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 Coming Soon. The scene was for the 19th episode of the current season of CSI: Miami, the long-running CBS series starring David Caruso that has made Long Beach its home even though its some 2,300 miles from South Florida. Actress Signe Hasso died June 7th at the age of 91. Filming Location Matching "Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) View Mode: Compact | Detailed 1-50 of 387 titles. It was funny and a cute movie, but in comparison, the show is hard to beat! Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) has to travel for his job as an engineer -- so his fiance, Tacy (Lucille Ball), suggests that rather than buy a house after their wedding, they invest in a motor home so they can see the country together. By Lang Thompson, - Nick and Tacy return to the open highway, and soon come to enjoy domestic life in their trailer. Nicky!". 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. In the park manager's office, Nick meets Mr. Tewitt, who is thinking of buying a trailer. Ad Choices. One day, Tacy insists on doing the driving, which leads to the couple's first big fight. 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. 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. The Long, Long Trailer. 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. 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. The film is scheduled for a DVD release with a Cohen commentary from VCI Entertainment.) The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. It wasn't until they turned to television in 1951 that the couple became superstars on the small screen. Tewitt: Nope.Nicholas Collini: Then take my advice: don't buy a 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). At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". (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. The Collinis nervously begin the hair-raising ride up the steep, narrow mountain road. Shown at Pacific Film Archive (Idependent Group: The Aesthetics of Plenty) in Berkeley, CA February 17, 1991. 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). They quickly find that the interior of a. 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. He starts to drive away, but Tacy runs after him, and the couple blurt out their apologies before returning to their trailer. by Margarita Landazuri, Jack Kruschen (1922-2002) Portions of the film were shot on location in Yosemite National Park, CA. 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. THE LONG, LONG TRAILER is in the TCM Comedy set, and ROOM SERVICE can also be found in the Marx Brothers set. The trailer, a 1953 New Moon, used in the film is 32 feet in length and weighed more than 3 tons total. See production, box office & company info, The Ed Sullivan Show: MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute. 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. Cinemark 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 . Buy a ticket for a chance to win a trip to the Rome, Italy premiere of FAST X. But Tacy feels they are throwing away precious memories of their honeymoon, and decides to keep them hidden, so Nicky won't find them. Nicky! 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. 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. 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. , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Eventually they arrive at the Breeze Bay Trailer Park, but as Nick attempts to carry Tacy over the threshold of their trailer, 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. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. By making them honeymooners, and making the husband Latin and the wife wacky, the script was perfect for the king and queen of television. So her shout sounds like this: "Nicky! 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 title card then appears, reading "November 25, 1975, Philadelphia." She's gonna be right as rain in the morning. However, Tacy's first attempt to cook an elaborate meal in the trailer while Nick is driving is a messy disaster. (opening sequence), Red Rock Canyon State Park - Highway 14, Cantil, California, USA. 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. The Long, Long Trailer - Behind-the-Scenes Photos, Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Long, Long Trailer (1954). 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. Emory Parnell has a small, uncredited role as a policeman. The couple was as big at the box office as they were in the Nielsen ratings. By using this site, you agree to our updated, After the wedding and arriving at their first trailer park, Nicky (Desi Arnaz) and Taci (Lucille Ball) are overwhelmed by natives, led by Mrs. Hittaway (Marjorie Main), in, Cheery despite being stuck in the mud, newlyweds Taci (Lucille Ball) and Nicky (Desi Arnaz) settle in, director Vincente Minnelli managing the angles, in, Long, Long Trailer, The (1954) -- (Movie Clip) The Bungalette, Continuing his comic flashback, Nicky (Desi Arnaz) tells of his visit to the trailer show with bride-to-be Taci (Lucille Ball), early in, Long, Long Trailer, The - (Original Trailer), Life on the road becomes a comic nightmare for a honeymooning couple in an oversized motor home in, Michael Feinstein Intro -- The Long, Long Trailer (1954). [6] 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. Crime-scene investigator Ryan Wolfe peers around the corner of a building, spying on an ex-con and some neighborhood toughs. One day, Tacy insists on doing the driving, which leads to the couple's first big fight. 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). Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. 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. Privacy Policy 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. He was justly rewarded with an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor. But MGM executives wanted no part of it. No soundtrack albums were released to these films, despite fine orchestral scores and vocal contributions by the stars. By Michael T. Toole 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. Nicky!". 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. 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 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". 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). 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. But as Hasso continued to act on the stage and TV, her film work began to taper off. But as Nicky and Tacy drive up and down the mountain, everything Tacy has hidden rolls around inside the trailer, causing a big mess. Terms and Policies Mrs. Hittaway. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. As their marriage deteriorates, Nicky meets up with Tacy as she prepares to sell the trailer and move back home. Kruschen was soon doing voice characterizations on popular network programs such as Dragnet, The Danny Thomas Show and Sam Spade. 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. Afterwards, Nicky decides to take an offer on the trailer, hoping he and Tacy can move into an actual house. Buy one participating product from Delsym and get a $6 Vudu promo code. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Cinemark The couple married in 1940 and divorced in 1960. The Long, Long Trailer is a 1954 American Anscocolor road comedy film based on a novel of the same name written by Clinton Twiss in 1951 about a couple who buy a new travel trailer home and spend a year traveling across the United States.[3]. 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). 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. 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. Stay up-to-date on all the latest Rotten Tomatoes news! The new car used to tow the trailer is a 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with a 125 HP flathead V8 engine. www.delantalesvintage.com Miss Kitty Custom Canvas Prints Original Movie Posters Movie Buff Movie Art Photo Posters French Movie Poster for "The Long, Long Trailer" Vintage Rv Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". 2. pirahnacondas 7 yr. ago. 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). Nick and Tacy return to the open highway, and soon come to enjoy domestic life in their trailer. Filming wrapped on July 12. ", Released in United States February 17, 1991, Released in United States Winter February 1954. Just confirm how you got your ticket. 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. Director: Vincente Minnelli Shortly after arriving at the trailer show, Tacy and Nicky come across a large trailer home, which Tacy instantly falls in love with. 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. 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. As Tacy and Nicky continue traveling, Tacy is determined to make their trailer into a home, collecting fruits and vegetables to can for winter, as well as rocks to decorate their front patio when they arrive at their ultimate destination in Colorado. 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). The whole film covers up the comedic genre. [3] The film stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. 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 a rage, Nicky takes everything Tacy has collected and throws it off the mountain. Were not call us between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or youre not going to get a film permit. . So her shout sounds like this: "Nicky! Nick and Tacy get married and leave on their honeymoon, although Nick finds driving with the forty-foot, three-ton trailer nerve-wracking. 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. At one point, Tacy's uncle yells to Nicky - but he distinctly calls him "Ricky.". Subscribe to CLASSIC TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u43jDeSubscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/sxaw6hSubscribe to COMING SOON: http://bit.ly/H2vZUnLike us on FACEB. 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]. Screen Reader Users: When he returns the next morning, as Stacy is supposedly getting rid of all the rocks, jams, etc., he is wearing a blue jacket. 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). Dont worry, it wont take long. Arnaz made a $25,000 bet with the studio that the movie would make more money than the current highest-grossing comedy at that time (Father of the Bride, starring Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor and also directed by Vincente Minnelli). Tacy later storms off in a huff. They attend a trailer show and look at the Bungalette, which turns out to be disappointingly small. Nicholas Carlos Collini: It's a fine thing when you come home to your home and your home is gone! 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