The Ma & Pa Kettle Collection: The Egg and I | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray

The Ma & Pa Kettle Collection: The Egg and I | Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray | Meet Ma and Pa Kettle in their first appearance.

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	The Ma & Pa Kettle Collection: The Egg and I Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray Universal Studios, 1995 average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Meet Ma and Pa Kettle in their first appearance.

Hop in the old truck with Bob (Fred MacMurray) and Betty (Claudette Colbert) and head for the hills of rural Washington State. Betty is unprepared for what awaits her--life on a chicken farm! Bob is gungho for the idea, but Betty has never gone near the kitchen to cook, much less to "put up all those canned goods" that Bob expects her to do! Down the road apiece live Ma and Pa Kettle and their hard-to-count-how-many children. Ma is an expert quilter and Pa is an expert borrower! You will experience life along with them going to the county fair, the weekly dances, planting a garden, everything right down to slopping the hogs. This movie is great fun to watch. I read the book, too. Try to get a copy, if you can. It is Betty's real life story. The movie is based on the book. I am sure you will be well entertained by them both.

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Meet Ma and Pa Kettle in their first appearance.

Hop in the old truck with newlyweds Bob (Fred MacMurray) and Betty (Claudette Colbert) and head for the hills of rural Washington State. Betty is unprepared for what awaits her--life on a chicken farm! Bob is gungho for the idea, but Betty has never been near the kitchen to cook, much less "put up all those canned goods" that Bob expects her to do! Down the road apiece live Ma and Pa Kettle and their hard-to-count-how-many children. Ma is an expert quilter and Pa is an expert borrower! You will experience life along with them going to the county fair, the weekly dances, planting a garden, everything right down to slopping the hogs. This movie is great fun to watch. I read the book, too. Try to get a copy, if you can. It is Betty's real life story. The movie is based on the book. I am sure you will be well entertained by them both.

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CLASSIC FUN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

"The Egg and I" is a humorous autobiographical look at Betty McDonald's experiences on an egg ranch in Washington State in the late 20's. The book was immensely popular with the public and a huge million-plus seller when it first came out in 1945. Although the movie version is a watered -down rewrite which fails to completely capture the earthy tang of the book, it's still a highly amusing diversion to watch on a rainy afternoon. Claudette Colbert exudes charm and warmth in her playing of Betty and she gives an excellent potrayal. Fred MacMurray is boyishly bland as Bob and the two have a genuine chemistry playing the "young" married couple. As in the book, the most memorable characters in the film are Ma and Pa Kettle -Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride simply steal the show as these lovable country bumpkins. Richard Long (Jarrod Barkley in "The Big Valley") plays the Kettle's bright oldest son Tom who's encouraged by Betty to go to college and make something of himself. Esther Dale is hilarious as the no-nonsense Birdie Hicks, a sour old beldame with the face of curds. Harmless old-fashioned fun!

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HILARIOUS RURAL COMEDY

Claudette Colbert never cared for this film,but the public loved it. Colbert was 44 when she did this and looks considerably younger. MacMurray and Claudette have excellent chemistry as evidenced in the prior movies in which they made together. Marjorie Main simply steals the show as the wildly funny country bumpkin Ma Kettle--her acting is so natural-like that you swear that you've met this woman in real life SOMEWHERE before! Ma heartily scratches her bosom, clears the table by knocking everything off with her forearm while she explains her housekeeping woes to Betty........she's hilarious. Percy Kilbride isn't far behind as Pa and the pair were a real hit with the public: moviegoers in they late 40's literally demanded to see more of these folk, and this film inspired the admittedly corny yet incredibly successful MA AND PA KETTLE series which spanned from 1949-1957. You can easily pick out Richard Long (Jarrod in the beloved BIG VALLEY) as eldest son Tom. Esther Dale is in fine faddle in a typical no-nonsense characterization as the sour (and hilarious) Birdie Hicks. Ida Moore is fun as the looney old lady who once lived in Betty's house. The dingbat comes uninvited for a visit at Betty's house along with her long dead husband, (who, of course, is invisible to all but her!). Betty explains to Ma that she and Bob wanted to have a child ON SCHEDULE(!) Later, at the county fair, when Betty faints, Ma says to Betty in a matter-of-fact way-- "Say, honey, have you looked at that *SCHEDULE* lately?" For her portrayal of Ma, Main was nominated for a best-supporting actress AA.

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Enjoyable Little Comedy of Post-WWII Life

Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray provide many laughs in this light-hearted adaptation of the 1940's book by Betty MacDonald. It begins with MacMurray buying a house broken down to the last shingle in a resiential farming town. After fixing it up with wife Colbert, they begin to explore their town and discover many of the offbeat people (Ma and Pa Kettle especially are a delight!) new to their city folk characters. A great film to watch with the family on a Saturday night!

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