Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love (1969) watch online HD

Ann-Margret starts her journey to Hollywood from the countryside, traversing the Freeway until she gets to Hollywood. The first segment is titled "The Game Called Hollywood" which follows a young star-to-be (Ann-Margret) from nobody to star using a giant board game metaphor. Dean Martin joins Ann-Margret for a song medley sequence that is part country and part pop music. A comedy sequence has Larry Storch reporting on the two sides of the marriage of Dean Martin and Ann-Margret. Lucille Ball plays both herself and an autograph hound in a show business song and dance sequence. The finale finds Ann-Margret doing an on-location tribute to the USO with the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

For Lucille Ball, this was a reciprocal appearance in return for Ann-Margret's guest-starring on "Here's Lucy." Lucy was also doing a favor for David Winters, who co-produced and choreographed "Lucy in London" (1966).

This special aired on CBS after "The Jackie Gleason Show" which revived "The Honeymooners" characters that evening. It was followed by "Petticoat Junction." It was up again "The Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation of the TV film "The Littlest Angel."

Two days later, "Here's Lucy" presented the first run of "Lucy and the Generation Gap" (S2;E12). Ironically, that episode contained a parody of the song "Kids" from "Bye Bye Birdie", which starred Ann-Margret. In further irony, the cover story of TV Guide that week was about the generation gap.

The night this show aired, the turbulent decade of the 1960s came to a violent end with the counterculture rock concert at Altamont Speedway in Northern California. Inspired by Woodstock, the concert is best known for considerable violence, including the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter and three accidental deaths. Filmmakers Albert and David Maysles ("Grey Gardens") shot footage of the event and incorporated it into the 1970 documentary film titled "Gimme Shelter."

In November 1968 Lucille Ball and Ann-Margret appeared together on "The Tonight Show" with Peter Lawford as guest host. Ann's husband Roger Smith and Richard Prior were also guests.

Larry Storch plays a gossip show host named Jeremy Faber. Storch wears a pink tie, talks with a slight lisp, and sips a 'tooty fruity' beverage; an obvious attempt to get some laughs using gay stereotypes. Although the Stonewall riots that began the gay rights movement were recent news in late 1969, the effect would not be felt for many years.

Ann-Margret stands in front of Paramount Studios, where "Here's Lucy" was filmed. Ball had sold Desilu to Pararmount and her Lucille Ball Productions (LBP) leased studio space from them.

In the autograph hound song, Lucy and Ann-Margret mention many names of stars that Lucille Ball has (or would in future) work with: Eve Arden and Lucille Ball did several films together at RKO. Arden starred in "Our Miss Brooks" filmed at Desilu Studios. She did a cameo as herself on "I Love Lucy" in 1956. Francis X. Bushman was one of Mrs. McGillicuddy's favorite movie stars on "I Love Lucy." One of Lucille Ball's best known guest stars on her sitcoms was John Wayne, who did both "I Love Lucy" and "The Lucy Show" as himself. Marx Brothers (Room Service), Henry Fonda ("Yours Mine and Ours"), Elizabeth Taylor ("Here's Lucy"), Aldo Ray ("K.O. Kitty"), Larry Parks ("Her Husband's Affairs"), and Franklin Pangborn who did four RKO films with Ball.

Ann-Margret (as Autograph Annie) mentions Fay Bainter. In 1945, Bainter was in the film musical "State Fair." Ann-Margret starred in the 1962 remake.

The final musical scene takes place on the deck of the USS Hornet, which was recently returned from picking up the Apollo 12 crew.