Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball

The year was 1940, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were on an RKO movie set to star in the musical Too Many Girls. 28-year-old Ball and 23-year-old Arnaz fell for one another, despite Arnaz being known as a ladies man.

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Aaron Sorkin explores the personal and professional lives of the iconic "I Love Lucy" stars in Amazon's "Being the Ricardos."

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The I Love Lucy costars spent the majority of their 20-year marriage away from the bright lights of Hollywood on a bucolic California ranch

'I Love Lucy' reduces the role of husband to roughly that of the male spider, and I wouldn't be surprised if, at the end of the season, Miss Ball ate him.