant hit.
		Ball and Arnaz were divorced in 1960, and two years later she succeeded him as president of Desilu, becoming the only woman at that time to lead a major Hollywood production company.
		She sold Desilu in 1967 to Gulf and Western, the new owners of Paramount, and formed her own company, Lucille Ball Productions, which from 1968-1974 produced her third television series, "Here's Lucy." She continued to appear thereafter in special productions and as a guest star.
	members.aol.com /lucyluv525/lifeoflucy.html (606 words)

	HERBERT F. SOLOW
		He personally supervised the development, sale and series production of the legendary television series, Star Trek, on NBC and both Mission: Impossible and Mannix on CBS, a tour de force that moved Desilu to the forefront of television production in Hollywood.
		Herb Solow instantly became responsible for the development and production of all theatrical motion pictures and television series, as well as the daily functioning of the Studios in Culver City, California and the Boreham Wood Studios in England.
		His work as Head of Desilu, running the studio for Lucille Ball and bringing to world television, Star Trek, Mission:Impossible and Mannix is the subject of one of his books which has been optioned by Warner Brothers, and is currently being written as a motion picture for presentation on the A&E Network in 2006.
	www.abroad-crwf.com /herbsolow.html (750 words)

	Desi Arnaz Work
		Desi Arnaz's position in Desilu Studios made him the executive producer of "The Lucy Show", and he was also the producer of Lucy and Desi's final film together, "Forever Darling".
		Being the president of Desilu, he also had production rights and privileges for the filming and broadcasting of several other television shows, including "The Untouchables" - many shows, which were Desilu productions.
		He produced the show, and would later own Desilu Studios with many more television shows for his production qualities.
	members.tripod.com /~TropicanaNightclub/desiwork.html (339 words)

	Television Chronicles: "The Untouchables" by Ed Robertson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In early 1959, Desi Arnaz announced that Desilu Productions had purchased the movie and TV rights to The Untouchables, and that it would adapt Ness' memoirs as a two-hour drama to be broadcast on consecutive weeks on its anthology series, The Desilu/Westinghouse Playhouse.
		The production values were certainly "movie-like" in quality, from the costumes, to the vintage automobiles, to the way in which the episodes were filmed and edited.
		Desilu also announced early in the campaign that several of the fourth-year episodes would double as pilots for prospective series.
	www.edrobertson.com /the_untouchables.htm (7245 words)

	Headbone Zone - NIE
		Then, in 1950, Ball and Arnaz formed Desilu Productions to produce a television show called I Love Lucy, which debuted in October of 1951.
		Desilu Productions blossomed into a high profile Hollywood television studio producing several other programs.
		Desi returned to television production in 1967, and later acted in his last film in 1982.
	www.headbone.com /nie/arnez_bio.html (434 words)

	obits.com, The Internet Obituary Network, Obituary for Lucille Ball
		Ball and Desi Arnaz formed Desilu Productions just as CBS approached her about turning the popular radio series into a television show.
		By now a fiery red head with a spirit to match, Lucille Ball negotiated a deal rare in the early television business and unheard of for a female star: her conditions were that her real-life husband, Desi Arnaz would play her television husband, and that Desilu Productions would have creative control of the program.
		Ball and her husband divorced in 1960 after 20 years of marriage she continued to run Desilu Productions until 1968 when she sold it to Paramount Pictures.
	obits.com /balllucille.html (1132 words)

	CBS Paramount Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation.
		What is now CBS Paramount Television was first known as Desilu Productions in 1951, formed by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.
		However, all shows still produced by Desilu had the Desilu logo, but the shows were copyrighted by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1967 until Paramount had its own logo in 1968.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CBS_Paramount_Television (411 words)

	HERBERT F. SOLOW
		He personally supervised the development, sale and series production of the legendary television series, Star Trek, on NBC and both Mission: Impossible and Mannix on CBS, a tour de force that moved Desilu to the forefront of television production in Hollywood.
		Herb Solow instantly became responsible for the development and production of all theatrical motion pictures and television series, as well as the daily functioning of the Studios in Culver City, California and the Boreham Wood Studios in England.
		His work as Head of Desilu, running the studio for Lucille Ball and bringing to world television, Star Trek, Mission:Impossible and Mannix is the subject of one of his books which has been optioned by Warner Brothers, and is currently being written as a motion picture for presentation on the A&E Network in 2006.
	abroad-crwf.com /herbsolow.html (750 words)

	Retro Bio: Forever Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball
		Lucy and Desi took matters into their own hands, forming Desilu Productions and starring in their own vaudeville act.
		Out of Desi's need to control the production, he pioneered TV production as we know it today, and many of those techniques, such as the three-camera filming process, are still used today.
		Desilu finally sold two series: Mission Impossible and Star Trek in 1966 before Gulf and Western bought Desilu a year later.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/biographies/61601/2 (493 words)

	Desi Arnaz Summary
		Behind the scenes, Arnaz was known as a savvy businessman and producer and a trailblazer in the early years of television.
		Arnaz developed the multicamera setup production style using adjacent sets that became the standard for all subsequent situation comedies to this day.
		He and Ball divorced in 1960; she was 49 and he was 43.
	www.bookrags.com /Desi_Arnaz (3937 words)

	Lucille Ball, Spirited Doyenne Of TV Comedies, Dies at 77
		Miss Ball, noted for impeccable timing, deft pantomime and an endearing talent for making the outrageous believable, was a Hollywood legend: a contract player at RKO in the 1930's and 40's who later bought the studio with Desi Arnaz, her first husband.
		From 1962 to 1967, she headed Desilu Productions, one of the biggest and most successful television production companies.
		Arnaz's share of Desilu Productions in 1962 with a $3 million bank loan, and she sold the company to Gulf and Western Industries in 1967 for $17 million.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/seinfeld/lucy89.html (1553 words)

	Junior Muscle International
		It built an international reputation also for being a leader in the production of inhouse info-mercials, documentary films and initiating sponsorship affiliation deals.
		The decline of RKO Studios began in 1948 when it was bought out by eccentric tycoon Howard Hughes multi billionaire of oil and ‘you name it!’ Who then sold it to a tire company.
		The corporation consolidated its production and distribution divisions, and audiences began seeing "Paramount Pictures." Zukor and Lasky then constructed a vast new studio on Marathon Street in Hollywood, which the company has occupied since 1926.
	www.juniormuscle.com /jmi2003/Desilu.html (604 words)

	I Love Lucy : Dezi Arnaz \| Ricky Ricardo : tvland.com
		Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, the future husband of Lucille Ball and executive of Desilu Productions, was born in 1917 to a family of wealthy Cuban landowners.
		He convinced the show's sponsor, Philip Morris, that Lucy having a baby on the air would be a publicity bonanza, and he was right: the filmed birth of Little Ricky in 1953 drew 44 million viewers, and the story made headlines from coast to coast.
		While a successful executive at Desilu Productions, Desi also produced "December Bride," "Make Room for Daddy," "Our Miss Brooks," "The Untouchables," and other shows.
	www.tvland.com /shows/lucy/actor2.jhtml (334 words)

	The 1966 Batman Tribute Site Culver Studios
		Batman was a joint production of Greenway Productions and 20th Century Fox Television.
		The Outlaw had breached the production code, but Russell's endowments were further displayed in eye-popping 3D and glorious Technicolor in The French Line (1954).
		Truthfully, General owned a bunch of TV stations at the time and wanted the studio not to film as much as to gain the rights to all those old RKO films that could be shown on their TV stations.
	www.1966batfan.com /batlocations2.htm (1619 words)

	MySpace.com - Desilu Studios - 56 - Male - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - www.myspace.com/thedesilustudios
		Desilu Productions was a company jointly owned by American actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
		For the first few years of "I Love Lucy," Desilu rented space at what is now the Hollywood Center Studios, on Santa Monica Blvd and Las Palmas Ave in Hollywood.
		As Desilu was a growing company, they soon outgrew their first space and bought their own studio on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, at the site of what is now the Ren-Mar rental studio; most of I Love Lucy was filmed there.
	www.myspace.com /111995684 (490 words)

	Long Live Lucy \| Where the Legacy of Lucy lives on
		For the first few years of "I Love Lucy," Desilu rented space at what is now the Hollywood Center Studios, on Santa Monica Boulevard and Las Palmas Avevenue in the Hollywood section of the City of Los Angeles.
		As Desilu was a growing company, they soon outgrew their first space and bought their own studio on Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, at the site of what is now the Ren-Mar rental studio; most of I Love Lucy was filmed there.
		Eventually tiring of the stress, in 1966, Ball sold the company to Gulf+Western, which merged it with its other production company (and Desilu's next-door neighbor) Paramount Pictures and renamed it as Paramount Television (now called CBS Paramount Television) in 1967.
	www.freewebs.com /longlivelucy/desilustudios.htm (602 words)

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