Travel Trailers in Movies

Aug. 16, 2013 — Summer … hittin’ the open road with a trailer! Let’s follow Mickey Mouse‘s lead in Mickey’s Trailer, 1938 … Keep your eyes peeled for other trailerites on those 1930s highways and byways …

Red Salute, 1935. Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Cliff Edwards.

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Go Chase Yourself, 1938. Lucille Ball, Joe Penner.

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Next Time I Marry, 1938. Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Lee Bowman.

Cross-Country Romance, 1940. Gene Raymond, Wendy Barrie.

Left – A wondrous reversal … Wendy Barrie begins the film, out in the street …  in her undergarments …

Below – 4 years earlier, 1936, she and Gene Raymond teamed again in Love on a Bet … cross-country travel without a trailer … This time, roles reversed … Gene begins the film, out in the street … in his undergarments …
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Update … Sept. 23, 2018 … Mickey’s Trailer, 1938 … is 80 years old! Let’s celebrate!