to make uncredited changes the duo's contribution was the slapstick camping sequence in the final third of the film. Arnaz felt the script was weak, and brought in I Love Lucy writers Madelyn Pugh and Bob Carroll, Jr. Alexander Hall - who was Ball's boyfriend at the time she met Arnaz - was hired as the director. In March 1955, Cary Grant was the reported choice for the guardian angel however, his demanded salary was too high, so the role went to Mason. It was the first time Desilu was involved in feature film production. Ball believed the project would bring the couple closer together, and they agreed to do it. MGM head Dore Schary suggested Guardian Angel to the couple as the first picture of the deal. įollowing the success of their 1954 film The Long, Long Trailer, Ball and Arnaz had signed a two-picture deal with MGM in an attempt to set up a film unit for Desilu Productions. Later, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn were slated for the film, but it eventually fell through. The script originally entitled Guardian Angel had been written by Deutsch in the 1940s as a vehicle for William Powell and Myrna Loy and had been languishing unfilmed at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for several years. Marilyn Maxwell also makes an uncredited appearance as herself, in a fictional film she co-stars in with Mason. She becomes determined to save her marriage before it's too late. However, Susan's dream of a second honeymoon turns into a nightmare when everything that possibly could go wrong does. The angel advises Susan to take a greater interest in Lorenzo's career, so she agrees to accompany him on a camping trip to test the revolutionary new insecticide he's developed.
Forever darling movie movie#
When she wishes aloud that she had a more attentive spouse, her Guardian Angel – coincidentally the mirror image of her favorite movie star ( James Mason) – appears. After five years of marriage, chemical engineer Lorenzo Xavier Vega ( Desi Arnaz) tends to neglect his wife Susan ( Lucille Ball) in favor of his work.
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