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  1. The box office success of The Egg and I influenced the production of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series, which consists of nine feature films most of which star Main and Kilbride together. At the 20th Academy Awards, Main was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

  2. The Egg and I: Directed by Chester Erskine. With Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton. On their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm.

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    • Comedy, Romance
    • Chester Erskine
    • 1947-05
  3. 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
  4. The Egg and I (1947) was a Comedy - Romance Film directed by Chester Erskine and produced by Chester Erskine, Leonard Goldstein and Fred F. Finklehoffe. Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS) Award. Recipient.

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  5. It also garnered her the film's only Academy Award® nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category, which went instead to Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947). The characters continued to make audiences laugh for another nine movies.

    • Chester Erskine, Jack Hively, Frank Shaw
    • Claudette Colbert
  6. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property. World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country.

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  8. 113. Comedy Based on the true-life adventures of best-selling humorist Betty MacDonald. A young urban bride agrees to help her new husband realize his life-long dream of owning a chicken farm.

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