Believe it or not I've never seen it. Don't watch many movies since the drive-in theater closed down.
OMG, I have not seen that movie in a few decades. Watching Desi and Lucy try to take that setup over an old mountain road made me unconsciously gird my loins....
Huh, I like the idea of using shipping containers in that way. Jeff Yeager would approve, I think. (Yes, he's a real person.)
Since the movie was released in 1954, I thought you just may have. LOL My dream is to get one of those trailers like they used in the movie. I saw one once, in the 90s, being used as a construction trailer, and even 40 years old and battered beyond recognition, the style and quality were unmistakable.
I never saw the movie but I've seen the trailers about the trailer. ???? To me those are waaaaaay too long. Notice it even has an added wheel on the hitch to keep the car level. An accessory that wasn't too practical. If you ever get a chance to attend a Tin Can Tourist RV open house go. Type it in and check out their schedules or at least look at some of the RV's and tow vehicles.
PineBox have you considered a house of glass/bottles they are simple to construct and deal day to day recycling hic under 99% work fine
Seeing as how 'The Long, Long Trailer' was mentioned, here's some publicity shots on it. This one was taken in front of Santa Monica, CA. City Hall: Look close, and you can see the 'helper wheel' under the hitch area.... Trailer almost looks like it's backwards. Front is to the right... This trailer has an extra window in it.........maybe a 'replica'.
Not the same trailer as the two being towed. But even cars or horses were not always the same in movies. Check the front side view.
Yeah, that one is slightly longer; that's why the main 'living room' window is to the left of the front door and a smaller one is to the door's right, unlike the one in the movie.
I was talking to someone in the early 1980's, I believe he said the trailer used for the exterior shots and maybe even being towed, was as mentioned used as a construction trailer in Owosso, MI. Who knows, may still be there.
Back in the time that the movie was supposed to be very few people had large RV's. One that size was mostly used to live in. We had friends who raised three kids for several years in one till their house was finished. That's another thing, many built their own homes and added on as they had money. Few were landscaped, with three SUV's, boats, and 4-wheelers in the garage like today. Our first real RV's were in the 19' to 21' foot range and those were long compared to most.
It seems the real trailer used in the movie was kept in Lucille Ball's back garden. What happened to it after she died I never did hear. In the movie, that extra set of wheels was called a slip dolly, and yes, it did take some of the tongue weight off the car, since load equalizing hitches did not exist then. That is still a 6,000 pound trailer empty, and at 40 feet, that is quite the beast to haul. Now, the largest normal Airstream is 33 feet, although longer can be custom ordered, but the price is out of this world.
