What is The Egg and I / It's a Gift about?

THE EGG AND I, 1947, Universal, 108 min. Dir. Chester Erskine. This riotous cousin of GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (see below) stars Fred MacMurray as a city fella who yearns for the simple joys of farming, and Claudette Colbert as his dutiful but long-suffering wife. IT’S A GIFT, 1934, Universal, 73 min. Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. Considered by some to be The Great Man’s greatest film, this short, sweet W.C. Fields vehicle is little more than a series of zany sketches loosely tied to his desire to move to California and grow oranges. Includes the legendary “Mr. Muckle” and “Carl LaFong” scenes, as well as the hanging mirror and sleeping porch routines. Jean Rouverol, who co-wrote THE FIRST TIME (see above), plays Fields’ daughter.

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What is The Egg and I / It's a Gift about?: THE EGG AND I, 1947, Universal, 108 min. Dir. Chester Erskine. This riotous cousin of GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (see below) stars Fred MacMurray as a city fella who yearns for the simple joys of farming, and Claudette Colbert as his dutiful but long-suffering wife.

IT’S A GIFT, 1934, Universal, 73 min. Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. Considered by some to be The Great Man’s greatest film, this short, sweet W.C. Fields vehicle is little more than a series of zany sketches loosely tied to his desire to move to California and grow oranges. Includes the legendary “Mr. Muckle” and “Carl LaFong” scenes, as well as the hanging mirror and sleeping porch routines. Jean Rouverol, who co-wrote THE FIRST TIME (see above), plays Fields’ daughter.