Marjorie Main
17 titles
Filmography
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
(1952)When the Kettles' eldest daughter Rosie wants to go to college, Ma and Pa Kettle enter the Cape Flattery County Fair to raise the money for her tuition. The events include a trotter race, for which Pa purchases an out-of-shape mare, and a bread- and jam-making contest that puts Ma's cooking skills to the test against their neighbor and rival, Birdie Hicks.
Tish
(1942)Raw-boned, raspy-voiced, sixty-something Letitia "Tish" Carberry (Marjorie Main, who would find her greatest fame in the Ma Kettle film series) comes back to her hometown with a baby in her arms. "I'm a woman. It's a baby. It's mine!" she declares. Three splendid character actresses – Main, Zasu Pitts and Aline MacMahon – play three delightful spinsters in Tish, based on stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The old dears try their hands at matchmaking, get everything in a dreadful muddle, and end up caring for an orphaned baby they mistakenly believe is illegitimate. This warm comedy is laced with drama and punctuated with plenty of sight gags, including Main roller-skating in her Sunday best and the three stars tangling with a disgruntled bear on a camping trip.

The Egg and I
(1947)A new bride (Claudette Colbert) reluctantly says "I do" to her husband’s (Fred MacMurray) plan to leave their life in the city and raise chickens on a dilapidated farm located miles from civilization.

The Long, Long Trailer
(1954)A couple travels across the United States, and everything that can go wrong does go hysterically wrong as they try to celebrate their honeymoon on the road. An overloaded trailer, an isolated mountain road and a judge who hates trailers all add up.

The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
(1947)Shortly after travelling salesmen Chester Wooley and Duke Egan arrive in Wagon Gap, Montana, Chester is falsely accused of murdering a local man and sentenced to death. According to a local law, Chester can be spared from the gallows if he takes responsibility for the dead man's debts and family, so he moves into the ramshackle home of the rowdy Widow Hawkins and her brood of seven noisy children.

Little Tough Guy
(1938)The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man.

The Belle of New York
(1952)Despite his aunt's repeated demands, Charlie refuses to change his ways until he meets a young woman named Angela and falls in love.

Mr. Imperium
(1951)Un prÃncipe de vacaciones en Italia se enamora de una cantante estadounidense, pero las obligaciones reales ponen un freno a su posible relación.

Heaven Can Wait
(1943)Arriving at the gates of hell, a deceased playboy recounts tales from his carefree life as Satan reviews his eligibility to enter the underworld.

Honky Tonk
(1941)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.

Boy of the Streets
(1938)On the crime-ridden streets of the Bowery in 1930’s New York City, a 14-year-old gang leader makes a shocking discovery about the father he worships.

We Were Dancing
(1942)A Polish princess gives up society for love of a gigolo.

Rose Marie
(1954)Musical fans, we’re calling you, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo! Howard Keel and Ann Blyth play stalwart Mountie and backwoods hellion in this grand and Cinemascope version of the beloved operetta.

Stella Dallas
(1937)A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

Dead End
(1937)In an East Side New York City neighborhood ravaged by poverty, an infamous gangster returns home where streets kids hope to follow in his footsteps.

Meet Me in St. Louis
(1944)An early 20th-century family faces an emotional upheaval when they must relocate from St. Louis to New York due to the father's job transfer.

Dark Command
(1940)A Civil War tale based on the exploits of the notorious outlaw William Quantrill. A courageous sheriff stands up to Quantrill and his band of guerrillas pillaging the countryside in Civil War-torn Kansas, and stops the cut-throat raids across both Union and Confederate lines.