Ball of Fire (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: Stefan Kanfer
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1911-1989
- Setting: Jamestown, New York; Manhattan; and Hollywood
- Principal Characters: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Desiree (DeDe) Hunt Ball, Henry Durrell Ball, Ed Peterson, Fred Hunt, Flora Belle Hunt, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: New York, Wives, Acting or actors, Mothers, Twentieth century, New York City, Marriage, Women, Fame, Hollywood, Television or television broadcasting, Career women
- Locales: Manhattan, NY, Hollywood, CA
Ball of Fire is an exhaustively researched, enormously entertaining study of the life and art of Lucille Ball. Author Stefan Kanfer paints a portrait of a difficult, contradictory, flawed but immensely talented woman. He elucidates the true enormity of her achievements, particularly as an early television pioneer and as one of the few powerful businesswomen of her era. He also describes how the unlikely combination of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz created one of the classics of television comedy and helped shape the face of American television. Separately, they were a B-movie...
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