The Long, Long Trailer

My favorite part of the film is when Nicky is pulling the long, long trailer behind their new car up a narrow mountain pass. The brakes are heating up furiously, and he discovers the reason for it. Tacy has been collecting rocks as souvenirs from all their stopping places, which she had hidden all over the trailer. This scene is classic Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz bantering: he had told her to get rid of the rocks (as the pragmatist), but she would not (as the sentimental). Here is a clear example of subversion of authority, a conflict which creates the tension and the comic relief needed to move the plot (and the trailer) along.

Highly recommended buy: for family viewing; for cult film aficionados; for those in need of some belly laughs!








Beautiful color and picturesqe scenery!   July 5, 2000
9 out of 12 found this review helpful

This is a definate MUST HAVE for any avid Lucille Ball fan. You'll fall in love with the realtionship between Desi Anez's and Lucille Ball's characters. Tacy Collini (Lucille's character) has the crazy scheming mind that Lucy has, but without the slap stick humour. It's a very light hearted story (don't make movies like these anymore) about a women (played via Lucille) whom wants to buy a trailer to travel with her future husband ,(Desi) whom is in show biz, instead of hopping from one hotel to another. It ended up not being as carefree and fun as she at first anticipated. This is a personal fav in my video library. Lucille's and Desi's talent is very prominent in this movie...you can almost feel the love they once had for one another.


The trailer called "Nightmare"   June 26, 2004
Joseph H Pierre (Salem, OR USA)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful

Director: Vincente Minnelli
Format: Color
Studio: Warner Studios

Cast:

Lucille Ball ...
Desi Arnaz ... Nicholas 'Nicky' Collini
Marjorie Main ... Mrs. Hittaway
Keenan Wynn ... Policeman
Gladys Hurlbut ... Mrs. Bolton
Moroni Olsen ... Mr. Tewitt
Bert Freed ... Foreman
Madge Blake ... Aunt Anastacia
Walter Baldwin ... Uncle Edgar
Oliver Blake ... Mr. Sudloy
Perry Sheehan ... Bridesmaid
Edgar Dearing ... Trailer Park Manager
Robert Anderson ... Carl Barrett

Frank Gerstle ... Gas Station Attendant
Charles Herbert ... Little Boy
Donald Kerr ... Flagstone Station Attendant
Jack Kruschen ... Mechanic
Norman Leavitt ... Driver
Alan Lee ... Mr. Elliott
Peter Leeds ... Garage Manager
Karl Lukas ... Inspector
Howard McNear ... Joe Hittaway
Bert Moorhouse ... Car Salesman
Christopher Olsen ... Tommy
Emory Parnell ... Policeman
Phil Rich ... Mr. Dudley
Fay Roope ... Judge
Dennis Ross ... Jody
Herb Vigran ... Trailer Salesman

Emmett Vogan ... Mr. Bolton
Wilson Wood ... Garage Owner
Howard Wright ... Uncle Bill
Dallas Boyd ... Minister
John Call ... Shorty
Richard Alexander ... Bald Shopper in Bungalette Trailer
Ruth Lee ... Mrs. Tewitt
Ruth McDevitt ... Mrs. Vagabond
Ida Moore ... Candy Store Clerk
Dorothy Neumann ... Aunt Ellen
Janet Sackett ... Kay
Judy Sackett ... Dotty
Edna Skinner ... Maude Barrett
Sarah Spencer ... Tacy's Girl Friend
Connie Van ... Grace
Ruth Warren ... Mrs. Dudley
Geraldine Carr ... Tacy's Girl Friend
Juney Ellis ... Waitress

If you are one of the millions who loved Lucy, you'll love the Long, Long Trailer!

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were one of the great comedy teams, and The Long, Long Trailer was one of their most successful films.

Before their marriage Tacy Bolton and Nicky Collini decide (well, Tacy decides and Nicky goes along, reluctantly) to buy a trailer so that she can follow him and make a home for him while he travels to construction sites. Unfortunately, he has never pulled a long trailer and it proves almost too much for him, not to mention that it is a "budget buster."

This is a typical situation comedy of the type that Lucy and Desi did so well. A laugh a minute is guaranteed!

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books

PLEASE put this hilarious classic on DVD!!   September 28, 2005
Rob Illingworth (La Mirada, CA USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

What a fantastic pairing of the classic Luci & Desi comedy team, even while "I Love Lucy" was still airing before live audiences. An initial fun point was the change of 'Lucy & Ricky' to 'Taci & Nicky'. Both my parents and I saw this aired on TV, and laughed so hard we were repeatedly wiping our tears as Taci fell out the tilted trailer into the mud, was tossed with the salad while Nicky serenely drove the pitching trailer, & "hold-your-breath" CLIFF-hanging suspense as the trailer was just inches from the precarious edge!

They bought me this VHS treasure 8 years ago, but repeated viewing has changed the once-sharp images to a near blur, so I'm on a DESPERATE search for a crisp DVD copy. MGM's transfered numerous classics to DVD; why not THIS for all us Lucy-Desi fans still loving their inimitable hilarity? PLEASE...A QUALITY DVD FOR THIS HIGH-QUALITY CLASSIC!!!


Te Long, Long ,Trailer   December 16, 2000
liz (USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

A movie filled with everything romance, comedy,and drama.This is an enjoyable movie for the entire family. There aren't movies like this one any more. The plot of this movie is Tacy(Ball) convinces her husband (Arnaz) to buy a trailer for them to live in insted of a house. They would travel across the country picking up momentos along the way. They would eventualy ssettle down and live where they wanted. Ball stays true to her usual charecter that somehow always finds herself in crazy situations that noone else could. I have always loved this movie ever since the first time I saw it even though it was before my time. I would recomend this movie to any Lucy fan,or just someone who enjoys comedys.