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Claudette Colbert: Fred Macmurray
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Synopsis: Claudette Colbert is a young freethinking woman living in Salem, Massachusetts during the notorious 17th century "witch trials". Colbert falls in love with adventurer Fred MacMurray, causing no end of scandal with the Puritan townsfolk. A hateful little girl (Bonita Granville) pretends to beRead More
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Colbert spent the next decade alternating between comedy and drama, frequently in the company of her most popular co-star, Fred MacMurray. She gained a reputation of giving 110 percent of her energies while acting, which compensated for her occasional imperviousness and her insistence that only one side of her face be photographed (which frequently necessitated redesigning movie sets just to accommodate her phobia about her "bad side"). Colbert remained a top money-making star until her last big hit, The Egg and I (1947), after which she lost some footing, partly because of producers' unwillingness to meet her demands that (under doctor's orders) she could only film a short time each day (her doctor was her husband). She hoped to jump-start her career in the role of Margo Channing in All About Eve, but those plans were squelched when she injured her back and had to relinquish the character to Bette Davis. Traveling the usual "fading star" route, Colbert made films in Europe and a budget Western in the U.S. before returning triumphantly to Broadway, first in 1956's Janus, then in the long-running 1958 comedy Marriage Go Round. The actress ... appeared on television, although reportedly had trouble adjusting to live productions.
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When the Great Depression shut down most of the theaters, Claudette decided to make a go of it in films. Her first film was in 1927 in a movie called For the Love of Mike (1927). It was a box-office disaster. She wasn't real keen on the film industry but with no theaters worth anything she had no choice but to remain. In 1929, she starred as Joyce Roamer in The Lady Lies (1929). The production was a success and later that year had another hit entitled _Hole in the Wall (1929)_ . In 1930, she played the starring role, opposite Fredric March, in Manslaughter (1930), which was a remake from the silent version eight years earlier.
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Most of Colbert's early movies were undistinguished, although her performances were admired. One of her first memorable roles was in Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross (1932). As Poppaea, “the wickedest woman in the world,” she slinked about in revealing costumes, vamped costar Fredric March, and in one famous scene took a bath in what was said to be asses' milk. She caused a sensation and two years later reinforced her sex symbol status in DeMille's flamboyant Cleopatra, playing the title role with tongue-in-cheek charm.
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Synopsis: The popular screen team of Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray stars in this wartime farce. MacMurray is an army pilot who develops engine trouble during a vital mission. Thinking he's about to die, MacMurray radios back his undying affection for his dog "Piggy." But the radio reception is fuzzyRead More
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Tense drama (with shades of The Crucible) stars Claudette Colbert as a free spirited woman in Salem who is falsely accused of witchcraft by the paranoid villagers. Also starring Fred MacMurray as a Virginia fugitive. With Bonita Granville and Gale Sondergaard. Good quality.
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