Claudette Colbert
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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: 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.
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.
A new bride (Claudette Colbert) reluctantly says "I do" to her husband's (Fred MacMurray) plan to leave their life in the city and raise chickens on a dilapidated farm located miles from civilization. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Based on the best-selling novel by the same name, The Egg and I (1947) stars Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray as newlywed city folk who decide to brave the exotic rigors of chicken farming, greeted by the adversity of the elements and the eccentricities of their new neighbors.
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.
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Wanting to start a new life after coming back from the war and getting married, city slicker Bob buys a farmstead with plans primarily to raise chicken to sell the eggs as a business. Buying the farm is something he doesn't tell his equally city slicker bride, Betty, before doing so.
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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