With joe derita, dorothy granger, norman ollestad, symona boniface. Cast and crew credits for the egg and i, 1947, directed by chester erskine, with claudette colbert, fred macmurray, marjorie main, at turner classic movies. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the egg and i 1947 chester erskine on allmovie. This was the second of four shorts in the joe derita series produced by columbia from 19461948. On their wedding night, bob reveals to betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. The success of the novel spawned the 1947 film the egg and i starring claudette colbert and fred macmurray, also costarring marjorie main and percy. Author betty macdonald promotes the movie based on her bestselling book, the egg and i, in this 1947 theatrical trailer. The egg and i 1947 tt0039349 it tells the story of young married couple who become chicken farmers. When the egg and i came out in 1947, claudette colbert and fred macmurray had already made five other movies together, and they would do one more after this one.
When macmurray enthusiastically purchases an upstate farm in the hopes of cleaning up in the egg business, colbert cautiously goes along. Over the course of one explosive evening, two couples and a surrogate must face their own ridiculous and sometimes heartbreaking shortcomings. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by betty macdonald and starring claudette colbert and fred macmurray, with marjorie. The egg and i, film version of betty macdonald novel. I bought this dvd mainly for the movie the egg and i. Claudette colbert and fred macmurray were cast in the lead roles, with marjorie main and percy kilbride cast in the roles of ma and pa kettle. One of the worlds largest video sites, serving the best videos, funniest movies and clips.
The movie held its influence for yearsincluding being the basis for the television. The egg and i almost never comes on tv, and i couldnt find it on streaming services. With claudette colbert, fred macmurray, marjorie main, louise allbritton. The film is based on the 1946 novel of the same name, written by william lindsay gresham. They would go on to make 7 more ma and pa kettle movies after this one. The egg and i 1947 chester erskine related allmovie. Betty has been raised to follow her husbands dreams with him, and bobs dream is to be.
The film, loosely based on the book, was released in 1947. As with each of the first ones, they have wonderful chemistry in this film. Gentlemans agreement won best picture at the academy awards. The egg and i 1947 on their wedding night, bob reveals to betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Paramount made the first five that included one drama and four comedy romances. Besides the egg and i, it has ma and pa kettle movies. See the article in its original context from april 25, 1947. The egg and i is truly one out of many of my favorite movies to watch over and over again.
Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on bob. It tells the story of young married couple who become chicken farmers. The egg and i is one of the biggest grossing pictures in the history of universal pictures and also one of the longest running movie series for that company. Thats the first movie in which ma and pa kettle appear, i think. The image measures 1622 2250 pixels and is 450 kilobytes large. 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.
This is a good package deal, with the several movies. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. Download or stream the egg and i 1947 with claudette colbert, chester erskine, fred. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the bad part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was. Buy the egg and i movie posters from movie poster shop. The egg and i was so successful it made stars out of the supporting characters that played ma and pa kettle. The egg and i is a 1947 film directed by chester erskine, who cowrote the screenplay with fred f. The good bad egg was an american comedy short released by columbia pictures on march 20, 1947, starring joe derita, who later joined the three stooges and became curly joe derita, and featuring dorothy granger, and norman ollestead. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters.
High resolution dvd movie cover image for the egg and i 1947. Read the full synopsis of the egg and i, 1947, directed by chester erskine, with claudette colbert, fred macmurray, marjorie main, at turner classic movies. The egg and i movie cast sheet music signed circa 1947 with co. The egg and i is a great old comedy movie starring claudette cobert and fred mcmurray. Find similar and related movies for the egg and i 1947 chester erskine on allmovie. Just after she has said i do, betty claudette colbert learns that her new husband, bob fred macmurray, has left his whitecollar job.
Egg and i movie trailer featuring betty macdonald, 1947 youtube. Nightmare alley is a 1947 film noir starring tyrone power and featuring joan blondell, coleen gray, and helen walker. Authentic screen gems movie photo provided to media outlets for promotional purposes. The egg and i, film version of betty macdonald novel starring claudette colbert, is new bill at radio city. The egg and i 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Egg and i movie trailer featuring betty macdonald, 1947. In this columbia allstar comedy short production number 8438, joe derita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. Shop the egg and i movie cast sheet music signed circa 1947 with cosigners and more music, movie, and tv memorabilia at amazons entertainment.
The kettles were so popular that hollywood started making ma and pa kettle movies some of which are on this dvd. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by betty macdonald. This movie will turn a bad day into, you know that things will and can get better. The egg and i is a 1947 american romantic comedy film directed by chester erskine, who cowrote the screenplay with fred f. Betty has been raised to follow her husbands dreams with him, and bobs dream is to be a. The egg and i 1947 based on the bestselling 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. Egg and i claudette colbert fred macmurray screen gems. Doing a little research on the movie and book, i found that betty mcdonald was a resident of seattle and where they moved was not anywhere near hillbilly country. 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.
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