The Egg and I1947
The Egg and I (1947)
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Cast
as Betty MacDonald
as Bob MacDonald
as Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
as Frank 'Pa' Kettle
as Harriet Putnam
as Tom Kettle
as Billy Reed
as Old Lady
as Mr. Henty
as Sheriff
as Mrs. Hicks
as Betty's Mother
as Betty's Mother
as Geoduck
as Crowbar
as Cab Driver
as Mrs. Hick's Mother
as Maid
as Waiter
as Porter
as Mailman
as Pettingrew
as Photographer
as Judge
as Attendant
as Announcer
as Farm Hand
as Goon
as Goon
as Goon
as Goon
as Goon
as Burlaga
as Bergheimer
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Kettle Child
as Announcer
as Nurse
as People at Social
as People at Social
as People at Social
as People at Social
as People at Social
as People at Social
Critic Reviews for The Egg and I
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[Claudette Colbert] is often extremely funny, and in the sequence at the local dance-hall, where she has to dance with all the neighbouring farmers regardless of their size and shape, she is exquisitely so. But I resent such a wastage of talent.
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.
Audience Reviews for The Egg and I
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".
Super Reviewer
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.
Super Reviewer
The Egg and I is one of the biggest grossing pictures in the history of Universal pictures and also one of the longest running movie series for that company. Based on the book by Betty Macdonald, it also features the film debut of "Ma and Pa Kettle" (the role of Ma Kettle earned Marjorie Main an oscar nomination). Ma and Pa Kettle are definitely the most entertaining thing about the film, with their acres of kids and a nest of chickens in every nook and cranny of the house. MacMurray plays his usual obliviously affable self, while Colbert is the hapless newlywed, swept off into the mountains to live on a chicken farm by her egg-obsessed husband. There's some unexpectedly heart-warming scenes, but the film itself isn't quite as funny as other similar films from that era.
Super Reviewer
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