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. by Margarita Landazuri, Jack Kruschen (1922-2002) 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. Ricky! Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. 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. American Film Institute 2021 North Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027-1657. 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's gonna be right as rain in the morning. (The original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series is still made at Universal Studios, and CSI: New York films at CBS Studios in Studio City). Ten years later made her first film appearance as Signe Larsson. are both uproarious and potentially catastrophic. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter Tacy is then dazzled by an enormous, very expensive trailer and persuades Nick to buy it. Soon Cohen was producing his own movies, including Westerns and mysteries, until hitting big with the famous I Was a Teenage Werewolf. 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. At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". 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. When the group disappears down the alley, Wolfe chases after his target, who clambers over a metal gate and into an apartment complex in Miamis Little Havana. 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. 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. Kruschen was born on March 20, 1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Now don't you worry about your little wife. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. 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. When people are filming here, they usually are not filming Long Beach as Long Beach, Day said. ", Released in United States February 17, 1991, Released in United States Winter February 1954. Tewitt: Nope.Nicholas Collini: Then take my advice: don't buy a trailer. After having another fight that evening over who was sleeping where for the night, they make up again. Director: Vincente Minnelli In reality, Wolfe, played by Jonathan Togo, was acting out the scene Monday afternoon in downtown Long Beach at the corner of 1st Street and Lime Avenue. At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". Cohen's later movies included a spaghetti Western and Joan Crawford's final acting role Trog (1970). Revealing mistake: 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. 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). Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Seasons 8 and 9 are filmed at Bible Hill Estates in Truro, NS. By Lang Thompson, - on what happens to be their wedding night. 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. Two different cars are used; a smaller Mercury and a larger more powerful Lincoln in the hill scenes - both convertibles. Producer: Pandro S. Berman 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. And they were convinced that people wouldn't pay to see actors they could get at home for free. Regal 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. 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). Just confirm how you got your ticket. Riding high on the popularity of "I Love Lucy," this film is essentially Lucy and Ricky on the road, "disguised" as Nicki and Tacy. No soundtrack albums were released to these films, despite fine orchestral scores and vocal contributions by the stars. 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. He oversees the Company Town coverage while working to guide and edit investigative and enterprise reporting across the entertainment team, collaborating with writers and editors from all departments. According to the biography, Arnaz won the bet, and he and Ball ended up with a total salary of $300,000. 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). Dont worry, it wont take long. Tacy shows Nick a brochure for the fully furnished "Bungalette" model and says a honeymoon in a trailer would be very romantic. 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. Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno And Desi Arnaz as Nicky Collini, her fiance. 2. pirahnacondas 7 yr. ago. But Tacy feels they are throwing away precious memories of their honeymoon, and decides to keep them hidden, so Nicky won't find them. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Coming Soon, Regal But Tacy is still determined to keep the trailer, and refuses to sell it. 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. Thoraxe474 7 yr. ago. All rights reserved. she accidentally slips in a "Ricky". 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. At least, thats what the script says. Nicky! According to February 1954 news items, the couple received a $250,000 fee for appearing in the film. 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. 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! The couple married in 1940 and divorced in 1960. Buy one participating product from Delsym and get a $6 Vudu promo code. 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. A 1953, romantic comedy. 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. Prior to the opening credits, the following written statement appears onscreen: "This >>, The film opens as the name ROCKY pans across the screen, filling the frame. HERMAN COHEN, 1927-2002 Portions of the film were shot on location in Yosemite National Park, CA. The closing credits thank the National Park Service for permission to film in Yosemite National Park. Ball and Arnaz made one additional film together in 1956, M-G-M's Forever, Darling (See Entry). Were not call us between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or youre not going to get a film permit. . 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 Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. To view this content, please use one of the following compatible browsers: Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home. 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). Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, at the height of the their fame in "I Love Lucy," take a big-screen road trip in a car with a Long, Long Trailer. The following day, Nick tells Tacy he has received a cash offer for the trailer, but she refuses to consider selling it. 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). Nicky!" Sonora, California, USA Coming Soon. 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 Collinis nervously begin the hair-raising ride up the steep, narrow mountain road. 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 Tewitt encourages him to apologize, but Nick stubbornly blames Tacy for everything. Shortly after arriving at the trailer show, Tacy and Nicky come across a large trailer home, which Tacy instantly falls in love with. By Michael T. Toole Nick and Tacy get married and leave on their honeymoon, although Nick finds driving with the forty-foot, three-ton trailer nerve-wracking. after the couple's spoiled wedding night. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Kruschen was born on March 20, 1922 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The new car used to tow the trailer is a 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with a 125 HP flathead V8 engine. As they approach their final destination in Colorado, Nick tells Tacy they must lighten their load before tackling the 8,000-foot ascent. All in nova scotia around halifax. Music: Adolph Deutsch The Long, Long Trailer (1954) Filming & Production Showing all 10 items Jump to: Filming Locations (9) Production Dates (1) Filming Locations Edit Sonora, California, USA (road scenes) 10 of 10 found this interesting Treasure Island Mobile Home Park, Laguna Beach, California, USA 10 of 10 found this interesting But I insisted these were different parts, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz could make the picture hilarious." 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). When Nicky leaves the trailer the night before the long haul up the mountain, he is wearing a brown leather jacket. 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. Tacy is then dazzled by an enormous, very expensive trailer and persuades Nick to buy it. Ball and Arnaz made one additional film together in 1956, M-G-M's Forever, Darling (see entry above). The Long, Long Trailer (1954) Classic Hollywood Old Hollywood Hollywood Couples Hollywood Stars Divas Lucille Ball in the movie The Long, Long Trailer. 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. 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. 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