The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
(Vincente Minnelli US 1954, 96 min., 35mm)
As Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) takes a new job as a civil engineer, his new bride Tacy (Lucille Ball) comes up with an idea to buy a trailer to travel around the United States to various work projects on which Nicky is employed, as well as to save money. Tacy hoped 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, but the honeymoon trip rapidly becomes a series of disasters that puts their relationship on the line. Lucille and Desi met and fell in love while filming Too Many Girls. The two connected immediately and eloped the same year in 1940, six months after they met. Despite several separations and their final divorce in 1960, they continued to remain close until Arnaz’s death.
Post-screening discussion with Audrey Johnson, curator of the "Hollywood Pairings" series