{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63b2f86e867730001141e2fc/647f7f62a9bc080011cbbd63?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Egg and I (Chester Erskine, 1947)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/cover/1672673237731-e0e75e64a50a537e218d3917223fe506.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode I discuss the romantic comedy, <em>The Egg and I</em> (Erskine, 1947), based on the book of the same name by Betty MacDonald.</p><p><br></p><p><u>Resources</u>:</p><p><br></p><p>Christopher Beach, <em>Class, Language, and American Film Comedy </em>(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002).</p><p>Paula Becker, <em>Looking For Betty MacDonald</em> (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019).</p><p>Boze Hadleigh, <em>Hollywood Lesbians: From Garbo to Foster</em> (Riverdale, NY: Riverdale Avenue Books, 2016).</p><p>Jennifer Reese, \"The Plucky Author Behind The Classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books.” <em>The Washington Post. </em>October 17, 2016. Available at: <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/behind-her-classic-mrs-piggle-wiggle-books-the-dark-life-of-betty-macdonald/2016/10/14/23005c46-9071-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/behind-her-classic-mrs-piggle-wiggle-books-the-dark-life-of-betty-macdonald/2016/10/14/23005c46-9071-11e6-9c85-ac42097b8cc0_story.html</a></p><p>Charles Tranberg, <em>Fred MacMurray: A Biography</em> (Albany, GA: BearManor Media, 2007).</p>","author_name":"Olympia Kiriakou"}