Marjorie Main
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Just after she has said 'I do,' Betty learns that her new husband, Bob, has left his white-collar job with plans to raise chickens on a rustic farm located miles away from civilization. Betty tries to make the best of her situation in their ramshackle house but never-ending repairs, a malevolent wood-burning stove, rain, ornery livestock and a seductive neighbor do not make it easy! Bonus materials included.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the fair: Ma and Pa try to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college.
Ma and Pa Kettle on vacation: on a trip to Paris, the Kettles get involved with international spies.
Ma and Pa Kettle at home: Pa tries to impress the judges of an essay contest in order to help Elwin win a college scholarship.
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki: Ma and Pa fly off to Hawaii to help cousin Rodney with his pineapple...
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Trotter Polling Company employee Pete Marshall is sent down the back roads and into the backwoods in search of a missing fellow employee. The city slicker soon finds himself mixed up with a family of homicidal hillbillies who are looking for stolen loot hidden on their property.
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The egg and I: A new bride's husband tells her on their wedding night that he quit his job to buy a rustic farm and raise chickens, and their life becomes hilariously complicated with all of the new barnyard problems.
Ma and Pa Kettle: In this hilarious adventure, Ma and Pa's house, a building so rickety it's about to be condemned, is replaced by an ultra-modern prefab that Pa wins by dreaming up a slogan for a tobacco company.
Ma and Pa Kettle...
8) Honky tonk
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A gambler attempts to settle into honest life in a small town by falling in love with a young local and opening up a saloon with his gambling winnings.
9) Dark command
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"In this pre-civil war saga--a Confederate renegade William Cantrell (Walter Pidgeon) clashes with the new Kansas City marshal, Bob Seton (John Wayne). Their mutual ill towards each other peaks when Cantrell steals Seton's girl, Marie McCloud (Claire Trevor), manipulating her into marriage to get even with Seton. Marie starts to question her decision when Seton exposes Cantrell and his guerrillas as war profiteers who've been raiding both Union and...
10) The Harvey girls
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On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. When Susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting, Susan joins the Harvey Girls instead. The saloon across the street with its alluring worldly-wise women offers them tough competition, fair and foul,...
11) Stella Dallas
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Even after her marriage to well-bred Stephen Dallas ends, irrepressible Stella is determined to give their daughter the life she never had. When it comes down to her child's happiness versus her own, Stella's sacrifice is the epitome of bravery.