He starts to drive away, but Tacy runs after him, and the couple blurt out their apologies before returning to their trailer. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. A title card then appears, reading "November 25, 1975, Philadelphia." Filming Location Matching "Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) View Mode: Compact | Detailed 1-50 of 387 titles. By creating an account, you agree to the 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. 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. However it was her portrayal of Ronald Colman's wife in the Oscar-favorite A Double Life that solidified her fame. She's gonna be right as rain in the morning. American Film Institute 2021 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027-1657. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, 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. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and features first-class slapstick as well as fine characterizations and location photography. Interior scenes are shot at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach. The Long, Long Trailer (1953) Comedy, Romance, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and Marjorie Main.mp4 Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. 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. 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. The Collinis nervously begin the hair-raising ride up the steep, narrow mountain road. Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDeSubscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUnLike us on FACEB. 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). Hasso was born on August 15, 1910 in Stockholm, Sweden and began acting on stage at the age of 13. and impending doom that runs throughout the film. But I insisted these were different parts, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz could make the picture hilarious." He was the definitive, "I can't quite remember the name, but I remember the face" character player who enlivened many films with his robust frame, cherubic face and infectious smile. When he returns the next morning, as Stacy is supposedly getting rid of all the rocks, jams, etc., he is wearing a blue jacket. Ten years later made her first film appearance as Signe Larsson. He may have not been a household name, yet his career consisted of over seventy-five films, spanned over six decades, and displayed a strong versatility in playing either dramatic or comic roles with equal effectiveness. They attend a trailer show and look at the Bungalette, which turns out to be disappointingly small. From this point on, Kruschen was seldom out of work, appearing in over 40 films (including a terrific dramatic turn in the original Cape Fear (1962) as Dave Grafton, a corrupt southern bigot) and nearly 60 guest roles on television for the next two decades. Richard Verrier is investigations editor for Arts and Entertainment at the Los Angeles Times. Coming Soon, Regal Produced by CBS and Jerry Bruckheimer Productions, the show has a crew of 170 and an estimated budget of at least $3.5 million per episode. The birth of "Little Ricky" episode in January had racked up an astonishing Nielsen rating of 71.7 percent, and garnered as much news coverage as the inauguration of President Eisenhower. One of the key producers of B-movies, Herman Cohen, died June 2nd at the age of 76. The more powerful Lincoln (which is equipped with a 205 HP OHV Y-block V8 engine) was needed to pull the heavy New Moon trailer up and over the steep grades of the Sierra Nevada where the scenes were filmed. The following day, Nick tells Tacy he has received a cash offer for the trailer, but she refuses to consider selling it. According to February 1954 news items, the couple received a $250,000 fee for appearing in the film. 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). 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. The Long, Long Trailer features a short, classy score by British composer Adolph Deutsch based on the pre-existing song, "Breezin' Along With the Breeze," which Lucy and Desi sing during a happy moment. Long, Long Trailer, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) In The Wild-erness, Feb (The original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series is still made at Universal Studios, and CSI: New York films at CBS Studios in Studio City). Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback. Contact me | Privacy policy | Join the mailing list | Links. 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. Nicky! Cohen served in the Marine Corps (several articles incorrectly say the Army) before becoming a publicist at Columbia Pictures. We can be just about anywhere in the world., Im surprised that after nine seasons we havent tapped out on it, Tardino said of Long Beach. They have been joined by NCIS: Los Angeles, Medium, Criminal Minds and Foxs Glee, which features scenes at Cabrillo High School even though the musical comedy is set in Lima, Ohio. After stints at the St. Petersburg Times and the Orlando Sentinel in Florida, Verrier joined the paper as a reporter, and for many years covered all aspects of the entertainment industry before turning to editing. But as Hasso continued to act on the stage and TV, her film work began to taper off. "Breezin' Along with the Breeze," music and lyrics by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard A. Whiting. Ricky! The Long, Long Trailer was a delightful road picture in which Lucy and Desi (in variations on their television characters) star as a newlywed couple who try to live out of a trailerwith disastrous results. It was released on DVD in 2006, this time by Warner Home Video[6] in Region 1 coding for the U.S. and Canada. Los Angeles opening: 17 Feb 1954; New York opening: 18 Feb 1954. Tewitt encourages him to apologize, but Nick stubbornly blames Tacy for everything. The closing credits thank the National Park Service for permission to film in Yosemite National Park. A July 16, 1953 "Rambling Reporter" column in Hollywood Reporter claimed that Ball and Arnaz requested that the film prominently display a package of Philip Morris cigarettes-their television sponsor-and chidingly referred to their production company, Desilu, as "Desiloot Productions. The film is scheduled for a DVD release with a Cohen commentary from VCI Entertainment.) SIGNE HASSO, 1910-2002 Nick and Tacy get married and leave on their honeymoon, although Nick finds driving with the forty-foot, three-ton trailer nerve-wracking. Bronislau Kaper scored Forever, Darling during a "fairy tale" period in which he also scored The Swan and The Glass Slipper. Technical Specs Duration 1h 36m Sound Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color Color (Anscocolor) Film Length 8,612ft (12 reels) Long, Long Trailer, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) What Are Trailer-ites Good For? 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. Her final appearance was in a 2001 documentary about Greta Garbo. It was released as a single disc and as a part of a 3-DVD set featuring two other Ball/Arnaz movies, Forever, Darling and Too Many Girls. Released in United States February 17, 1991 (Shown at Pacific Film Archive (Idependent Group: The Aesthetics of Plenty) in Berkeley, CA February 17, 1991.). Emory Parnell has a small, uncredited role as a policeman. 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). It stars Lucille Ball as Tacy Bolton. 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. 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. Click on track title (selected tracks only) for Real Audio. Tacy is then dazzled by an enormous, very expensive trailer and persuades Nick to buy it. Copyright Fandango. Filming wrapped on July 12. The couple married in 1940 and divorced in 1960. Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Gladiator (2000) Starring a then-unknown Michael Landon (under personal contract to Cohen who later tore it up so Landon could appear in Bonanza), the film was made for $100,000 but in just a few months grossed over $2 million. The couple was as big at the box office as they were in the Nielsen ratings. Kruschen was soon doing voice characterizations on popular network programs such as Dragnet, The Danny Thomas Show and Sam Spade. Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. The next day, the Collinis go to visit Tacy's relatives. 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. The Long, Long Trailer was shot in six weeks during the summer of 1953, and in spite of the complexity of some of the sequences, Minnelli recalled it as one of the easiest films he ever made. [4], The dangerous mountain highway featured is Whitney Portal Road, which leads up to Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. (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. Technical Specs Duration 1h 36m Sound Mono (Western Electric Sound System) Color Color (Anscocolor) Film Length 8,612ft (12 reels) 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. that turns into something even more shocking. The hairpin turn offers scenic views of the Owens Valley. 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 . The following morning, Tacy convinces Nick to leave the noisy trailer park and set up camp in the woods, but the trailer gets stuck on the enbankment of a deserted logging road and has to be towed out. 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). by: BigUgly188 category: Comedy added: 10 years ago file size: 2.09 GB length: 1:35:55 Coming Soon. By Lang Thompson. 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). And Desi Arnaz as Nicky Collini, her fiance, an engineer . 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. are both uproarious and potentially catastrophic. When Tacy returns to the park, Nick goes to see her, but she greets him coolly. The following afternoon, Tacy attempts to cook dinner while Nicky drives, hoping to have dinner ready once he parks the trailer at their next stop. He is a native of Montreal and a graduate from the University of Toronto and Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. 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). Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live slaphappily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in The Long, Long Trailer, breezily directed by Vincente Minnelli. The film stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. 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. Music: Adolph Deutsch See production, box office & company info, The Ed Sullivan Show: MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute. Side trim gives it away too. 1954 NR 1h 36m DVD Rent this movie. A brief stint at RKO didn't lead to any more promising film parts so Hasso concentrated on her stage career in New York City. Film Editing Edward C. Carfagno Art Director Cedric Gibbons Art Director F. Keogh Gleason Set Decoration Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration Helen Rose Costume Design . In the second Transformers installment, Long Beach doubled as Shanghai. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. The roles offered steady work, but not much critical recognition. THE LONG, LONG TRAILER is in the TCM Comedy set, and ROOM SERVICE can also be found in the Marx Brothers set. She was best-known for starring in A Double Life (1947) but played numerous Europeans in films during the 1940s. But as Nicky and Tacy drive up and down the mountain, everything Tacy has hidden rolls around inside the trailer, causing a big mess. Nicky!" (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! According to the biography, Arnaz won the bet, and he and Ball ended up with a total salary of $300,000. Actress Signe Hasso died June 7th at the age of 91. Though the city doesnt offer any film tax credits, it does offer filmmakers a unique, Zelig-like quality with its ability to portray multiple cities. 2023 Cond Nast. But the aggravations of life with nosy trailer park neighbors and the dangers of piloting an enormous trailer across narrow country roads soon take their toll on the happy couple, putting their young marriage in turmoil. But after turning on an old logging road, the trailer falls on its side into the mud during a rainstorm, which Nicky tries to level. which has the same tickets as our Fandango.com and MovieTickets.com websites. El Dorado Regional Park has even been used as a substitute for the swampy Everglades. Nick and Tacy return to the open highway, and soon come to enjoy domestic life in their trailer. The Collinis nervously begin the hair-raising ride up the steep, narrow mountain road. All rights reserved. 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). During the scenes of Nicky and Tacy pulling their trailer in the mountains, their 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible is replaced with a larger but similar appearing 1953 Lincoln Capri convertible. After bragging about his driving skills, Nick destroys most of the front yard while trying to back the trailer into the driveway, and the couple depart the next day after returning the check Anastacia gave them for their wedding to cover the damages. The couple married in 1940 and divorced in 1960. 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. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and features first-class slapstick as well as fine characterizations and location photography. At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". And Desi Arnaz as Nicky Collini, her fiance. Portions of the film were shot on location in Yosemite National Park, CA. she accidentally slips in a "Ricky". (12 reels), In 1953, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were America's favorite married couple, thanks to the huge success of their television series, I Love Lucy. 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. and the 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). The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. 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. (opening sequence), Red Rock Canyon State Park - Highway 14, Cantil, California, USA. He has been with The Times since 2001 and has run our Company Town since 2016. Closed captioning. 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. The similarities are unbelievable.. [Richard] And although many of the consequences, are comical, there's an undertone of horror. Two different cars are used; a smaller Mercury and a larger more powerful Lincoln in the hill scenes - both convertibles. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 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). The Long, Long Trailer - Behind-the-Scenes Photos, Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Long, Long Trailer (1954). He entered the film business in the smallest possible way, as a 12-year-old janitor, often accepting passes for his family and friends instead of wages. It goes awry, as the trailer moves and rocks, causing the dinner to be ruined and Tacy getting severely bruised. Director Alexander Hall Writer Helen Deutsch Stars Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz James Mason See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video rent/buy from $2.99 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. . The house where the trailer was parked and being chaotically packed with housewares by Tacy's friends appears to be Lucy and Desi's actual home on Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills. The original music orchestration has since been included on a music compilation CD, and the advertising trailer includes a tiny portion of the deleted Marjorie Main scene. 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). Cinemark A lot of the downtown movie scenes are in Dartmouth by the harbor. 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. to different locations across the country. However, Tacy's first attempt to cook an elaborate meal in the trailer while Nick is driving is a messy disaster. 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). 1954, Los Angeles opening: 17 Feb 1954; New York opening: 18 Feb 1954, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, 8,612ft 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. To tow the trailer, the Collinis end up buying a new car and trailer hitch, and the money spent starts to mount up. 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. And they were convinced that people wouldn't pay to see actors they could get at home for free. The film was also released in Region 4 coding for Australia. Ball and Arnaz made one additional film together in 1956, M-G-M's Forever, Darling (see entry above). The Long, Long Trailer Cast & Crew Cast; Crew; Lucille Ball Tacy Bolton-Collini Desi Arnaz Nicholas "Nicky" Collini Marjorie Main Mrs. Hittaway Keenan Wynn Policeman Gladys Hurlbut . Cinemark Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. A 16 Jul 1953 "Rambling Reporter" column in HR claimed that Ball and Arnaz requested that the film prominently display a package of Philip Morris cigarettes--their television sponsor--and chidingly referred to their production company, Desilu, as "Desiloot Productions.". By making them honeymooners, and making the husband Latin and the wife wacky, the script was perfect for the king and queen of television. 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. 6 mistakes. Afterwards, Nicky decides to take an offer on the trailer, hoping he and Tacy can move into an actual house. 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. According to MGM records the film earned $3,978,000 in the US and Canada and $1,007,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $3,550,000.[1]. The whole film covers up the comedic genre. Shortly after arriving at the trailer show, Tacy and Nicky come across a large trailer home, which Tacy instantly falls in love with.
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