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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.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Chester Erskine
- 1947-05
NBC Universal. Unrated. 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.
While shaving one morning, World War II veteran Bob ecstatically informs his new bride Betty that he has quit his mundane job in the city for the idyllic life of raising chickens in the country. Driving a decrepit truck crammed with livestock, the newlyweds soon venture into the mountains and arrive at their new home, a dilapidated old shack.
- Chester Erskine, Jack Hively, Frank Shaw
- Claudette Colbert
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
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. 2,349 IMDb 6.9 1 h 48 min 1947. X-Ray ALL.
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