The stage curtains open ...
"Oh, I didn't mean we'd ever think of buying it! (laughs) I know we could never do that. But, as long as we're here, let's just look inside. Come on, darling."
"The Long, Long Trailer" (1954) features the husband/wife team of Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball from the very popular television show, "I Love Lucy". It gave adoring fans a chance to finally see them in color instead of black & white. It was actually the 2nd film feature that they appeared in together with "Too Many Girls" (1940) being the first. They both credited that movie as where they met and fell in love. This movie is the first to feature them as a married couple onscreen as well as in real life - and what a fun movie it is!
Newlyweds Nicky and Tacy Collini have decided to take the plunge and purchase a 40 foot / 3 ton mammoth of a travel trailer since Nicky travels a lot for his job. Tacy convinces him that it would be so much more convenient to just pick up roots after each job and move the trailer to the new location, so that they can always be together. She fantasizes about making a nice home for him in their trailer while he frets and worries about the chore of moving it all over the countryside. With each new predicament that owning such a long, long trailer poses, their young marriage is tested to its limits. Would this be enough to derail them, or would they endure this new adventure?
I saw this for the first time way back when I was just a kid. My Mom had grown up watching the original "I Love Lucy" episdoes and was the biggest Lucille Ball fan ... like ever. When this movie was first released on VHS in 1982, my Mom and Dad were among the first in line to rent it, and after fiddling with the color, tint and bright controls for about 20 minutes (it has to be perfect, you know!), they finally settled back and I got to see if for the first time. It was such a good movie, even at that young age. And through the years, I've always enjoyed watching it again from time to time. It showcases everything one would come to expect with new owners of a trailer such as this.
It is one of a few Lucille Ball movies I remember really liking from my youth, and I have a copy of it here in my own collection. I would highly recommend it at a strong 8 stars out of 10. Not only do the laughs come from the trailer scenes, but also from their reactions to each other as a newlywed couple just starting out in life. Despite the fashions and economy of the time, "The Long, Long Trailer" has actually aged pretty well. It is stil viable, still funny, and very entertaining.
"Oh, I didn't mean we'd ever think of buying it! (laughs) I know we could never do that. But, as long as we're here, let's just look inside. Come on, darling."
"The Long, Long Trailer" (1954) features the husband/wife team of Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball from the very popular television show, "I Love Lucy". It gave adoring fans a chance to finally see them in color instead of black & white. It was actually the 2nd film feature that they appeared in together with "Too Many Girls" (1940) being the first. They both credited that movie as where they met and fell in love. This movie is the first to feature them as a married couple onscreen as well as in real life - and what a fun movie it is!
Newlyweds Nicky and Tacy Collini have decided to take the plunge and purchase a 40 foot / 3 ton mammoth of a travel trailer since Nicky travels a lot for his job. Tacy convinces him that it would be so much more convenient to just pick up roots after each job and move the trailer to the new location, so that they can always be together. She fantasizes about making a nice home for him in their trailer while he frets and worries about the chore of moving it all over the countryside. With each new predicament that owning such a long, long trailer poses, their young marriage is tested to its limits. Would this be enough to derail them, or would they endure this new adventure?
I saw this for the first time way back when I was just a kid. My Mom had grown up watching the original "I Love Lucy" episdoes and was the biggest Lucille Ball fan ... like ever. When this movie was first released on VHS in 1982, my Mom and Dad were among the first in line to rent it, and after fiddling with the color, tint and bright controls for about 20 minutes (it has to be perfect, you know!), they finally settled back and I got to see if for the first time. It was such a good movie, even at that young age. And through the years, I've always enjoyed watching it again from time to time. It showcases everything one would come to expect with new owners of a trailer such as this.
It is one of a few Lucille Ball movies I remember really liking from my youth, and I have a copy of it here in my own collection. I would highly recommend it at a strong 8 stars out of 10. Not only do the laughs come from the trailer scenes, but also from their reactions to each other as a newlywed couple just starting out in life. Despite the fashions and economy of the time, "The Long, Long Trailer" has actually aged pretty well. It is stil viable, still funny, and very entertaining.