Bücher von Rob Edelman

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