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unusual facts about The Long, Long Trailer



Clinton, Louisiana

The Long, Hot Summer, a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, and Orson Welles, was filmed in and around Clinton.

Harriet Frank, Jr.

Frank and Ravetch maintained a close working relationship with director Martin Ritt throughout their career, collaborating with him on eight occasions; after initially being suggested by Ravetch to direct The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Ritt would eventually draw the couple out of inactivity on three occasions, hiring them to write the screenplays for Norma Rae (1979), Murphy's Romance (1985) and Stanley & Iris (1990).

John W. Olver Transit Center

Named after the long-time western Massachusetts congressman it is the first zero net energy transit center in the United States.

Seymour Simons

A collaboration in 1926 with Richard A. Whiting produced “Hello, Baby,” recorded by Ruth Etting, and the popular “Breezin’ Along With the Breeze”, in conjunction with Haven Gillespie, which was first recorded by Josephine Baker, used in the film Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), and sung by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in their 1954 film, The Long, Long Trailer.

The Long-Playing EP

The Long-Playing EP is the fourth and final record from Atlanta rock group Y-O-U, released in July 2009.

The Long, Hot Summer

Filmed in Clinton, Louisiana, the film's cast was composed mostly of former Actors Studio students, whom Ritt met while he was an assistant teacher to Elia Kazan.


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