Without a doubt, i love lucy is one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. Rare color footage shot behindthescenes on the set of i love lucy has surfaced, showing comic legend lucille ball clowning around. Colorized in a modern method, the color is realistic. I love lucy s01e14 the amateur hour video dailymotion. Cbs sets record straight on its colorized i love lucy. A request from an i love lucy fan who lives in new jersey, united states. The show was filmed the next season in color rather than black and white, though it was broadcast in black and white until 1965. Rko had bought the film rights to the show and cast ball as arnazs love.
The only reason i love lucy wasnt shot in color is because the technology didnt exist then. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing i love lucy. Why was the show i love lucy filmed in black and white. You can also check out this color video taken while the show was filming. Watch rare i love lucy behind the scenes color footage video. Job switching is probably the most famous episode of i love lucy. This was especially unique for lucy, as they were also the first show to use the 3 camera format that became the standard for sitcoms. A reel life mystery, about the longrumored color episode of i love lucy, we received the following email from paul fitzpatrick of woodridge, new jersey. They were the long, long trailer and forever, darling. I love lucy won five emmy awards and a george foster peabody award. Watch rare i love lucy behind the scenes color footage.
In past years the cbs lucy christmas special has been repeated a few days to a week later. The blackandwhite series originally ran from october to may here. A fan smuggled in a colour video camera into i love lucy. The enduring popularity of comedian lucille balls 6season sitcom, i love lucy, has resulted in so many fullcolor collectibles, occasional viewers may forget that the show was filmed in black and white more ardent fans may have tuned in for the special colorized episodes cbs aired a couple of years ago, but the only existing color footage of lucy and her husband and costar, desi. Four fun financial facts about i love lucy celebrity net. Cbs sets record straight on its colorized i love lucy christmas special. Jan 12, 2017 i love lucy was a tv show filmed in black and white. I love lucy to premiere in color for first time ever for. However, color photos and home movies of the casts dress rehearsal still exist. Thanks to the ingenuity of desi arnaz, the show was shot on film and.
The lucy show is an american sitcom that aired on cbs from 1962 to 1968. I get a kick out of watching two movies lucille and desi did together during the run of i love lucy. Four years later, time life released the lucys italian movie episode for the first time in full color as part of the essential i love lucy collection. In the milliondollar idea, originally broadcast on jan. Desi arnaz had expressed interest in filming the onehour shows in colorthere would eventually be of them, collectively known as the lucydesi comedy hour originally aired as the ford lucille balldesi arnaz show and westinghouse deslilu playhouse presents. Such overall uniformity of colors or tones in the scenes make rigid. The last words desi arnaz spoke before his death were to lucille ball. Cbs has just announced that they will air an i love lucy christmas special this december, which will consist of two classic episodes, one of which was never included in regular reruns. Colorized i love lucy recaptures primetime tvs top spot. Although there were many people who tried to capture the scene of filming, jess oppenheimer, the producer and writer of i love lucy, prohibited it, because of the possibilities of leaking. The final words desi arnaz said to lucille ball before his. Ricky is angry because lucy is forever overdrawn at the bank and his belittlement of her job as a housewife has them make a deal to change places for a week, with ricky taking care of the house and lucy becoming a working girl. Desi arnaz ricky ricardo character in show insisted that the show be filmed before.
The primary cast of i love lucy are from left lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance. A question frequentlyasked is why as long as the show is filmed, the same as a theatrical film does the company employ three cameras instead of only one, as do the major studios. Tickets will go on sale this friday, june 7th for the 7pm august 6th event. The only surviving behindthescenes footage of i love. That would be the blackandwhite tv period, but well let it go. A collection of five uncut, fulllength colorized episodes on lucille balls i love lucy. The answer is that the i love lucy show must retain the illusion and the effect of immediacy of a live tv show. Filming the i love lucy show the american society of. The onehour special will feature two, newly colorized episodes of the classic tv.
A fan smuggled in a colour video camera into i love lucy set in. Rare color footage shot behindthescenes on the set of i love lucy has. Lucille ball would later let his last words be known to the world. Five classic episodes of the legendary sitcom i love lucy will be colorized and shown, one after the other, in a onenightonly event in. November 15, 2001 shortly after we posted last weeks story, lucy in color. Lucy originally dyed her locks for a role in du barry was a lady, then kept it that way for i love lucy. A short 8mm color film footage was filmed by an audience member of i love lucy, on the evening of october 12, 1951. Why was the show i love lucy filmed in black and white even though color was possible. In honor of what would be lucille balls 108th birthday on august 6th, movie theaters nationwide will be showing 5 episodes of i love lucy in color.
But rather than the vibrant red we all envisioned it. Thanks to desi arnaz, the show was shot on film and the episodes look much better than other black and white shows from that era. It was interesting to read that there might have been an i love lucy episode filmed in color, and the tv guide listing and ad certainly point to a strong. Does anyone know if there will be a repeat broadcast of the i love lucy christmas special which aired last evening december 20, 2019 at 8. I cant stand watching episodes of the andy griffith show in color, and those were originally filmed in color. Whenever you are lucky enough to catch an episode, you cant help but feel comforted and happy. What happens in the i love lucy funny money special episodes. Colorized i love lucy recaptures primetime tvs top spot 56 years after original run. These are among the most famous of the i love lucy shows, in great prints, far superior to the 16mm syndicated prints so familiar from the 1960s and 1970s. The christmas show was found in the cbs vault, and excerpts were shown on an nbc rona barrett special, tv. Im just curious to know why such a popular show was filmed in black and white when color was also available at the time.
In 2007, they served as a guide for a digitally colorized version of the episode. I love lucy was the first television series to use the threecamera format. I love lucy apartment all the things we love about lucy. The i love lucy funny money special will banish your tax. Rare color footage shot behindthescenes on the set of i love lucy has surfaced, showing comic legend lucille ball clowning around and desi arnaz banging away on his conga drum. Watch full episodes of i love lucy, view video clips and full episodes on cbs. I love lucy to premiere in color for first time ever for cbs christmas special lucille ball, american film and television actress, late 1930s early 1940s. I love lucy, of course, stars lucille ball and desi arnaz as lucy and ricky ricardo, and vivian vance and william frawley as the ricardos best friends, fred and ethel mertz. I love lucy christmas special i love lucy airing in color. The i love lucy colorized collection puts the sixteen episodes which have been colorized to this date into one convenient package along with a few bonus treats, and while it might have been better to have them released in high definition the network broadcasts are in 1080i, these dvd transfers must make do for fans. The i love lucy show is an american television sitcom starring lucille ball, desi arnaz, vivian vance, and william frawley. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. She said his last words were thisi love you too, honey.
Indeed, if you grew up watching i love lucy during its original run or in perpetual uhf and basiccable reruns through the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, watching the two colorized lucy episodes is a. A significant change in cast and premise for the fourth season 19651966 divides the program into two distinct eras. Answer i love lucy was the first show to be rebroadcast as a rerun. Cbs has taken the bold step of airing two newly colorized episodes from the i love lucy canon the shows rarely seen december 1956 christmas episode and lucys italian movie. I love lucy is one of the most beloved sitcoms of all time. Lucille ball became president of the company, and arnaz was also replaced as executive producer of the lucy show. This was the very first episode of i love lucy to be filmed.
Cbs sets record straight on its colorized i love lucy christmas. Cbs just announced the premiere date for their new i love lucy special in april. I love lucy reruns are the television equivalent of a hug. This short 8mm color film footage was fimed by an audience member of i love lucy, on the evening of october 12, 1951. Five colorized episodes of i love lucy in area theaters. I love lucy was the first show to use actual film, as opposed to either being filmed live, or being preserved through the kinescope process. With desi arnaz, lucille ball, william frawley, vivian vance. For this reason it must be filmed before an audience, and this makes it necessary to shoot the various long shots, medium shots and closeups all at the same time in order to provide the film cutter with the desired takes for editing.
I love lucy is an american television sitcom that originally ran on cbs from october 15, 1951. The weekly cbstv comedy show filmed in hollywood sets pace for. The word classic is overused these days, but these 1950s halfhours are genuine comedy classics that have stood the test of time. Not sure if all of these are the actual colors but its very fun to see the variations. I love lucy sound engineer glen glenn was the cofounder of glen glenn sound, and in the 1960s and 70s his company was one of the leading providers of laugh tracks, or canned laughter, to tv. In 1963, arnaz resigned as head of desilu productions. If youre a fan, sure youd wonder at some point what color is it. It was a remake of i love lucy pilot episode, which. Join the conversation and connect with cbss i love lucy. Priceless color footage taken by an audience member. Its hard to imagine an episode of i love lucy in color.
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