I Love Lucy
(1951–1957)
Lucy soaks up plenty of local color when she tramples grapes to get into the mood for a role in an Italian movie.
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Title: Lucy's Italian Movie (16 Apr 1956)
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Cast
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| Lucille Ball | ... | Lucy Ricardo | |
| Desi Arnaz | ... | Ricky Ricardo | |
| Vivian Vance | ... | Ethel Mertz | |
| William Frawley | ... | Fred Mertz | |
| Franco Corsaro | ... | Vittorio Philippi | |
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Saverio LoMedico | ... | Bellboy (as Saverio Lo Medico) |
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Teresa Tirelli | ... | Woman in Vat |
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Ernesto Molinari | ... | Vineyard Boss |
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Rosa Barbato | ... | Grape Picker |
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In Rome, a film producer asks Lucy if she'd be interested in auditioning for his new film entitled "Bitter Grapes." Thinking that the film has something to do with the production of wine, she goes to the only non-automated winery left in the area. Written by Attmay
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rome italy | train | reference to gina lollobrigida | stomping on grapes |Certificate:
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Ethel Mertz: Fred, Fred, wake up sleeping beauty.
Lucy Ricardo: You couldn't wake him up with a stick of dynamite.
Ethel Mertz: Hey I got an idea
[yells]
Ethel Mertz: Hey look there goes Gina Lollobrigida.
Fred Mertz: [gets up from his seat excited] Where? Where? Where?
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Written by Eliot Daniel
Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra
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Trivia
This is one of two episodes specially colorized and combined, appearing as a one hour long 2013 Christmas Special on CBS, entitled the "I Love Lucy Christmas Special." The other being Season 6, Episode 11: The I Love Lucy Christmas Show. See more »Goofs
It doesn't make sense that the train trip the Ricardos and the Mertzes embark should take 11 hours. In last week's episode they were in Florence and now they are heading to Rome which is approximately a 3 hour car ride away. See more »Quotes
[inside an Italian train with a cramped seat Fred's asleep]Ethel Mertz: Fred, Fred, wake up sleeping beauty.
Lucy Ricardo: You couldn't wake him up with a stick of dynamite.
Ethel Mertz: Hey I got an idea
[yells]
Ethel Mertz: Hey look there goes Gina Lollobrigida.
Fred Mertz: [gets up from his seat excited] Where? Where? Where?
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Soundtracks
Theme From 'I Love Lucy' (Instrumental)Written by Eliot Daniel
Performed by Wilbur Hatch and the Desi Arnaz Orchestra
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Country:
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16 April 1956 (USA) See more »Company Credits
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