I Love Lucy: The Movie

Overview

The film plays out, with three first-season episodes edited together into a single story: "The Benefit", "Breaking the Lease", and "The Ballet", with new footage included between episodes to help transition the episodes into one coherent storyline. As the series routinely took the format of filming scenes in chronological order, this adds to the "show within a show within a show" format of the film, as viewers watch the cast perform the episodes live. The film itself ends with a "curtain call", as the cast comes out and Arnaz thanks the audience for their support.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1953

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Lucille Ball,Desi Arnaz,Vivian Vance,William Frawley,Benny Baker,Ann Doran,Roy Rowan,Barbara Pepper,Bennett Green,Mary Wickesand 2 more

Director

Edward Sedgwick

Cinematography

Karl Freund

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0445461