Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride do a sixth film featuring their most famous roles in “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home.” The Kettles move back into their old farm and attempt to spruce things up just as their son Elwin enters an essay contest, bragging (and exaggerating) on the property’s positive attributes. Winning the contest brings some unwanted scrutiny, with the comedic results proceeding from there.
The supporting cast includes Brett Halsey as Elwin Kettle, Alan Mowbray and Ross Elliot as the judges, Mary Wickes as Miss Wetter, Alice Kelley as Elwin’s competing essayist and love interest, Irving Bacon and Virginia Brissac as her parents, Stan Ross as Crowbar, and Richard Eyer as young Billy Kettle. Director Charles Lamont (“Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” 1953) and screenwriter Kay Lenard do a fantastic job on “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home,” the most popular of the ten “Kettle” pictures, a big hit at the box office for Universal Pictures.
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
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My Review
Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride do a sixth film featuring their most famous roles in “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home.” The Kettles move back into their old farm and attempt to spruce things up just as their son Elwin enters an essay contest, bragging (and exaggerating) on the property’s positive attributes. Winning the contest brings some unwanted scrutiny, with the comedic results proceeding from there.
The supporting cast includes Brett Halsey as Elwin Kettle, Alan Mowbray and Ross Elliot as the judges, Mary Wickes as Miss Wetter, Alice Kelley as Elwin’s competing essayist and love interest, Irving Bacon and Virginia Brissac as her parents, Stan Ross as Crowbar, and Richard Eyer as young Billy Kettle. Director Charles Lamont (“Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” 1953) and screenwriter Kay Lenard do a fantastic job on “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home,” the most popular of the ten “Kettle” pictures, a big hit at the box office for Universal Pictures.