Betty has been raised to follow her husbands dreams with him, and bobs dream is to be. 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. This movie will turn a bad day into, you know that things will and can get better. 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. The movie held its influence for yearsincluding being the basis for the television. 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. With joe derita, dorothy granger, norman ollestad, symona boniface. The egg and i 1947 chester erskine related allmovie. Gentlemans agreement won best picture at the academy awards. Egg and i movie trailer featuring betty macdonald, 1947 youtube. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by betty macdonald and starring claudette colbert and fred macmurray, with marjorie. This is a good package deal, with the several movies.
The image measures 1622 2250 pixels and is 450 kilobytes large. 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, film version of betty macdonald novel starring claudette colbert, is new bill at radio city. 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. 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. It tells the story of young married couple who become chicken farmers. When macmurray enthusiastically purchases an upstate farm in the hopes of cleaning up in the egg business, colbert cautiously goes along. The egg and i movie cast sheet music signed circa 1947 with co.
They would go on to make 7 more ma and pa kettle movies after this one. 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. The egg and i 1947 tt0039349 it tells the story of young married couple who become chicken farmers. See the article in its original context from april 25, 1947. The egg and i almost never comes on tv, and i couldnt find it on streaming services.
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 egg and i 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Author betty macdonald promotes the movie based on her bestselling book, the egg and i, in this 1947 theatrical trailer. Find similar and related movies for the egg and i 1947 chester erskine on allmovie. As with each of the first ones, they have wonderful chemistry in this film.
The kettles were so popular that hollywood started making ma and pa kettle movies some of which are on this dvd. 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. The egg and i is a 1947 american romantic comedy film directed by chester erskine, who cowrote the screenplay with fred f. 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. Just after she has said i do, betty claudette colbert learns that her new husband, bob fred macmurray, has left his whitecollar job. Nightmare alley is a 1947 film noir starring tyrone power and featuring joan blondell, coleen gray, and helen walker. Egg and i movie trailer featuring betty macdonald, 1947. Buy the egg and i movie posters from movie poster shop. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on bob. On their wedding night, bob reveals to betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm.
Authentic screen gems movie photo provided to media outlets for promotional purposes. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the egg and i 1947 chester erskine on allmovie. 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 is a 1947 film directed by chester erskine, who cowrote the screenplay with fred f. 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. 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.
High resolution dvd movie cover image for the egg and i 1947. 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. The egg and i, film version of betty macdonald novel. The egg and i is truly one out of many of my favorite movies to watch over and over again. The film is based on the 1946 novel of the same name, written by william lindsay gresham. Finklehoffe, based on the book of the same name by betty macdonald. With claudette colbert, fred macmurray, marjorie main, louise allbritton. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
The film, loosely based on the book, was released in 1947. Betty has been raised to follow her husbands dreams with him, and bobs dream is to be a. Over the course of one explosive evening, two couples and a surrogate must face their own ridiculous and sometimes heartbreaking shortcomings. I bought this dvd mainly for the movie the egg and i. Thats the first movie in which ma and pa kettle appear, i think.
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