The Long, Long Trailer

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The Long, Long Trailer
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Written by Clinton Twiss (novel)
Albert Hackett &
Frances Goodrich (screenplay)
Starring Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Marjorie Main
Keenan Wynn
Music by Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography Robert Surtees
Editing by Ferris Webster
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) February 18, 1954
Running time 96 min
Language English
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The Long, Long Trailer is a novel by Clinton Twiss from the 1950s. It is about a couple who buy a new travel trailer home and spend a year traveling across the United States.

The novel was made into a movie in 1954 starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Bert Freed, Moroni Olsen, Gladys Hurlbut, Madge Blake, and Walter Baldwin. It was directed by Vincente Minnelli working from a screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich.

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[edit] Plot

Nicky (Arnaz) and Tacy Collini (Ball) are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels--a trailer. After the two are hitched, they hitch up their trailer and begin their honeymoon. The humor comes from several disastrous adventures the couple has while traveling, including Tacy's awkward attempt to cook dinner in a moving trailer, and a cliffhanging ride through the mountains that nearly destroys their marriage.

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[edit] Trivia

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  • The trailer in the film was a 32-foot (9.8m) 1953 New Moon, which cost $5,345 at the time. The trailer was built at the New Moon Homes trailer factory in Alma, Michigan. The car was a 1953 Mercury Monterey convertible with a 125 HP flathead V8 engine.
  • A young Liza Minnelli had a scene as a guest at the Collini's wedding that was cut from the final version of the movie.
  • This movie is referenced in the song "Everything Right Is Wrong Again" by They Might Be Giants on their debut album: "Everything right is wrong again / Just like in The Long, Long Trailer / All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving / And nobody would stop to save her."

[edit] Continuity Goof

  • 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. The distinct Lincoln grille is clearly evident in a shot as the car rounds a curve. The more powerful Lincoln (which is equipped with a 205 HP 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.

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