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The Egg and I (1947)

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Release Date: Mar 21, 1947 Wide

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Based on the humorous autobiographical book by Betty McDonald, The Egg & I casts Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray as Manhattan-dwelling newlyweds. When MacMurray enthusiastically purchases an upstate farm in the hopes of cleaning up in the egg business, Colbert cautiously goes along. The film's humor is derived from the efforts of these two hopelessly citified slickers to adapt themselves to the rigors of rural life. In a plot complication added to the film, pretty neighbor Louise Allbritton

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Chester Erskine

Written By: Chester Erskine, Fred F. Finklehoffe

In Theaters: Mar 21, 1947 Wide

Cast

Claudette Colbert
Betty MacDonald
Fred MacMurray
Bob MacDonald
Marjorie Main
Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride
Pa Kettle
Louise Allbritton
Harriet Putnam
Richard Long
Tom Kettle
Billy House
Billy Reed
Ida Moore
Old Lady
Donald MacBride
Mr. Henty
Samuel S. Hinds
Sheriff
Esther Dale
Birdie Hicks
Elizabeth Risdon
Betty's Mother
John Berkes
Geoduck
Victor Potel
Crowbar
Isabel O'Madigan
Mrs. Hick's Mother
Dorothy Vaughan
Maid
William Norton Bailey
Jack Baxley
Judge
Joe Bernard
Pettingrew
Robert Cherry
Goon
Diane Florentine
Kettle Child
Jesse Graves
Porter
Herbert Heywood
Mailman
Taylor Holmes
Teddy Infur
Kettle Child
Fuzzy Knight
Cab Driver
Nolan Leary
Announcer
George Lloyd
Farm Hand
Louis Mason
Bergheimer
Sam McDaniel
Waiter
George McDonald
Howard Mitchell
Announcer
Bob Perry
Gene Persson
Beatrice Roberts
Nurse
Hector V. Sarno
Burlaga
Ralph Littlefield
Photographer
Earl Bennett
Vangie Beilby
Joe Ploski
Goon
Joe Recht
Goon
Joe Hiser
Gloria Moore
Robert Winans

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Starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, this comedy about an urban couple who tries to live a happy rural life was so popuar at the box-office that it led to a sequel and to a whole series, Ma and Pa Kettle.

January 4, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Cute, quaint fish out of water story, almost surely the ground from which the old teevee series "Green Acres" was sprung, about a sophisticated big city girl trying to adapt to farm living. Colbert and MacMurray are friendly enough to get you to "set a spell".

July 12, 2007

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A pretty nice, sentimental, romantic little movie, with some funny scenes, but sometimes it's a bit too silly or sentimental. Overall pretty good, though.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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