Ma and Pa Kettle at Home

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
	Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Charles Lamont
Written by	Kay Lenard
Based on	The Egg and I; 1945 novel; by Betty MacDonald
Produced by	Richard Wilson
Starring	Marjorie Main; Percy Kilbride ; Alan Mowbray
Cinematography	Carl E. Guthrie
Edited by	Leonard Weiner
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 10, 1954;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.75 million (US and Canada rental)

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.

Plot

The Kettles' son Elwin enters a scholarship contest by submitting a report on farming techniques to a national magazine. The essay claims that his family's own farm is a model of modern efficiency. The magazine's editor, intrigued, insists on visiting the farm himself. Ma and Pa Kettle try to camouflage their ramshackle farm to reflect Elwin's visualization, while trying to keep the fastidious editor from inspecting the premises too closely.

Cast

Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle
Alan Mowbray as Mannering
Alice Kelley as Sally Maddocks
Brett Halsey as Elwin Kettle
Ross Elliott as Pete Crosby
Mary Wickes as Miss Wetter
Oliver Blake as Geoduck
Stan Ross as Crowbar
Emory Parnell as Billy Reed
Irving Bacon as Mr. Maddocks
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Maddocks
Richard Eyer as Billy Kettle

Production

The role of the magazine's fussy editor was written for character comedian Edward Everett Horton, who agreed to make the film. A last-minute scheduling conflict forced Horton to withdraw, and the role was taken instead by Alan Mowbray.

Release

Critical response

Film critic Leonard Maltin considers Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as "the best entry in the Ma and Pa Kettle series."^[3]

References

^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
^ "3 Majors Thrive on B Pix". Variety. 12 January 1955. p. 5.
^ "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) - Overview - TCM.com". TCM.com. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

External links

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home at IMDb
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home at the TCM Movie Database
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home at AllMovie
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[box-1] "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada

[2] "3 Majors Thrive on B Pix". Variety. 12 January 1955. p. 5.

[TCM-3] "Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) - Overview - TCM.com". TCM.com. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

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Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride
Films	The Egg and I Ma and Pa Kettle Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation Ma and Pa Kettle at Home Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki The Kettles in the Ozarks The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Related media	The Egg and I (book) Maw & Paw (cartoon)
Settings	Kettle Farm Cape Flattery