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I met Desi because I knew Xavier Cugat
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Lucy and Desi

I met Desi because I knew Xavier Cugat

I met Desi because I knew Xavier Cugat

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I met Desi because I knew Xavier Cugat.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:36
Uploaded
Mar 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
Paper Kite Productions,Imagine Documentaries,White Horse Pictures,Diamond Docs,Amazon Studios,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

This film will explore the rise of comedian icon Lucille Ball, her relationship with Desi Arnaz, and how their groundbreaking sitcom I Love Lucy forever changed Hollywood, cementing her legacy long after her death in 1989.
So they were, like they say in America, two peas in a pod. - Lucy and Desi 00:05
So they were, like they say in America, two peas in a pod.
Cugat the maestro, and the student Desi. - Lucy and Desi 00:06
Cugat the maestro, and the student Desi.
When you have that rhythm so heavy, - Lucy and Desi 00:08
When you have that rhythm so heavy,
BETTY: You felt right from the beginning - Lucy and Desi 00:06
BETTY: You felt right from the beginning
BETTY: Did she come out to Hollywood as soon as you two moved out here? - Lucy and Desi 00:06
BETTY: Did she come out to Hollywood as soon as you two move...
In those days remember they were called the B pictures. Smaller budgets. - Lucy and Desi 00:06
In those days remember they were called the B pictures. Smal...
No not at all. But I couldn't stay out here and just, don't do anything. - Lucy and Desi 00:09
No not at all. But I couldn't stay out here and just, d...
BETTY: Do you think being in vaudeville - Lucy and Desi 00:07
BETTY: Do you think being in vaudeville
LUCY: I don't know. - Lucy and Desi 00:05
LUCY: I don't know.
DESI: In 48 hours we lost everything we had. Everything. - Lucy and Desi 00:05
DESI: In 48 hours we lost everything we had. Everything.
They put all the congressmen in jail. All the mayors. All the governors. - Lucy and Desi 00:06
They put all the congressmen in jail. All the mayors. All th...
BETTY: And what happened after you sold the reruns for 5 million? - Lucy and Desi 00:05
BETTY: And what happened after you sold the reruns for 5 mil...
Like Hope says, he gets bored fishing - Lucy and Desi 00:07
Like Hope says, he gets bored fishing
That's... I'm not judging. - Lucy and Desi 00:05
That's... I'm not judging.
I happen to like other things, besides being in front of an audience. - Lucy and Desi 00:08
I happen to like other things, besides being in front of an ...
But I had only two choices. Either quit or get bigger. - Lucy and Desi 00:05
But I had only two choices. Either quit or get bigger.
DESI: I was at that place at 8 o'clock in the morning, - Lucy and Desi 00:11
DESI: I was at that place at 8 o'clock in the morning,
She was willing to go the extra mile for him - Lucy and Desi 00:06
She was willing to go the extra mile for him
The biggest fault in my life is that I never learned moderation. - Lucy and Desi 00:06
The biggest fault in my life is that I never learned moderat...
I either work too hard or I play too hard. - Lucy and Desi 00:05
I either work too hard or I play too hard.