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! 1954, Los Angeles opening: 17 Feb 1954; New York opening: 18 Feb 1954, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, 8,612ft Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". 2019 AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE. Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations Edit Mel's Drive-in - 140 South Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, California, USA (demolished) 22 of 22 found this interesting KRE-AM Transmitter Site, Berkeley, California, USA (Wolfman Jack's station) 17 of 17 found this interesting Concord, California, USA (airport) 11 of 11 found this interesting The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, working from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich. 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. The closing credits thank the National Park Service for permission to film in Yosemite National Park. on what happens to be their wedding night. In the 1980s Cohen ran a company, Cobra Media, that distributed some films and licensed material such as Teenage Werewolf to Landon for use in one of his Highway to Heaven episodes. 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. Yosemite National Park California United States. Just confirm how you got your ticket. Cohen was a Detroit native, born August 27, 1927. Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. She was best-known for starring in A Double Life (1947) but played numerous Europeans in films during the 1940s. As a bonus, this CD includes the 45rpm single Desi Arnaz recorded with his orchestra of "Forever, Darling" (backed by "The Straw Hat Song") and released on MGM Records. she accidentally slips in a "Ricky". The similarities are unbelievable.. Originally shot on Ansco Color film stock (a relatively unpopular format that was a favorite of director Vincente Minnelli for its speed and color reproduction), The Long, Long Trailer is chock full of picturesque locations including California's Pines to Palms Scenic Byway and Yosemite National Park. Almost all of the monaural score is included (some minor cues had to be omitted due to deterioration), including outtakes. As they approach their final destination in Colorado, Nick tells Tacy they must lighten their load before tackling the 8,000-foot ascent. Liner notes are by Lukas Kendall. 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. The trailer used in the film is the 1953 36-foot Redman New Moon model, which sold for US$5,345 (equivalent to $54,135 in 2021). Nicky! Thoraxe474 7 yr. ago. However, Tacy's first attempt to cook an elaborate meal in the trailer while Nick is driving is a messy disaster. Later, there is a view of a full-flowing Yosemite Falls. 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. Cohen served in the Marine Corps (several articles incorrectly say the Army) before becoming a publicist at Columbia Pictures. TV's greatest comedy duo, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, star in this madcap comedy about a research chemist whose dedicated pursuit of a new pesticide wreaks havoc on his marriage. presses against the demands of the community. Riding high on the popularity of "I Love Lucy," this film is essentially Lucy and Ricky on the road, "disguised" as Nicki and Tacy. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. Closed captioning. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. 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). Vincente Minnelli's The Long, Long Trailer (1954), is an interesting oddity. But Tacy is still determined to keep the trailer, and refuses to sell it. So her shout sounds like this: "Nicky! The Long, Long Trailer. The two finally forgive each other, and tearfully reconcile. No soundtrack albums were released to these films, despite fine orchestral scores and vocal contributions by the stars. The film is referenced in the They Might Be Giants song "Everything Right Is Wrong Again" which contains the lyrics "Everything right is wrong again / Just like in The Long, Long Trailer / All the dishes got broken / The car kept driving / And nobody would stop to save her". 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). In the film, Desi and Lucy buy a new 1953 Mercury to pull the long, long trailer, but during the hill-climbing scene it is the larger '53 Lincoln doing the pulling of the trailer up the steep grades. 1954 NR 1h 36m DVD Rent this movie. 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. 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. Her final appearance was in a 2001 documentary about Greta Garbo. Hasso was born on August 15, 1910 in Stockholm, Sweden and began acting on stage at the age of 13. I think that Minnelli perfectly captured the enthusiasm of "America in the Road" during the 1950s with its fascination for travel. 19, Emory Parnell has a small, uncredited role as a policeman. 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. They attend a trailer show and look at the Bungalette, which turns out to be disappointingly small. But I insisted these were different parts, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz could make the picture hilarious." 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.". Cohen also made several films in England including The Headless Ghost (1959) and the cult favorite Konga (1961) where Cohen even paid RKO $25,000 for the rights to use the title King Kong in publicity for his own film. 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. 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. [4], The dangerous mountain highway featured is Whitney Portal Road, which leads up to Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. 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. In the park manager's office, Nick meets Mr. Tewitt, who is thinking of buying a trailer. Long, Long Trailer, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) In The Wild-erness, Feb Arnaz won the bet. Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno 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 son of a watchmaker who later set up shop in Hollywood, he was performing in an operetta at Hollywood high school when a talent scout for CBS radio discovered him. Eventually, her film career became more active, thanks to a quick succession of roles, most notably in Fred Zinnemann's The Seventh Cross (1944), Douglas Sirk's A Scandal in Paris (1946) and Henry Hathaway's The House on 92nd Street (1945). At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". Now don't you worry about your little wife. Editor: Ferris Webster A title card then appears, reading "November 25, 1975, Philadelphia." According to Fox40, the filming of Selena: The Series brought around 600 jobs to Tijuana, ranging from production assistants to catering.. Netflix Selena was actually from Texas. The following acknowledgment appears in the end credits: "We are deeply grateful to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for permission to photograph scenes in Yosemite National Park". Despite the Netflix series filming in Tijuana in Baja California, Selena Quintanilla was actually born in the small Texas town of Lake Jackson in Brazoria County to an American Mexican father and a mother with . Music Composed and Conducted by Adolph Deutsch, Theme Melody: "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard A. Whiting, Music Composed by Bronislau Kaper, Conducted by Johnny Green, Song: "Forever, Darling" Music by Bronislau Kaper, Lyrics by Sammy Cahn, *Sung by The Ames Brothers -- Ed, Vic, Gene and Joe. And guess what? Nicky!" According to the Saturday Review (of Literature) 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. When people are filming here, they usually are not filming Long Beach as Long Beach, Day said. 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. Cohen served in the Marine Corps (several articles incorrectly say the Army) before becoming a publicist at Columbia Pictures. We make it really easy for you to film here, said the citys film commissioner, Tasha Day, whose office is lined with posters from movies that have filmed in Long Beach, including Anchorman and Get Smart. We answer our phones 24 hours a day. Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. Afterwards, Nicky decides to take an offer on the trailer, hoping he and Tacy can move into an actual house. and this clip is from The Long, Long Trailer. [6] Though mostly filmed at Desilu Studios in Culver City, California, some scenes were filmed on location in Yosemite National Park. But MGM executives wanted no part of it. Ricky! 7 biggest mistakes in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, The 20 biggest mistakes in The Wizard of Oz, 40 biggest mistakes in The Big Bang Theory, 6 Cool things you've never noticed in movies, The biggest mistakes in the Harry Potter movies, 25 mistakes you never noticed in great movies, 7 mistakes in Beetlejuice you never spotted. The Long, Long Trailer (1953) Comedy, Romance, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz and Marjorie Main.mp4 Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Two years later, Desi Arnaz produced Forever, Darling through "Zanra Productions" (Arnaz spelled backwards), distributed by M-G-M. Lucy and Desi star as a couple whose marriage flouders and is saved by a guardian angel played by James Mason. In one shot rounding a curve, the distinctly different grill of the Lincoln can be seen clearly. by: BigUgly188 category: Comedy added: 10 years ago file size: 2.09 GB length: 1:35:55 The Long, Long Trailer (1954) Classic Hollywood Old Hollywood Hollywood Couples Hollywood Stars Divas Lucille Ball in the movie The Long, Long Trailer. 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. 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). 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). It goes awry, as the trailer moves and rocks, causing the dinner to be ruined and Tacy getting severely bruised. Nick and Tacy get married and leave on their honeymoon, although Nick finds driving with the forty-foot, three-ton trailer nerve-wracking. Soon Cohen was producing his own movies, including Westerns and mysteries, until hitting big with the famous I Was a Teenage Werewolf. A lot of the downtown movie scenes are in Dartmouth by the harbor. Filming wrapped on July 12. During the 1952-53 season, Lucy's second pregnancy and the birth of their son Desi, Jr., had been incorporated into the storyline. Shown at Pacific Film Archive (Idependent Group: The Aesthetics of Plenty) in Berkeley, CA February 17, 1991. Filming commenced in mid-June 1955, while Ball and Arnaz were on hiatus from filming I Love Lucy. The new car used to tow the trailer is a 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with a 125 HP flathead V8 engine. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer. 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. 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 . (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. Side trim gives it away too. With his gift for dialects (he was most adept at playing ethnic types like Greeks, Yiddish or Italians - a skill finely honed in his radio days), Kruschen was a natural for the movies and soon made his film debut with a small role in the Betty Hutton comedy Red, Hot and Blue (1949). 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. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. 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. In the scene where the trailer falls off the jack in the rainstorm, Lucille Ball (as Tacy) calls "Ricky" instead of his character's name "Nicky". Buy one participating product from Delsym and get a $6 Vudu promo code. When Tacy returns to the park, Nick goes to see her, but she greets him coolly. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. 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. 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. (road scenes), Stage 12, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA Thanks to IMDb, I never realized Vincente Minnelli directed this 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). As a huge "I Love Lucy" fan, I found that this movie didn't live up to their chemistry in the show. 2. By Michael T. Toole, SIGNE HASSO, 1910-2002 But Tacy feels they are throwing away precious memories of their honeymoon, and decides to keep them hidden, so Nicky won't find them. Nick and Tacy get married and leave on their honeymoon, although Nick finds driving with the forty-foot, three-ton trailer nerve-wracking. The very long trailer used in the film was a 36-foot Redman New Moon model which could barely be turned around the sharp mountain curves featured in the movie. 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. After barely surviving their perilous trip, Nick discovers the rocks in the trailer and begins hurling them over the side of the mountain, despite Tacy's screams of protest. But I insisted these were different parts, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz could make the picture hilarious." 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. Its Miami of the West, said Don Tardino, producer of the TV series, a spin-off of the original hit show about a south Florida team of forensic investigators. The end credits include a statement thanking the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for permission to photograph scenes there. 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). are both uproarious and potentially catastrophic. and this clip is from The Long, Long Trailer. 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 English audio Unrated CC Buy or rent Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz live slaphappily ever after as newlyweds honeymooning in The Long, Long Trailer, breezily directed by. Long, Long Trailer, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) What Are Trailer-ites Good For? When Nicky is taking a shower in the trailer, on two different occasions you can see the beige colored towel that is wrapped around his waist. 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 was justly rewarded with an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. For whatever reason, bringing together a beloved American actress who had been working in film since 1933, and a Cuban-born band leader in some sort of early rom-com actually seemed to work. 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). His death in April this year may have gone largely unnoticed by the movie-going public, but for those of us who treasure the art of the character player, Kruschen's passing was a loss that is fortunately compensated by his strong body of work that will be enjoyed for fans of the late show for many years to come. By Lang Thompson, - Ten years later made her first film appearance as Signe Larsson. 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. Music: Adolph Deutsch 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]. In 1972, the king of Sweden decorated Hasso for her work. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. 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. Late that night, the neighbors finally leave, and the overbearing Mrs. Hittaway tells Nick she has given his wife a sleeping pill. To tow the trailer, the Collinis end up buying a new car and trailer hitch, and the money spent starts to mount up.