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Writers:
Betty MacDonald (novel)
Chester Erskine (writer) ...
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Release Date:
May 1947 (USA) more
Plot:
On their wedding night Bob informs his new bride Betty that he has bought a chicken farm. An abandoned chicken farm... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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(2 articles)
DVD Playhouse--November 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 6:25 PM, PST)
New On DVD This Week
(From The Flickcast. 3 November 2009, 3:35 PM, PST)
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A better performance than I remembered. more (22 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Claudette Colbert | ... | Betty MacDonald |
 | Fred MacMurray | ... | Bob MacDonald |
 | Marjorie Main | ... | Ma Kettle |
| Louise Allbritton | ... | Harriet Putnam |
| Percy Kilbride | ... | Pa Kettle |
| Richard Long | ... | Tom Kettle |
| Billy House | ... | Billy Reed |
| Ida Moore | ... | Emily (the old lady) |
| Donald MacBride | ... | Mr. Henty |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Sheriff |
| Esther Dale | ... | Birdie Hicks |
| Elisabeth Risdon | ... | Betty's Mother |
| John Berkes | ... | Geoduck |
| Victor Potel | ... | Crowbar (as Vic Potel) |
| Fuzzy Knight | ... | Cab Driver |
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108 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #12222, General Audience)
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This comedy was such a hit with audiences, it spawned the Ma and Pa Kettle film series. more
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Referenced in "Batman: The Ogg and I (#3.8)" (1967) more
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I first watched this movie about 5 years ago, and I enjoyed it then. I wanted to watch it again, because I'd since seen a few movies with Marjorie Main. I enjoyed her performance, but it was the role played by Claudette Colbert that blew me away. I thought she was better here than in "It Happened One Night", when she won an Oscar. Ma and Pa Kettle stole the show the last time I watched it, but this time around, I was more interested in the lives of Betty and Bob MacDonald. Ms. Colbert and Fred MacMurray had such an easy-going, natural interaction, which I overlooked on first viewing. Isn't that the sign of good acting? When you don't even notice they're acting?