I Love Lucy (1953)
1953 · Television · 86 min · dir. Edward Sedgwick
- Family
- Comedy
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Edward Sedgwick
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Released
- 1953-01-01
- Running time
- 86 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- I LOVE LUCY
Cast & crew
Edward Sedgwick Director
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Vivian Vance
William Frawley
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Love this! · MultiFandomJumperGal · 2026-07-01
Out of boredom, i was watching it on Paramount+ a random night ago, now i've grown to love this show after seeing episodes since it just gives me chaotic shenanigan vibes