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.
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.
Releaseedit
Critical responseedit
Film critic Leonard Maltin considers Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as "the best entry in the Ma and Pa Kettle series."[3]
Referencesedit
^"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.
kettle, home, 1954, american, comedy, film, directed, charles, lamont, sixth, also, most, successful, installment, universal, international, kettle, series, starring, marjorie, main, percy, kilbride, film, poster, reynold, browndirected, bycharles, lamontwritt. 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 Ma and Pa Kettle at HomeFilm poster by Reynold BrownDirected byCharles LamontWritten byKay LenardBased onThe Egg and I1945 novelby Betty MacDonaldProduced byRichard WilsonStarringMarjorie MainPercy Kilbride Alan MowbrayCinematographyCarl E GuthrieEdited byLeonard WeinerMusic byJoseph GershensonProductioncompanyUniversal PicturesDistributed byUniversal PicturesRelease dateMarch 10 1954 1954 03 10 Running time80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBox office 1 75 million US and Canada rental 1 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4 1 Critical response 5 References 6 External linksPlot editThe 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 editMarjorie 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 KettleProduction editThe 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 editCritical response edit Film critic Leonard Maltin considers Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as the best entry in the Ma and Pa Kettle series 3 References edit 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 editMa and Pa Kettle at Home at IMDb nbsp 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 American Film Institute Catalog nbsp This film article about a 1950s comedy film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Christmas film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ma and Pa Kettle at Home amp oldid 1198901107, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
