Lucy Goes to the Hospital Lucy Goes to the Hospital "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" is an episode of the 1950s American television show "I Love Lucy" in which the title character, Lucy Ricardo, gives birth to her son, "Little Ricky," after a "predictably chaotic" sequence of events. Twelve hours before the broadcast, the actress who played Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball, had given birth to Desi Arnaz, Jr. by cesarean section. The episode had actually been filmed on November 14, 1952. The episode was the culmination of an unprecedented pairing of the fictional pregnancy of Lucy with the real-life pregnancy of Lucille Ball; "real-time pregnancy
A Movie Star Has To Star in Black and White and white movie." In scene 1, the set is "The hospital lobby and "Now, Voyager"," in Scene 2 it is her "Brother’s room and "Viva Zapata!"," whereas in Scene 3 it is "Clara’s old room and A Place in the Sun" These movie sets are relevant, because the plots of the movies parallel Clara’s story. Conversely, some scenes from the movies create great juxtaposition to scenes and themes in the play. All locations are very purposeful and directly connect to themes, motifs, and messages of the play: -"Now Voyager" has a recurring motif that parallels a theme in Adrienne’s works.