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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 442640" data-attributes="member: 7">I enjoy Lucille Ball so much, but like most, I&#039;d assume, I&#039;m most familiar with her work on TV. I&#039;d agree that her TV work has minimized the rest of her career, and her pre-TV career is written off as unrewarding and unsuccessful. What pre-TV movies I&#039;ve seen her in, however, are quite enjoyable and she&#039;s actually quite good in all of them, regardless the genre. I mean, Lucille was with MGM during the 1940s, the &quot;Tiffany Studio&quot;, and appeared in many well-received films with established stars. I&#039;ve been in the mood to watch a lot of old movies, so what better to explore than the filmography of Lucille Ball? In hindsight, it&#039;s probably her post-TV film career that has the issues. THE LONG, LONG TRAILER is good, but the sitcom antics she came to rely on just don&#039;t transfer well onto the big screen. This has &quot;thrown&quot; me just a tad. I think of Clifton Webb as an actor that arrived with a built-in level of &quot;prestige&quot;. Don&#039;t ask me why. It&#039;s not like I&#039;m a fan, per se, or that I&#039;m overly exposed to his films. It&#039;s just the way my mind processes him. I need to watch this one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 442640, member: 7"] I enjoy Lucille Ball so much, but like most, I'd assume, I'm most familiar with her work on TV. I'd agree that her TV work has minimized the rest of her career, and her pre-TV career is written off as unrewarding and unsuccessful. What pre-TV movies I've seen her in, however, are quite enjoyable and she's actually quite good in all of them, regardless the genre. I mean, Lucille was with MGM during the 1940s, the "Tiffany Studio", and appeared in many well-received films with established stars. I've been in the mood to watch a lot of old movies, so what better to explore than the filmography of Lucille Ball? In hindsight, it's probably her post-TV film career that has the issues. THE LONG, LONG TRAILER is good, but the sitcom antics she came to rely on just don't transfer well onto the big screen. This has "thrown" me just a tad. I think of Clifton Webb as an actor that arrived with a built-in level of "prestige". Don't ask me why. It's not like I'm a fan, per se, or that I'm overly exposed to his films. It's just the way my mind processes him. I need to watch this one. [/QUOTE]

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