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Marjorie Main screening: Ma & Pa Kettle Go To Town

Our Historical Society will sponsor the comedy Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town, starring Acton’s own Marjorie Main, at The Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana! The society will have a midday outing to Franklin on Saturday, July 20…
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Movie outing: See Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle

Join us to watch Acton’s own Marjorie Main in her iconic film role of Ma Kettle, on a 33-foot screen at the one-hundred-year-old Historic Artcraft Theatre! Movie tickets are $5 for seniors, $6 for other adults. Be at the Meeting…
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Marjorie Main film: The Egg and I

Marjorie Main, born in Acton and best known for her role as Ma Kettle in 10 films, can be seen July 15 & 16 in the 1947 movie The Egg and I at The Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin. This…
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Happy Birthday to Marjorie Main

On this date in 1890, a girl named Mary Tomlinson was born in Acton, which was then a thriving community on the rail line in the corner of Franklin Township. The daughter of minister Samuel Tomlinson, Mary wasn’t content with small-town life, and…
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Marjorie Main Film at Artcraft Theatre

Once again, it’s time for the Historic Artcraft Theatre’s annual Ma & Pa Kettle film screening! This year it’s Ma & Pa Kettle At The Fair (1952), running June 27-28. Actress Marjorie Main, best known for her recurring role as…
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Marjorie Main Film: The Egg & I

Once again, the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana is screening a film featuring Acton’s own Marjorie Main! The Egg & I stars Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, and was the film that introduced the iconic “Ma and Pa Kettle”…
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Marjorie Main at the Artcraft, August 24-25

For the third year in a row, the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana will be showing one of the classic Ma & Pa Kettle films starring Acton-born actress Marjorie Main (who also has a connection to Franklin, Indiana, having…
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Marjorie Main, again on the silver screen

We posted last year when the Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana showed a classic Marjorie Main film. Marjorie Main was born right here in Franklin Township — in the town of Acton, to be precise — and appeared in…
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