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Claudette Colbert,
Claudette Colbert,
Fred MacMurray,
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Chester Erskine,
Chester Erskine
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: Universal Studios
: Comedies, Romantic Comedy, Classic Romance, Dysfunctional Families
: 345 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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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 upsets the equilibrium of MacMurray and Colbert's union, but both husband and wife are happily reunited at the finale (in real life, Betty McDonald and her husband were splitsville before the book even hit the stands). Retained from the novel, though heavily laundered, were the earthy characters of farmers Ma and Pa Kettle and their huge brood of children. Marjorie Main as Ma and Percy Kilbride as Pa struck so responsive a chord with filmgoers that Universal headlined them in their own "Kettle" series of B pictures, which endured until 1956. The Egg & I would be adapted into a live TV comedy serial in 1952, with Pat Kirkland and John Craven in the leading roles. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- The Egg and I
- The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
- Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town
- Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
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by stochasm
May 13, 2006 - 8:22 PM PDT
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I saw these on TV as a kid and it was a joy to see again. These films from the 40s and 50s. funny slapstick and good hearted and wholesome. and 4 movies on 1 CD.
I don't think I ever saw the 1st film, the "Egg and I". I rented to see the films centered on Ma and Pa.
One problem, the films on Disc 1 aren't in order. Watch: "The egg and I" on side 1, then "The Future of Ma and Pa Kettle" on side 2, then "To to Town" on side 1 and "Back on the Farm" on side 2 |
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by CSutton
December 20, 2004 - 1:55 PM PST
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1 out of 2 members found this review helpful
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| Maybe you're too young to have seen Ma and Pa Kettle at the movies. Maybe yoiu never heard of them. Or maybe you think they're dumb slapstick. Well, think again. These movies are great rye, dry humor. Ma Kettle is way ahead of the women's lib that was to come (or try to come). Pa is droll and a man you can admire for his shameless ways. Together they make happy family love. Funny, funny stuff. |
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