Liner notes are by Lukas Kendall. When Tacy returns to the park, Nick goes to see her, but she greets him coolly. (00:40:22), Continuity mistake: In the part where Tacy and Nicky have just had their big fight and Tacy is sleeping on the couch; you hear all of the train and gun sounds and Tacy jumps up to run to the bedroom shouting, "Nicky! In his memoir, director Vincente Minnelli quoted producer Pandro S. Berman as saying that the studio initially was unenthusiastic about signing the famous couple: "[M-G-M] subscribed to the theory that the audience wouldn't pay to see actors they could get at home for free. [6] Cohen's later movies included a spaghetti Western and Joan Crawford's final acting role Trog (1970). The couple married in 1940 and divorced in 1960. Coming Soon. Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin and other icons featured in photographic history of L.A. Hard Times bring Hard Times to Reseda High. Tacy is loathe to part with the collection of heavy rocks they have acquired as souvenirs during their travels, and without telling Nick, decides instead to distribute them evenly throughout the trailer. The distinct Lincoln grille is clearly evident in a shot as the car rounds a curve. That evening, Nicky orders Tacy to get rid of all the rocks and canned foods she has collected before they make a cliffhanging ride on a narrow road through the mountains. The new car used to tow the trailer is a 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with a 125 HP flathead V8 engine. LONG, LONG TRAILER is undoubtedly Lucy's best film comedy, and operates almost like a feature-length "I Love Lucy" episode (it was filmed at the height of "Lucy" mania). Nick buys a new car and has it modified for hauling a trailer, and the mechanic gives the inexperienced Nick a quick lesson in driving with a trailer. Kruschen's early career is peppered with a variety of roles like a comical gangster in both Abbott & Costello Go to Mars (1953) and Money from Home (1953) starring Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin; a hard-nosed police detective in Confidence Girl (1952) and Julie (1956), an underrated Doris Day thriller; or doomed victims to alien prey in Sci-fi cult classics: the 1953 version of War of the Worlds (fans remember him as Salvatore, one of the first earthlings to be killed by the invading Martians) and The Angry Red Planet (1959). Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live slaphappily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in The Long, Long Trailer, breezily directed by Vincente Minnelli. they had no idea how much could go wrong. 1954, Los Angeles opening: 17 Feb 1954; New York opening: 18 Feb 1954, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, 8,612ft Lucille was joined on set by her husband, as they appeared in the . Tewitt: Nope.Nicholas Collini: Then take my advice: don't buy a trailer. The residence of Tacy's aunt and uncle (where the porch and rosebush are destroyed by the trailer) is the Meet Me in St. Louis John Truett house on the MGM Backlot, next door to the Smith Family house. Were not call us between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or youre not going to get a film permit. . Closed captioning. According to the SatRev review, M-G-M entered into cross-promotional arrangements with several of the manufacturers whose products were featured in the film, including the New Moon Trailer Company, the Mercury car company and Youngstown, which made kitchens for mobile homes. Gladiator (2000) The American Film Institute is grateful to Sir Paul Getty KBE and the Sir Paul Getty KBE Estate for their dedication to the art of the moving image and their support for the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and without whose support AFI would not have been able to achieve this historical landmark in this epic scholarly endeavor. After a dozen Swedish films, Hasso moved to Hollywood in 1940 where her first screen appearance was an uncredited role in Journey for Margaret (1942). she accidentally slips in a "Ricky". The original recording, however, was thought to be lost forever, until recently resurrected from the MGM vaults and compiled onto a love songs CD by Rhino Music. Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. Overview; Details "I Love Lucy" co-stars and real-life husband-and-wife team Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz star in this hilarious adaptation of Clinton Twiss's novel, following the high jinks of a newlywed couple who spend their honeymoon in a trailer. Most of the activity stems from commercial shoots and TV shows, primarily CSI: Miami and Showtimes Dexter, which also is set in Miami. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Starring: Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Marjorie Main, Desi Arnaz, Visible crew/equipment: When the long, long trailer drives by, on its way up the steep, steep mountain, you can easily seen a camera man reflected in the trailer. Loew's Inc. Country United States Location Yosemite National Park, California, United States Screenplay Information Based on the novel The Long, Long Trailer by Clinton Twiss (New York, 1951). Nick describes how the trailer came to blight his life: Two months earlier, in Los Angeles, Nick laughs uproariously when his fiance Tacy proposes buying a trailer, but she tearfully insists that a trailer would be the only way for them to have their own home while Nick travels on business. Technical Specs Duration 1h 36m Sound Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color Color (Anscocolor) Film Length 8,612ft (12 reels) On-location filming in Long Beach has jumped more than 300% in the last decade, generating 440 film permits and 671 production days in 2010, compared with 405 permits and 661 production days in 2009, according to the city of Long Beachs special events and filming bureau. She was married in 1936 and adopted the last name of her husband, cinematographer and later director Harry Hasso. Regal Cohen served in the Marine Corps (several articles incorrectly say the Army) before becoming a publicist at Columbia Pictures. (00:40:22) Continuity mistake: In the part where Tacy and Nicky have just had their big fight and Tacy is sleeping on the couch; you hear all of the train and gun sounds . Tacy also hopes to haul the trailer themselves to Nicky's new place of work in Colorado, as part of their honeymoon trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. When he returns the next morning, as Stacy is supposedly getting rid of all the rocks, jams, etc., he is wearing a blue jacket. As they travel across the United States, everything that can go wrong does go hysterically wrong for the first couple of comedy as they try to celebrate their honeymoon . Nicholas Carlos Collini: It's a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone! 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In Vincente Minnelli: Films of the early 1950s: Father of the Bride, An American in Paris, and The Bad and the Beautiful The Long, Long Trailer (1954) was a descent from the artistic height of The Band Wagon, but it became one of Minnelli's biggest commercial successes. Like most producers, his name wasn't generally known outside the industry or the realms of film buffs but most people never forget the titles of his films: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) and the not-quite-immortal Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952). Director Vincente Minnelli Writers See production, box office & company info, The Ed Sullivan Show: MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute. The film is scheduled for a DVD release with a Cohen commentary from VCI Entertainment.) All that changed when Billy Wilder cast him in the key role as Jack Lemmon's bemused but caring neighbor, Dr. Dreyfuss in The Apartment (1960). Emory Parnell has a small, uncredited role as a policeman. Before the opening cast and >>, The following dedication appears in the opening credits: For nearly forty years this story has given faithful service to the Young in Heart; and Time has been powerless to >>, The films title card is preceded by the statement: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Afterward, a prologue reads: It is a period of >>. CSI: Miami producers visit south Florida twice a year to shoot aerial video of Miami and environs that are seen in the show, but virtually all exterior scenes are filmed in Long Beach. According to Feb 1954 news items, the couple received a $250,000 fee for appearing in the film. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were two of the world's most famous celebrities in the 1950s, having parlayed their respective talents in movies and music into the groundbreaking TV sitcom, I Love Lucy. During the 1952-53 season, Lucy's second pregnancy and the birth of their son Desi, Jr., had been incorporated into the storyline. The closing credits thank the National Park Service for permission to film in Yosemite National Park. At the time The Long, Long Trailer was made, the husband-and-wife team of Lucille Ball and Arnaz were the producers and stars of the country's most popular television comedy, I Love Lucy (CBS, 1951-57). But as Hasso continued to act on the stage and TV, her film work began to taper off. (One TCM writer remembers Horrors of the Black Museum turning up in a small Alabama town in the early 70s, over a decade after its initial release. She was best-known for starring in A Double Life (1947) but played numerous Europeans in films during the 1940s. At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". According to the biography, Arnaz won the bet, and he and Ball ended up with a total salary of $300,000. On a rainy night, Nicholas Carlos Collini arrives at the Laramie Trailer Park in Colorado and pounds on the door of his trailer before noticing the "for sale" sign. Cohen was a Detroit native, born August 27, 1927. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! (The original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series is still made at Universal Studios, and CSI: New York films at CBS Studios in Studio City). The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and features first-class slapstick as well as fine characterizations and location photography. In the part where Tacy and Nicky have just had their big fight and Tacy is sleeping on the couch; you hear all of the train and gun sounds and Tacy jumps up to run to the bedroom shouting, "Nicky! Kruschen's early career is peppered with a variety of roles like a comical gangster in both Abbott & Costello Go to Mars (1953) and Money from Home (1953) starring Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin; a hard-nosed police detective in Confidence Girl (1952) and Julie (1956), an underrated Doris Day thriller; or doomed victims to alien prey in Sci-fi cult classics: the 1953 version of War of the Worlds (fans remember him as Salvatore, one of the first earthlings to be killed by the invading Martians) and The Angry Red Planet (1959). We wont be able to verify your ticket today, but its great to know for the future. Critics may have grumbled that "Tacy" and "Nicky" were just Lucy and Ricky on wheels, but they had to admit that nobody was better at slapstick farce than Ball, and nobody played exasperated hubby better than Arnaz. The end credits include a statement thanking the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for permission to photograph scenes there. Continuity mistake: After Tacy and Nicky have gone to Tacy's family with the long, long trailer, Nicky tries to park the thing in the family's driveway, breaking things and knocking things over. Nicky! They later make up, and Tacy proposes that she simplify their life by starting to prepare their dinner before they stop for the night. Tewitt encourages him to apologize, but Nick stubbornly blames Tacy for everything. Tacy is then dazzled by an enormous, very expensive trailer and persuades Nick to buy it. They attend a trailer show and look at the Bungalette, which turns out to be disappointingly small. The Long, Long Trailer (1954) Classic Hollywood Old Hollywood Hollywood Couples Hollywood Stars Divas Lucille Ball in the movie The Long, Long Trailer. Nick and Tacy return to the open highway, and soon come to enjoy domestic life in their trailer. Archerd, Armand, "Contrite Studio Welcomes Lucy And Desi Back With Full 'Red Carpet' Treatment", Last edited on 15 February 2023, at 13:51, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Long,_Long_Trailer&oldid=1139505026, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 13:51. Cast: Lucille Ball (Tacy Collini), Desi Arnaz (Nicholas Carlos Collini), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Hittaway), Keenan Wynn (Policeman), Gladys Hurlbut (Mrs. Bolton), Moroni Olsen (Mr. Tewitt), Bert Freed (Foreman), Madge Blake (Aunt Anastacia). Opened in 1993, the film office is run with four staff members, headed by Day, who doubles as the citys coordinator of special events, such as the annual Grand Prix street race. "The Long, Long Trailer" was released on VHS in 1982, and again in 1990 by MGM/UA Home Video and Turner Entertainment. Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. He was justly rewarded with an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. In 1972, the king of Sweden decorated Hasso for her work. Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno Although some news items reported that this film would mark Ball and Arnaz's first screen appearance together, they both had appeared in the 1940 RKO film Too Many Girls (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1931-40). Thoraxe474 7 yr. ago. Ad Choices. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. 6 mistakes. Last year, for example, producers of the third Transformers movie -- which hasnt been released yet -- used Long Beach as stand-in for a suburb in Washington, D.C. Cohen didn't hestitate to turn out I Was a Teenage Frankenstein and Blood of Dracula by Thanksgiving of that same year and before long had made several films that continued to earn money for years to come. on what happens to be their wedding night. Like most producers, his name wasn't generally known outside the industry or the realms of film buffs but most people never forget the titles of his films: I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) and the not-quite-immortal Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952). In the second Transformers installment, Long Beach doubled as Shanghai. The scene was for the 19th episode of the current season of CSI: Miami, the long-running CBS series starring David Caruso that has made Long Beach its home even though its some 2,300 miles from South Florida. Actress Signe Hasso died June 7th at the age of 91. When Tacy returns to the park, Nick goes to see her, but she greets him coolly. Nicky!" Back in the rainy trailer park, Nick tells Tewitt that after he and Tacy drove down the mountain without speaking, he unhooked the car and drove away. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. Kruschen would later find fame toward the end of his career when he was cast as Papa Papadapolis in the hit sitcom Webster (1985-1987) and would show pleasant variations of the "kindly old codger" throughout the remainder of his career - like his final role in the romantic comedy 'Til There Was You (1997). Limited Time Offer. According to a modern source, Desi Arnaz sought the film rights to the novel The Long, Long Trailer in May 1952, but was outbid by M-G-M. A 22 Jan 1953 item in HR's "Rambling Reporter" column reported that M-G-M was talking with William Holden about a role in the film. Kruschen was born on March 20, 1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. By 1951 he was working as a producer's assistant on low-budget independent films, mostly for Realart Pictures run by another Detroit native Jack Broder. Coming Soon. The story is also predictable, but it's cool to see a movie with Lucy and Ricky. 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