I Love Lucy: The Movie (1953)
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.
Director: Edward Sedgwick
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Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo / Self |
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Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo / Self |
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Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz / Self |
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William Frawley as Fred Mertz / Self |
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Benny Baker as Audience Member |
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Ann Doran as Audience Member |
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Roy Rowan as Announcer |
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Barbara Pepper as Party Guest (archive footage) |
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Bennett Green as Party Guest (archive footage) |
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Mary Wickes as Madame Lamand (archive footage) |
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Erze Ivan as Dancer (archive footage) |
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Frank J. Scannell as Comic (archive footage) |
| Directing | Edward Sedgwick | Director |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
