The Egg and I
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The Egg and I is a 1947 American comedy film, based on Betty MacDonald's memoir, about a city couple adjusting to life on a chicken farm and featuring Marjorie Main in an Oscar-nominated role as Ma Kettle.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardNomination | Best Supporting Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| academyAwardNominee | Marjorie Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Egg and I (memoir) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Betty MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Ma Kettle
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Pa Kettle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Chester Erskine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | theatrical release in the United States ⓘ |
| editedBy | Edward Curtiss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredPerformance | Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | feature film ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCharacter |
Betty
NERFINISHED
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Bob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | city couple adjusting to farm life ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing the Ma and Pa Kettle characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFilmSeries | Ma and Pa Kettle film series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Chester Erskine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1945 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1947-04-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 108 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Chester Erskine
NERFINISHED
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Fred F. Finklehoffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
chicken farm
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rural Washington State ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialGenre | memoir ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialSetting | rural Washington State ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialTitle | The Egg and I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spawnedSpinOff | Ma and Pa Kettle (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Claudette Colbert
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Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ Marjorie Main NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Kilbride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studioEra | Classical Hollywood cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | post-World War II era ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Marjorie Main