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Based on Betty MacDonald's book, the film follows a newlywed couple who move to a chicken farm and face various challenges and hilarious situations. Starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, the film was a hit with audiences and spawned a series of Ma and Pa Kettle movies.
- (3.1K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Chester Erskine
- 1947-05
The Egg and I is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Chester Erskine, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by Betty MacDonald and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, with Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Kettle.
The Egg and I, first published in 1945, is a humorous memoir by American author Betty MacDonald about her adventures and travels as a young wife on a chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in the US state of Washington.
- Betty Bard. MacDonald
- 1945
Betty MacDonald published The Egg and I in 1945, near the end of the war. It’s a smartly written and very funny memoir of life as a young wife on a rustic chicken farm on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
- (9.7K)
- Paperback
- Betty Macdonald
Jun 24, 2008 · A beloved literary treasure for more than half a century, Betty MacDonald's The Egg and I is a heartwarming and uproarious account of adventure and survival on an American frontier.
- (1.5K)
- $11.2
- Betty MacDonald
- Betty Bard. MacDonald
A romantic comedy about a couple who moves to the country to raise chickens. The film is based on the novel by Betty MacDonald, who also wrote the screenplay and appeared in the film as Ma Kettle.
Screen legends Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray star as newlyweds whose love is put to the test on their wedding day in the classic comedy The Egg and I. Just after she has said "I do,"...
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