“The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm” has Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main, Parker Fennelly) helping out a friend turn his city-slicker girl friend into a respectable farm wife. In turn, she hides out at the Kettle farm until her boyfriend can convince her father that he is a suitable breadwinner. Comedy reigns from there on out with co-stars John Smith, Gloria Talbott, Claude Akins, Patricia Morrow, George Dunn, Roy Barcroft, George Arglen, and Harvey P. Dunn as the judge.
The film was the ninth and final installment of the “Ma and Pat Kettle” franchise. It was capably directed by Virgil Vogel and written by Jack Henley. The last two movies suffered from not only a lack of new ideas, but also from the absence of Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle. However, the nine films (ten if you include Main and Kilbride’s Kettle debut in 1947’s “The Egg and I” featuring Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray) are great fun and always wholesome and watchable entertainment on DVD.
“The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm” was popular in theatrical release for Universal Pictures. Believe it or not, Henry Mancini was in charge of the movie’s musical score.
The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm (1957)
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My Review
“The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm” has Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main, Parker Fennelly) helping out a friend turn his city-slicker girl friend into a respectable farm wife. In turn, she hides out at the Kettle farm until her boyfriend can convince her father that he is a suitable breadwinner. Comedy reigns from there on out with co-stars John Smith, Gloria Talbott, Claude Akins, Patricia Morrow, George Dunn, Roy Barcroft, George Arglen, and Harvey P. Dunn as the judge.
The film was the ninth and final installment of the “Ma and Pat Kettle” franchise. It was capably directed by Virgil Vogel and written by Jack Henley. The last two movies suffered from not only a lack of new ideas, but also from the absence of Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle. However, the nine films (ten if you include Main and Kilbride’s Kettle debut in 1947’s “The Egg and I” featuring Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray) are great fun and always wholesome and watchable entertainment on DVD.
“The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm” was popular in theatrical release for Universal Pictures. Believe it or not, Henry Mancini was in charge of the movie’s musical score.