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Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name, produced by Universal Studios, in the late 1940s and 1950s.“The hillbilly duo have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of rambunctious children.
Ma and Pa Kettle (also known as The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle) is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont.It is the sequel to the 1947 film version of Betty MacDonald's semi-fictional memoir The Egg and I and the first official installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.
Ma and Pa Kettle: Pa Kettle Mr. Soft Touch: Rickle Free for All: Henry J. Abbott 1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town: Pa Kettle Riding High: Pop Jones 1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm: Pa Kettle 1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair: Ellis in Freedomland: The Dehumidifier Voice 1953 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation: Pa Kettle 1954 Ma and Pa Kettle ...
This is Percy Kilbride's last appearance as Pa Kettle, and his final movie as well. Cousin Rodney (Loring Smith) has paid Ma and Pa Kettle's way to Hawaii, under the false assumption that Pa is a business genius who can help increase stalled business at the family pineapple factory. Pa DOES come up with a solution, although purely by accident.
The two Kettle characters proved to be so popular among film audiences that Universal decided to do a series. Main portrayed the Ma Kettle character in nine Ma and Pa Kettle films between 1949 and 1957. Kilbride was her co-star in most of the films, but left after Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955), the seventh in the series. [18]
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick. It is the third installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. It was also the last completed film of director Sedgwick's long career.
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town; Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation; Marjorie Main; Maw and Paw This page was last edited on 4 May 2022, at 13:04 (UTC). Text is available ...
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home is a 1954 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the sixth, and also most successful, installment of Universal-International 's Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride .