Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. Preview version ran 103 minutes, and included different orchestration to the song "Breezin' Along With the Breeze," as well as an additional scene with Marjorie Main. 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Nick urges Tewitt to avoid such a purchase for the sake of his marriage, adding that he has been searching for his own wife for the past three days. The Long, Long Trailer 1954 Approved 1 h 36 m IMDb RATING 6.9 /10 5.1K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 3:08 1 Video 16 Photos Comedy Romance Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. She appeared in high-profile thrillers like Crisis (1950), several made-for-TV movies, a few European productions and even the cult murder mystery, Bert Gordon's Picture Mommy Dead (1966). They attend a trailer show and look at the Bungalette, which turns out to be disappointingly small. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Before and after photos from space show storms effect on California reservoirs, 19 cafes that make L.A. a world-class coffee destination, Before and after photos from space show epic snow blanketing SoCal mountains, Shocking, impossible gas bills push restaurants to the brink of closures. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, working from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. His name was Jack Kruschen, a superb performer who died on April 2, 2002 at the age of 80, leaving behind a strong body of work that was impressive as any character actor of his generation. Tacy is then dazzled by an enormous, very expensive trailer and persuades Nick to buy it. Ball was coy at first, telling interviewers she didn't care if she ever made another movie, but adding that she might make one during the summer hiatus, "just to see how I look in Technicolor. 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. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. 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. Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. It stars Lucille Ball as Tacy Bolton. The Long, Long Trailer Photos View All Photos Movie Info Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) has to travel for his job as an engineer -- so his fiance, Tacy (Lucille Ball), suggests that rather. The trailer, a 1953 New Moon, used in the film is 32 feet in length and weighed more than 3 tons total. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live slaphappily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in The Long, Long Trailer, breezily directed by Vincente Minnelli. 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 January 22, 1953 item in Hollywood Reporter's "Rambling Reporter" column reported that M-G-M was talking with William Holden about a role in the film. (opening sequence), Red Rock Canyon State Park - Highway 14, Cantil, California, USA. A 1953, romantic comedy. Gladiator (2000) With the world their oyster, Lucy and Desi returned to the big screen (where success had somewhat eluded Lucy) with two romantic comedies: The Long, Long Trailer (1954) and Forever, Darling (1956), featuring charming scores by Adolph Deutsch and Bronislau Kaper, respectively. According to February 1954 news items, the couple received a $250,000 fee for appearing in the film. This CD will be a delight for Desi and Lucy fans, as well as Golden Age aficionados who rarely get a chance to hear this kind of suave comedy scoring. The following day, Nick tells Tacy he has received a cash offer for the trailer, but she refuses to consider selling it. In the original cut of the film, the "Breezin' Along with Breeze" musical number had an entirely different backing track orchestration. they had no idea how much could go wrong. It was released on DVD in 2006, this time by Warner Home Video[6] in Region 1 coding for the U.S. and Canada. He provided the irresistibly catchy title song (with lyrics by Sammy Cahn), sung in the film by The Ames Brothers as well as by Desi Arnaz, and magical, impressionistic scoring for the angel's appearances. The CSI: Miami production crew can often be found filming on the beaches, around the Aquarium of the Pacific, the Long Beach Performing Arts Center and in the upscale Naples community, with its multimillion-dollar waterfront homes. American Film Institute 2021 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027-1657. Nicky!" The newlyweds then head off to visit Tacy's aunt Anastacia, and Tacy's huge family is waiting to greet them and have a look at the trailer. [4], The dangerous mountain highway featured is Whitney Portal Road, which leads up to Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Portions of the film were shot on location in Yosemite National Park, CA. Emory Parnell has a small, uncredited role as a policeman. A modern biography of Ball stated that Arnaz and his production executive, Martin Leeds, bet Loews executive Benjamin Thau $50,000 that The Long, Long Trailer would outgross M-G-M's 1950 hit Father of the Bride (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-50). which has the same tickets as our Fandango.com and MovieTickets.com websites. Nicholas Carlos Collini: It's a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone! Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! on what happens to be their wedding night. And guess what? By Lang Thompson. and impending doom that runs throughout the film. Continuity mistake: Two different cars are used; a smaller Mercury and a larger more powerful Lincoln in the hill scenes - both convertibles. Arnaz, who had met Ball when both appeared in RKO's Too Many Girls (1940), had an even spottier movie career - there weren't many roles for Cuban conga players. Thanks to its ability to stand in for Miami and other locales -- palm trees, clean beaches, cruise ships and waterfront McMansions -- Long Beach has emerged as one of the busiest hubs for on-location filming in Los Angeles County. 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. His name was Jack Kruschen, a superb performer who died on April 2, 2002 at the age of 80, leaving behind a strong body of work that was impressive as any character actor of his generation. The salesman recommends that they have the trailer professionally moved to Colorado, where a job awaits Nick, but Tacy insists that pulling it themselves would be much more fun. 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. Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. Later, there is a view of a full-flowing Yosemite Falls. You can unsubscribe at any time. 2019 AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE. Although most of the activity comes from television, several movies also have filmed in Long Beach in recent years, including Fast & Furious, Star Trek (which used City Hall as the Starfleet command center), Iron Man (it staged a massive car explosion on Shoreline Drive) and two Transformers movies. In the park manager's office, Nick meets Mr. Tewitt, who is thinking of buying a trailer. Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, 10 Black Women Filmmakers Who Have Shaped the Cinema Landscape of the 21st Century, 10 LGBTQIA+ Women Who Became Trailblazers in Entertainment. 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). We always seem to have something interesting to shoot., Porn studio among top ten busiest film sites, LAUSD puts celebrity chef Jamie Oliver on no-film diet, Iowa film tax credit program racked by scandal, New Mexico Gov. 2023 Turner Classic Movies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. The closing credits thank the National Park Service for permission to film in Yosemite National Park. All rights reserved. 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. Nick and Tacy get married and leave on their honeymoon, although Nick finds driving with the forty-foot, three-ton trailer nerve-wracking. The film is scheduled for a DVD release with a Cohen commentary from VCI Entertainment.) One of the key producers of B-movies, Herman Cohen, died June 2nd at the age of 76. She was married in 1936 and adopted the last name of her husband, cinematographer and later director Harry Hasso. Los Angeles opening: 17 Feb 1954; New York opening: 18 Feb 1954. Now don't you worry about your little wife. and this clip is from The Long, Long Trailer. 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). There is one memorable scene where the car and trailer emerge from a tunnel to a view of Yosemite Valley, complete with a panorama of El Capitan, Half Dome, and Bridalveil Fall as the stars sing a duet. 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