Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
| Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter | |
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| Written by | William Luce |
| Teleplay by |
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| Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Lee Holdridge |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Producer | |
| Cinematography | Reed Smoot |
| Editor | Tom Stevens |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company | Larry Thompson Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | February 10, 1991 |
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.