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 enlarge | Director: Chester Erskine
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Fred Macmurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: Video
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 2364
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 630310374X
UPC: 096898031738
EAN: 9786303103747
ASIN: 630310374X
Theatrical Release Date: May 1947
Release Date: February 13, 1995
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Condition: NOT an ex-rental copy. VHS in very good condition. Slip cover has moderate shelf wear (rubbing/scuffing of cover's glossy surface).
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 Funnier than a chicken head on ice! December 3, 2002
Kelly K. Coyle (Michigan)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Okay, that doesn't make any sense. This is a movie, based on the book by the same name, I think. An amusing, story about two city folks who move to hicksville to start a farm. This is all the husband's brilliant idea. The wife would prefer the city life, but she goes along with hubby, who never mentioned any of this stuff until AFTER the wedding. Whoops!
So they get a dilapidated (what else) farm house and fix it up. They work the land, build a chicken coup, clean the giant wood burning stove, acquire a country hound dog and meet the local Indians.
To make things interesting, their neighbors are Ma and Pa Kettle and their umpteen wild kids. (If Ma's breasts hung any lower she'd be stepping on them, she occasionally nudges them upwards, as they get in the way of her quilt-makin' and stew slinging!)Pa is a scoundral and a borrower, and Ma turns out to be a good hearted friend to Claudette Colbert.
Then there's the fancy lady farmer who lures Fred MacMuuray with her high tech chicken farming equipment (I'm not kidding.) Well, Claudette gets jealous, as Fred is blindly manipulated by fancy chicken lady.
There's also a fire, a country fair, and Ma and Pa Kettle's eldest and amzingly educated and clean cut son.
A funny, and fun movie!
Lots of good old fashioned laughs and fun down on the farm March 8, 2002
Simon Davis
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
This film has always been a favourite of mine. Claudette Colbert, a superb commedianne always stated that the corn ball humour of this film was not really to her liking after appearing in such sophisticated fare as "Midnight", "The Palm Beach Story" and "Skylark". In reality Claudette has never been better than in this her last really successful film after a brilliant collection of both dramas and comedys during the 30's and 40's.
Some people might call the humour "corn ball" or "un sophisticated" but it is a lot of fun and the great cast carry it off wonderfully.
The film has many funny moments, Betty and Bob (Fred McMurray) meeting the unstoppable Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main, a superb and totally underated actress, in an Oscar nominated role...she should definately have won!) for the first time, Betty's hilarious "initiation" to Kettle table manners during her first visit to Ma and Pa's for lunch complete with children to numerous to count (even Ma doesn't know all their names!!). I also love the dance sequence when Claudette gets dumped with the oddest array of local yokels as dance partners. It still gets me laughing every time.
I strongly recommend this film to those of you who like old fashioned humour. I certainly have a soft spot for it, not only because of the excellent cast and the great acting by all but because my own mother was alot like Claudette Colbert in this film, she was a sophisticated city gal who moved to the country encountering many strange and funny instances along the way in her introduction to country life. Enjoy this film!! and to quote Ma, " sit back and don't stand on no ceremony!!"
A delightfully funny and entertaining movie. September 15, 2001
Rosella Ann Myles (Wheeling, West Virginia United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I would highly recommend this film. It's funny and a real classic. I would give it more stars if I could!
 A Fish Out Of Water Story November 5, 2000
James L. (Toronto, Canada)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The Egg and I is an amusing look at a city girl's adjustment to living life on a chicken farm. Claudette Colbert stars as Betty, whose new husband Bob, played by Fred MacMurray, gives up his corporate career to pursue his lifelong dream of raising chickens. Their "new" house is a disaster area, and they quickly discover that starting a farm isn't that easy. Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride star as their neighbours Ma and Pa Kettle, parents of more kids than they can remember the names of. Louise Allbritton plays another neighbour who has a mechanized farm and an eye for MacMurray. The performers are all good, with Colbert delivering another solid comedic performance and Main stealing every scene as the tired, down-to-earth wife of the lazy husband. This isn't one of those movies that will have you laughing till you cry. It's a good natured look at a typical "fish out of water" story. I did laugh out loud during the dance and a few other scenes, and with great comedy performers such as these, you're guaranteed to be entertained.
Lots of laughs and fun down on the farm October 13, 2000
simon davis (Melbourne Australia)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Claudette Colbert always stated that the "Cornball humour" of this films was not something she liked after appearing in such sophisticated outings as "Midnight" and "The Palm Beach Story" but really Claudette has never been better than in this very funny, well written comedy about a well brought up girl learning (the hard way) to survive on a run down farm out west. What develops is a film with lots of laughs and good old fashioned humour with no need for bad language and crude humour for it to be entertaining like so many of today's comedies.The film has many hilarious moments, Betty and Bob meeting the unstoppable Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main in an Oscar nominated role...she should have won!!) for the first time, Betty's visit for lunch with the Kettles and their hordes of children (even Ma can't remember all their names!!), complete with chickens in the pantry, Ma's highly original methods of cleaning off the table in one swish of her arm, the absolutely priceless country dance where Betty gets landed with all the local "odd balls" as dance partners and accuses Bob of being a "cannibal" for enjoying a pork sandwich made from there own pig "Cleopatra", to Pa's "borrowing" of all the farm equipment. A hearty time is guaranteed by all. I strongly recommend this film and I have a soft spot for it as my own mother was a sophisticted city girl who married and moved to the country and encountered many funny people and situations as her "introduction" to country life. Enjoy!!!
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