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Marjorie Main
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Born Mary Tomlinson in Indiana in 1890, Marjorie Main's father was a minister who did not approve of dramatics as a form of entertainment. She briefly attended college in Indiana but left to attend drama school. Upon graduation, she taught dramatics for a year but eventually went into vaudeville in the 1910s. When she married Dr. Stanley Krebs in 1921, she more or less gave up performing for several years. Krebs, who was about 25 years older than Main, retired to New York later in the 1920s; Main then resumed acting, this time on Broadway. Her film career began with small roles in the early 1930s.
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[T]he hillbilly husband and wife played by Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride are introduced in the all-time favorite barnyard comedy "The Egg and I" (1947), with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Then, the Kettle clan is about to be run out of their home until Pa wins "the home of the future" in a slogan-writing contest in "Ma and Pa Kettle" (1949). AKA: "The Further Adventures NOTE: This Title is Out Of Print; Limit One Per Customer. This Title is Brand new with minor packaging damage.
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Marjorie Main began playing upper class dowagers, but was ultimately typecast in abrasive, domineering, salty roles: her distinct voice was like chalk upon a blackboard. She repeated her stage role in Dead End in the movie version of 1937, and was subsequently cast repeatedly as the mother of gangsters. She again transferred a strong stage performance, as a dude ranch operator in The Women, to film in 1939. She made six comedies with Wallace Beery in the 1940s.
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Marjorie Main was locked into a long-term contract with MGM which prevented her from getting rich from the Ma Kettle films. MGM loaned her to Universal Pictures. even so, she had three houses - in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and in the mountains. Her agent had a hard time persuading MGM to allow her to do comedy roles. In watching the Ma Kettle film on 8/27/98, Dad thought Marjorie Main was physically more attractive than her role suggested.
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Marjorie Main was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, as Mary Tomlinson. She attended Franklin College, in Franklin, Indiana, and adopted a stage name to avoid embarrassing her father, who was a minister. She worked in vaudeville on the Chautauqua and Orpheum circuits, and debuted on Broadway in 1916. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931.
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Franklin College has a very strong film history, being the alma mater of both Robert Wise and Marjorie Main.Today's Franklin College is a nationally-recognized institution which provides students with a quality liberal arts education. In addition, Franklin encourages students to broaden their horizons and challenge their own self- imposed limits through innovative programs. Franklin College will have eight venues for the Celebration featuring both film screenings and educational seminars. Map
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