Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is a 1991 television movie from CBS about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The movie begins when the two actors met in the 1940s and ends with their divorce in 1960. The movie covers how their careers developed, their often rocky marriage, and how they came to develop the I Love Lucy show. It recreates a number of scenes from classic I Love Lucy episodes, including "Lucy Thinks Ricky Is Trying to Murder Her" and "Lucy Does a TV Commercial". The television movie was directed by Charles Jarrott and written by William Luce, based on a teleplay by Luce and Cynthia A. Cherbak.
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)
Directed by Charles Jarrott
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Actor, Advertisement, Classic, Divorce, Divorcee, Rocky, Salesman, Wedding
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Based On: Drama based on actual events
Subject: about marriage
Time Period: set in, set in the
Subject: about marriage
Time Period: set in, set in the
Alternate Titles
Lucy & Desi - Blick hinter die Kulissen
DE
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
US
Lucy et Desi, du rire aux larmes
FR
Lucy et Desi: Avant la gloire
CA
Lucy y Desi: Antes del éxito
AR
Romance Fracassado
PT