Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)

Director:

Lee Sholem

Writers:

Connie Lee Bennett (story)
Harry Clork (writer)

Release Date:

April 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Ma and Pa go native... and Waikiki goes wacky!

Plot:

Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Sequel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Marjorie Main	...	Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle
Percy Kilbride	...	Pa Kettle
Lori Nelson	...	Rosie Kettle
Byron Palmer	...	Bob Baxter
Russell Johnson	...	Eddie Nelson
Hilo Hattie	...	Mama Lotus
Loring Smith	...	Rodney Kettle
Lowell Gilmore	...	Robert Coates
Mabel Albertson	...	Mrs. Teresa Andrews
Fay Roope	...	Fulton Andrews
Oliver Blake	...	Geoduck
Teddy Hart	...	Crowbar
Esther Dale	...	Birdie Hicks
Claudette Thornton	...	Rodney Kettle's Secretary

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

Because this film was actually made earlier, Richard Eyer, who played youngest son Billy in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954), is not present in this film but returns in the next released film, The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956).

Quotes:

Bob Baxter: Say, I seem to be lost. Can you tell me where P.A. Kettle lives?
Birdie Hicks: P.A. Kettle?
Miss Pennyfeather: The only Kettles we know live down this street.
Bob Baxter: Is he the industrialist?
Birdie Hicks: If you call having children an industry.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Back to the Future Part III (1990)

This is a funny movie

Although this was the last movie that Pa Kettle was in it was a funny one. When Pa Kettle gets kidnapped and Ma starts looking for him it is so funny how after a while she is pulling the two wheeled cart that the local boy was once pulling her in. Then it gets really funny when both Ma and Pa meet that native lady and her husband who have 12 children. I think that native man and his wife are Hawaian versions of Ma and Pa because the Husband is as lazy as Pa Kettle and the Wife is as hard working as Ma Kettle. Plus the Children of the two native people match up to the 12 younger Kettle children because both sets of children have weapons to fight with. The Kettle Children have the Sling Shots to shoot with and the Hawaian children have things to trow coconuts with. This is one funny movie that should be watched over and over.