Tag: Lucy in the Swiss Alps
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SCALING MOUNT PARAMOUNT
Lots of familiar faces are seen climbing Mount Paramount. Two of them are in black and white and date back to 1956. Lucy and Ricky (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz) briefly scaled Mount Paramount in the Super Bowl Sunday ad introducing Paramount+ streaming service. The characters join Jeff from “Survivor”, Mr. Spock from “Star-Trek” (original series by…
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TORBEN MAYER
December 1, 1884 Torben Meyer was born in Denmark in 1884 and did more than 70 European films before immigrating to the United States. He was generally cast as thick-accented waiters, butlers, and doctors. His most prominent role was in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), but he also appeared as a wealthy Dutch banker in Casablanca (1942). …
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“Lucy in the Swiss Alps”
(S5;E21 ~ March 26, 1956) Directed by James V. Kern. Written by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr., Bob Schiller, and Bob Weiskopf. Filmed February 23, 1956 at Ren-Mar Studios. Rating: 43.9/62 Synopsis ~ After a mistake in booking, the Ricardos and Mertzes go mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps and get stranded in a cabin…