Nicky and Tacy 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.Nicky and Tacy 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.Nicky and Tacy 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.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
- Chef at Trailer Show
- (uncredited)
- Truck Helper
- (uncredited)
- Carl Barrett
- (uncredited)
- Trailer Show Attendee
- (uncredited)
- Mother
- (uncredited)
- Minister
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaThe trailer from the movie was made in Alma, Michigan. One woman, who made the curtains for the movie, received a piece of the set - the round table that folds. It is still in the family as an heirloom.
- GoofsIn the scene where the trailer falls off the jack in the rainstorm, Lucille Ball (as Tacy) calls "Ricky" instead of his character's name "Nicky".
- Quotes
Tacy Collini: You didn't let me finish. I was trying to tell you to turn left. What I was trying to say is 'you turn right here left.'
Nicholas Carlos Collini: Turn right here left?
Tacy Collini: Exactly.
Nicholas Carlos Collini: Have you any conception how much room it takes to turn this thing around? We may have to go on for miles.
- Crazy creditsThe following acknowledgment appears in the end credits: "We are deeply grateful to the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for permission to photograph scenes in Yosemite National Park".
- Alternate versionsPreview 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. The original music orchestration has since been included on a music compilation CD, and the advertising trailer includes a tiny portion of the deleted Marjorie Main scene.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Ed Sullivan Show: MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute (1954)
- SoundtracksBreezin' Along With the Breeze
Written by Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons and Richard A. Whiting
The basic story revolves around the fact that the purchase of this trailer almost destroys Nicky and Tacy's new marriage. Much of the humour in this revolves around the trials of driving with the trailer hooked to the car. The movie for the most part lacks the slapstick kind of humour that "I Love Lucy" was famous for - with perhaps the exception of a scene in which Tacy tries to cook in the trailer while Nicky is driving. Watching Nicky try to back the trailer into the driveway of Tacy's uncle and aunt's house and almost destroying the house is also quite funny. Otherwise, the humour is lower key than you'd expect, and the movie is sometimes even tense. The scenes in which Nicky has to pull the trailer up a long and windy mountain road is actually rather unsettling.
This certainly isn't as good as "I Love Lucy" but in its own way it's fun, and lets us see Lucy and Desi doing something a little different. (6/10)
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