The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)

Director:

Virgil W. Vogel

Writers:

Herbert H. Margolis (writer)
William Raynor (writer)

Release Date:

10 May 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

America's Fun Famed Family In A Rural Riot Of LAUGHS!

Plot:

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches...

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Marjorie Main	...	Ma Kettle
Parker Fennelly	...	Pa Kettle
Gloria Talbott	...	Sally Flemming
John Smith	...	Brad Johnson
George Dunn	...	George
Roy Barcroft	...	J.P. 'Jim' Flemming
Claude Akins	...	Pete Logan
Patricia Morrow	...	Bertha (as Pat Morrow)
George Arglen	...	Henry Kettle
Ricky Kelman	...	Elmer
Donald Baker	...	Abner
Polly Burson	...	Agnes Logan
Hallene Hill	...	Granny
Sara Taft	...	Clarabelle
Harvey B. Dunn	...	Judge

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

This was the last film in the Ma and Pa Kettle series and the final feature film for Marjorie Main.

Movie Connections:

Follows Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)

Sad End to a Once Great Series

This was the final film in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" series and it was very painful to watch. The thing that made it so bad was not only the fact that Percy Kilbride was gone (he had left the series two films ago), but if you look at this film it to me is pretty much a remake of the film that introduced the world to the Kettles, "The Egg and I". Although Parker Fenelly does a decent job, he doesn't have the chemistry with Marjorie Main that Percy Kilbride did. Too bad that this series had to end on such a bad note, as the popularity of the Kettles would set everything up for such television favorites as "The Real McCoys" and "The Beverly Hillbillies".