5 Movies Starring Lucille Ball

Dance, Girl, Dance

Dance, Girl, Dance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1940-08-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1122 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Tess Slesinger (screen play)

Frank Davis (screen play)

Vicki Baum (story)

Fullplot:

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1946-04-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2028 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Freedman

Hugh Martin

Ralph Blane

Fullplot:

In heaven, showman Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. fondly recalls his first Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies of 1907. Even from heaven, he is hoping that he can, for one last time, create that same magic by mounting one last follies. As he thinks about who he would like to appear in these follies, he is assisted in realizing his fantasy, at least in his own mind, by such luminaries as Fred Astaire, Edward Arnold, 'Lucille Ball', Marion Bell, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, Virginia O'Brien, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Keenan Wynn, and, of course, a bevy of beautiful girls.

The Long, Long Trailer

The Long, Long Trailer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-02-18

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(2860 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Clinton Twiss (novel)

Albert Hackett (screenplay)

Frances Goodrich (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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. After the two are hitched, they hitch up their trailer and begin their honeymoon. The humor comes from several disastrous adventures the couple has while traveling including Tacy's awkward attempt to cook dinner in a moving trailer, and a cliffhanging ride through the mountains that nearly destroys their marriage.

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-11-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (802 Reviews)

Director:

Melvin Frank

Cast:

Writer:

Melvin Frank

Norman Panama

Fullplot:

Two romantic couples are each married to different people! They really DO love each other. At the beginning Kitty thinks Larry is un-funny, unendurable, and unrelenting. Larry thinks Kitty is just plain dull. Then three couples cancel their trip. Kitty and Larry are ALONE! At the hotel they go under the silly names of Mr.George Washington and Mrs Martha Washington. Then they fall in love while going fishing. When Kitty caught her first fish she kissed Larry. Kitty and Larry started to spend a lot of time together. Then Kitty writes her husband a letter telling him that she wants Larry, not him. Then Kitty and Larry get into a big fight. They both see that they are making a big mistake. They thought it wasn't right to have an affair at their age (they were middle aged).

Yours, Mine and Ours

Yours, Mine and Ours

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-04-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (5422 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Bob Carroll Jr. (story)

Madelyn Davis (story)

Mort Lachman

Melville Shavelson

Fullplot:

When a widower with 10 children marries a widow with 8, can the 20 of them ever come together as one big happy family? From finding a house big enough for all of them and learning to make 18 school lunches, to coping with a son going off to war and an unexpected addition to the family, Yours, Mine and Ours attempts to blend two families into one and hopes to answer the question Is bigger really better?

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