Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Name: Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1954-03-10
Duration: 1 h 20 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray

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1h 20m

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6.7/10

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Brett Halsey, Alice Kelley, Percy Kilbride, and Marjorie Main in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Comedy

Elwin Kettle might win a scholarship to an agricultural college. Essay contest judges Mannering and Crosby decide to choose between the two finalists by spending a weekend at the home of eac... Read allElwin Kettle might win a scholarship to an agricultural college. Essay contest judges Mannering and Crosby decide to choose between the two finalists by spending a weekend at the home of each. Pa makes numerous cosmetic improvements to his rundown home to impress the judges, but ... Read allElwin Kettle might win a scholarship to an agricultural college. Essay contest judges Mannering and Crosby decide to choose between the two finalists by spending a weekend at the home of each. Pa makes numerous cosmetic improvements to his rundown home to impress the judges, but all wash away in a torrential rainstorm. Will the judges still award the scholarship to El... Read all

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6.7/10

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Director
- Charles Lamont
Writers
- Kay Lenard(screenplay)
- Betty MacDonald(characters)
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Richard Eyer, Brett Halsey, Coral Hammond, Whitey Haupt, Percy Kilbride, Donald MacDonald, Marjorie Main, Patrick Miller, Donna Cregan Moots, Patricia Morrow, Carol Nugent, Judy Nugent, Gary Pagett, and Nancy Zane in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Percy Kilbride and Marjorie Main in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Oliver Blake, Brett Halsey, Alice Kelley, Percy Kilbride, Marjorie Main, and Stan Ross in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Marjorie Main and Carol Nugent in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)

Trivia
This was the last acting role for Percy Kilbride. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1953), which was filmed several years earlier, was not released until 1955.

Goofs
The doggy-sweater is shown to be unravelling in a circular motion around the dog's neck, but then the loosening yarn "changes direction" and starts "travelling the other way" along the edge of the knitted fabric, and "magically" becoming re-woven and "adding" itself back onto the edge as it goes instead of being removed; obviously just a reused/reversed section of footage of the yarn unravelling.

Quotes
Pa Kettle: What did we ever do to get such a smart son?
Ma Kettle: For one thing, we got married.

Connections
Featured in Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)

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6/10

Worth watching

"Ma and Pa Kettle at Home" is a solid entry in the series. It's an easy watch. It has more smiles than laughs but that's okay. There is a lot goodwill in this movie. Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride are very lilable, as usual. They both give nice performances, as usual. With "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home" you know what you're getting. It's an easy way to spend 80 minutes.

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