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msuzanne69 · 05-13-2005, 10:31 PM

I'm still new to posting on this message board, but what was your favorite Lucille Ball movie if you've seen any?

I've been trying to come across more DVDs as they come out... I just have Yours, Mine & Ours, Fancy Pants, Sorrowful Jones, and Stage Door.

TripperFan · 05-13-2005, 10:34 PM

Without a doubt it would have to be The Long, Long, Long Trailer with Desi. That thing was a riot - especially if you've ever tried taking a vacation hauling a big-a$$ trailer with you!

Kazza · 05-13-2005, 11:10 PM

My favorites Lucy movies are 'The Big Street' and TLLT.

msuzanne69 · 05-14-2005, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TripperFan

Without a doubt it would have to be The Long, Long, Long Trailer with Desi. That thing was a riot - especially if you've ever tried taking a vacation hauling a big-a$$ trailer with you!

Yeah I've seen a couple previews for some of Lucille's movies with Desi and they kind of remind me of the hilarity between them as husband and wife like on I Love Lucy. I haven't seen those out on DVD yet though.

Kazza · 05-14-2005, 02:28 PM

There are DVD copies of TLLT on E-bay but they are bootlegs

msuzanne69 · 05-15-2005, 06:47 PM

On Amazon.com if you look up "Lucille Ball" and they list some of her older movies on DVD, that aren't currently released but if you sign up your email address to get alerted when they are released, that counts as a vote to the studio to release it and the more people that vote for it and the higher the demand it is, the sooner it might be released..

Larry Surrell · 05-15-2005, 07:32 PM

I recorded Forever Darling and The Long Long Trailer from Turner Classic Movies and made my own DVDs. My copies are not for sale or auction on Ebay, however.

I'll still buy the official DVDs if they're ever released.

msuzanne69 · 05-16-2005, 04:07 PM

I really wish I had that channel!

BewitchedForever · 05-17-2005, 02:55 PM

Stage Door is my favorite at the moment! I also love Without Love, and The Long Long Trailer. Yeah I am a fan of Forever Darling too!

Tweety · 05-18-2005, 06:56 AM

"Yours, Mine and Ours" is also a fun movie to watch...starred Lucy with Henry Fonda... Lucille Ball is a widow with eight children and Henry Fonda is a widower with ten kids... And although the plot has some flaws, I like the performances... this movie was made in 1968... Fonda plays a Naval officer and Lucy plays a Nurse who works on the base where Fonda is stationed.

I like when each of them is trying to figure out how to tell the other (while they're dating) how many kids he/she has.

We have this on DVD... it's a nice Sunday afternoon movie

msuzanne69 · 05-18-2005, 01:35 PM

Yeah, that movie amuses me

TheLandfordLunchBox · 09-12-2005, 05:54 PM

I love "Yours Mine and Our's" and "The Long Long Trailer"

LunarSpecimen · 08-01-2009, 06:20 AM

I'm sorry for bringing up an old topic, but considering that I can't find any other recent post concerning movies (at least on the I Love Lucy board), I wanted to bring this back up.

I'm a bit picky when it comes to movies, but out of the bunch my favorites are the Long Long Trailer, Forever Darling and Yours Mine & Ours. Those three are funny in their own way and Lucy just looks beautiful in them.

However, I find that people aren't giving enough credit to Lucille Ball's movies as they should be. Despite her singing voice dubbed (as I later found out in the credits) and changes in quality, once you see some of these movies, they really are a treat to watch. The problem is, they are NEVER shown on television. Turner Classic Movies, one of the few channels left that hasn't been plagued with nonsense reality garbage and pointless specials, sometimes airs a movie featuring Lucille Ball, but not often.

For example, in March of this year I happened to catch the Dark Corner (1946) that featured Lucille Ball as a private detective. She did a great job, even as a dramatic actress. I was watching a clip taken from Turner Classic Movies on Youtube that had Carol Burnett commenting on Lucille Ball's movie career and the people she inspired. Of all the clips they put in, I wanted to SEE the movies with Lucy. Now looking back at her career, she really worked hard and that only proves that people today still love her dearly some 20 years after her death. I really don't consider her earlier movies "B" movie quality with the exception of a couple. If you guys get the chance to see movies like "The Fuller Brush Girl", "Sorrowful Jones", "Lured", and "The Facts of Life", don't pass them up. The problem I sense is no DVD release and no advertising.

We may very well accept that Lucille Ball did great in both television and in the movies, and was much more than a ditzy redhead on I Love Lucy. Most of the famous actors and actresses enjoyed being with her. Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, the list goes on. Every once in a while I hear about someone talking about her bad side of life and how she went around certain things as a workalcoholic. Before 'ANY' of you say that sort of behavior, if Lucille Ball was really that horrible, would all these other legendary actors and actresses like her? No. But they did like her, and that proves that she worked hard to reach her legendary status that still stands today.

Besides, she made it to the top of Dead Celebrities a while ago based on how many people liked/disliked her. The stats don't lie, correct?

dawsongirl · 08-02-2009, 02:37 AM

Lured was out on DVD at one time. I supposed it's out of print now, considering it was on of the first DVDs I bought, and that was back when the only DVD player I had was in my computer.

I have a bunch of Lucy's movies (most I got from AMC back when they showed classic movies). All are pretty good, but my favs are TLLT and FD. I could watch TLLT over and over and over again.

Here's what I have...if I can remember everything.

Roman Scandals (1933) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
The Whole Town's Talking (1935) (uncredited) .... Bank Employee
I Dream Too Much (1935) .... Gwendolyn Dilley
Chatterbox (1936) .... Lillian Temple
Follow the Fleet (1936) .... Kitty Collins
Bunker Bean (1936) .... Rosie Kelly
That Girl from Paris (1936) .... Claire 'Clair' Williams
Don't Tell the Wife (1937) .... Ann 'Annie' Howell
Stage Door (1937) .... Judith
Having Wonderful Time (1938) .... Miriam 'Screwball'
The Affairs of Annabel (1938) .... Annabel Allison
Room Service (1938) .... Christine Marlowe
Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) .... Annabel Allison
Next Time I Marry (1938) .... Nancy Crocker Fleming
Beauty for the Asking (1939) .... Jean Russell
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) .... Paula Sanders
Panama Lady (1939) .... Lucy
Five Came Back (1939) .... Peggy Nolan
That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) .... Sandra Sand
You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) .... Clara Fields Hinklin/Mercedes Vasquez
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) .... Bubbles/Tiger Lily White
Too Many Girls (1940) .... Consuelo 'Connie' Casey
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) .... Dorothy 'Dot' / 'Spindle' Duncan
Look Who's Laughing (1941) .... Julie Patterson
Valley of the Sun (1942) .... Christine Larson
The Big Street (1942) .... Gloria Lyons
Seven Days' Leave (1942) .... Terry Havalok-Allen
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) .... May Daly / Madame Du Barry
Meet the People (1944) .... Julie Hampton
Without Love (1945) .... Kitty Trimble
The Dark Corner (1946) .... Kathleen Stewart
Lover Come Back (1946) .... Kay Williams
Easy to Wed (1946) .... Gladys Benton
Lured (1947) .... Sandra Carpenter
Her Husband's Affairs (1947) .... Margaret Weldon
Sorrowful Jones (1949) .... Gladys O'Neill
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) .... Ellen Grant
Easy Living (1949) .... Anne, Lenahan's Secretary
Fancy Pants (1950) .... Agatha Floud
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) .... Sally Elliot (except that it's stuck on tape...damn copy protect)
The Long, Long Trailer (1953) .... Tacy Bolton - Collini
Forever, Darling (1956) .... Susan Vega
Stone Pillow (1985) (TV) .... Florabelle

The ones in red are favs. At one time I had The Magic Carpet, but I taped over it (that was a baaaaad movie). I think I had Critic's Choice and Yours, Mine, and Ours at one time too.

Benno123 · 08-02-2009, 10:10 PM

All of the films Lucille Ball made with Bob Hope are available on DVD. The Facts of Life was available in a Bob Hope box set, and Critic's Choice was available in the Lucille Ball movie set. Sorrowful Jones [/U][/U]I have on a 2-fer with another Hope film (can't remember which one), and of course Fancy Pants as well.

Yours, Mine and Ours is a pretty common DVD, and it shouldn't be hard to find. I also have The Dark Corner on DVD which was an interesting film, and out local library use to have Lured on DVD as well. I think I was able to transfer The Fuller Brush Girl to DVD without any problems, though my copy of The Affairs of Annabel I had issues with. (I would love to see a DVD set of Lucy's mid- to late-1930s RKO films like the Annabel series as well as Five Came Back and other films be released. Maybe someday ...)

05-13-2005, 10:31 PM	#1
msuzanne69 msuzanne69 Occasional Poster Join Date: May 02, 2005 Posts: 12	Lucille Ball Movies I'm still new to posting on this message board, but what was your favorite Lucille Ball movie if you've seen any? I've been trying to come across more DVDs as they come out... I just have Yours, Mine & Ours, Fancy Pants, Sorrowful Jones, and Stage Door.
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05-13-2005, 10:34 PM	#2
TripperFan In God's Arms Now Forum Star Join Date: Sep 14, 2003 Location: Heartbreak Ridge Posts: 12,086	Without a doubt it would have to be The Long, Long, Long Trailer with Desi. That thing was a riot - especially if you've ever tried taking a vacation hauling a big-a$$ trailer with you!
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05-17-2005, 02:55 PM	#9
BewitchedForever -I love Lucy- Occasional Poster Join Date: May 17, 2005 Location: florida Posts: 36	Stage Door is my favorite at the moment! I also love Without Love, and The Long Long Trailer. Yeah I am a fan of Forever Darling too!
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05-13-2005, 11:10 PM	#3
Kazza Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 3,244	My favorites Lucy movies are 'The Big Street' and TLLT.

05-14-2005, 02:28 PM	#5
Kazza Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 17, 2003 Posts: 3,244	There are DVD copies of TLLT on E-bay but they are bootlegs

05-15-2005, 06:47 PM	#6
msuzanne69 msuzanne69 Occasional Poster Join Date: May 02, 2005 Posts: 12	On Amazon.com if you look up "Lucille Ball" and they list some of her older movies on DVD, that aren't currently released but if you sign up your email address to get alerted when they are released, that counts as a vote to the studio to release it and the more people that vote for it and the higher the demand it is, the sooner it might be released..

05-15-2005, 07:32 PM	#7
Larry Surrell Ed M. 1918-2006 RIP Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 27, 2003 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 702	I recorded Forever Darling and The Long Long Trailer from Turner Classic Movies and made my own DVDs. My copies are not for sale or auction on Ebay, however. I'll still buy the official DVDs if they're ever released.

05-16-2005, 04:07 PM	#8
msuzanne69 msuzanne69 Occasional Poster Join Date: May 02, 2005 Posts: 12	I really wish I had that channel!

05-18-2005, 06:56 AM	#10
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	"Yours, Mine and Ours" is also a fun movie to watch...starred Lucy with Henry Fonda... Lucille Ball is a widow with eight children and Henry Fonda is a widower with ten kids... And although the plot has some flaws, I like the performances... this movie was made in 1968... Fonda plays a Naval officer and Lucy plays a Nurse who works on the base where Fonda is stationed. I like when each of them is trying to figure out how to tell the other (while they're dating) how many kids he/she has. We have this on DVD... it's a nice Sunday afternoon movie

05-18-2005, 01:35 PM	#11
msuzanne69 msuzanne69 Occasional Poster Join Date: May 02, 2005 Posts: 12	Yeah, that movie amuses me

09-12-2005, 05:54 PM	#12
TheLandfordLunchBox Heath Ledger 1979-2008 Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 28, 2005 Location: At the Haunted Manion in Walt Disney World Posts: 668	I love "Yours Mine and Our's" and "The Long Long Trailer"

08-01-2009, 06:20 AM	#13
LunarSpecimen Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 11, 2009 Location: In a bedroom... Posts: 41	I'm sorry for bringing up an old topic, but considering that I can't find any other recent post concerning movies (at least on the I Love Lucy board), I wanted to bring this back up. I'm a bit picky when it comes to movies, but out of the bunch my favorites are the Long Long Trailer, Forever Darling and Yours Mine & Ours. Those three are funny in their own way and Lucy just looks beautiful in them. However, I find that people aren't giving enough credit to Lucille Ball's movies as they should be. Despite her singing voice dubbed (as I later found out in the credits) and changes in quality, once you see some of these movies, they really are a treat to watch. The problem is, they are NEVER shown on television. Turner Classic Movies, one of the few channels left that hasn't been plagued with nonsense reality garbage and pointless specials, sometimes airs a movie featuring Lucille Ball, but not often. For example, in March of this year I happened to catch the Dark Corner (1946) that featured Lucille Ball as a private detective. She did a great job, even as a dramatic actress. I was watching a clip taken from Turner Classic Movies on Youtube that had Carol Burnett commenting on Lucille Ball's movie career and the people she inspired. Of all the clips they put in, I wanted to SEE the movies with Lucy. Now looking back at her career, she really worked hard and that only proves that people today still love her dearly some 20 years after her death. I really don't consider her earlier movies "B" movie quality with the exception of a couple. If you guys get the chance to see movies like "The Fuller Brush Girl", "Sorrowful Jones", "Lured", and "The Facts of Life", don't pass them up. The problem I sense is no DVD release and no advertising. We may very well accept that Lucille Ball did great in both television and in the movies, and was much more than a ditzy redhead on I Love Lucy. Most of the famous actors and actresses enjoyed being with her. Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, Carol Burnett, John Ritter, the list goes on. Every once in a while I hear about someone talking about her bad side of life and how she went around certain things as a workalcoholic. Before 'ANY' of you say that sort of behavior, if Lucille Ball was really that horrible, would all these other legendary actors and actresses like her? No. But they did like her, and that proves that she worked hard to reach her legendary status that still stands today. Besides, she made it to the top of Dead Celebrities a while ago based on how many people liked/disliked her. The stats don't lie, correct?

08-02-2009, 02:37 AM	#14
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	Lured was out on DVD at one time. I supposed it's out of print now, considering it was on of the first DVDs I bought, and that was back when the only DVD player I had was in my computer. I have a bunch of Lucy's movies (most I got from AMC back when they showed classic movies). All are pretty good, but my favs are TLLT and FD. I could watch TLLT over and over and over again. Here's what I have...if I can remember everything. Roman Scandals (1933) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl The Whole Town's Talking (1935) (uncredited) .... Bank Employee I Dream Too Much (1935) .... Gwendolyn Dilley Chatterbox (1936) .... Lillian Temple Follow the Fleet (1936) .... Kitty Collins Bunker Bean (1936) .... Rosie Kelly That Girl from Paris (1936) .... Claire 'Clair' Williams Don't Tell the Wife (1937) .... Ann 'Annie' Howell Stage Door (1937) .... Judith Having Wonderful Time (1938) .... Miriam 'Screwball' The Affairs of Annabel (1938) .... Annabel Allison Room Service (1938) .... Christine Marlowe Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) .... Annabel Allison Next Time I Marry (1938) .... Nancy Crocker Fleming Beauty for the Asking (1939) .... Jean Russell Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) .... Paula Sanders Panama Lady (1939) .... Lucy Five Came Back (1939) .... Peggy Nolan That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) .... Sandra Sand You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) .... Clara Fields Hinklin/Mercedes Vasquez Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) .... Bubbles/Tiger Lily White Too Many Girls (1940) .... Consuelo 'Connie' Casey A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941) .... Dorothy 'Dot' / 'Spindle' Duncan Look Who's Laughing (1941) .... Julie Patterson Valley of the Sun (1942) .... Christine Larson The Big Street (1942) .... Gloria Lyons Seven Days' Leave (1942) .... Terry Havalok-Allen Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) .... May Daly / Madame Du Barry Meet the People (1944) .... Julie Hampton Without Love (1945) .... Kitty Trimble The Dark Corner (1946) .... Kathleen Stewart Lover Come Back (1946) .... Kay Williams Easy to Wed (1946) .... Gladys Benton Lured (1947) .... Sandra Carpenter Her Husband's Affairs (1947) .... Margaret Weldon Sorrowful Jones (1949) .... Gladys O'Neill Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) .... Ellen Grant Easy Living (1949) .... Anne, Lenahan's Secretary Fancy Pants (1950) .... Agatha Floud The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) .... Sally Elliot (except that it's stuck on tape...damn copy protect) The Long, Long Trailer (1953) .... Tacy Bolton - Collini Forever, Darling (1956) .... Susan Vega Stone Pillow (1985) (TV) .... Florabelle The ones in red are favs. At one time I had The Magic Carpet, but I taped over it (that was a baaaaad movie). I think I had Critic's Choice and Yours, Mine, and Ours at one time too.

08-02-2009, 10:10 PM	#15
Benno123 Jenna Fischer Rocks My World!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,036	All of the films Lucille Ball made with Bob Hope are available on DVD. The Facts of Life was available in a Bob Hope box set, and Critic's Choice was available in the Lucille Ball movie set. Sorrowful Jones [/U][/U]I have on a 2-fer with another Hope film (can't remember which one), and of course Fancy Pants as well. Yours, Mine and Ours is a pretty common DVD, and it shouldn't be hard to find. I also have The Dark Corner on DVD which was an interesting film, and out local library use to have Lured on DVD as well. I think I was able to transfer The Fuller Brush Girl to DVD without any problems, though my copy of The Affairs of Annabel I had issues with. (I would love to see a DVD set of Lucy's mid- to late-1930s RKO films like the Annabel series as well as Five Came Back and other films be released. Maybe someday ...)