Ma And Pa Kettle.
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A slapstick comedy in which the father of fifteen children moves his household from a dilapidated farm to a bewildering push-button home that he has won in a slogan contest.
Ma and Pa Kettle have lived in a broken-down ramshackle farmhouse for twenty-five years in rural Cape Flattery, Washington. The Kettles' arch-nemesis, Birdie Hicks, organizes a town council meeting to condemn the property. Pa wins a slogan contest for the King Henry Tobacco Company. Ma and the kids have to fight off authorities trying to evict them from the modern house. Pa is disqualified from winning the prize.
Ma and Pa Kettle have lived in a broken-down ramshackle farmhouse for twenty-five years in rural Cape Flattery, Washington. The Kettles' arch-nemesis, Birdie Hicks, organizes a town council meeting to condemn the property. Pa wins a slogan contest for the King Henry Tobacco Company. Ma and the kids have to fight off authorities trying to evict them from the modern house. Pa is disqualified from winning the prize.
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15Mar49 L2270, renewed 30Apr76 R632638 Renewal claimant: Universal Pictures Original author: Universal Pictures Company, Inc
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MA AND PA KETTLE. Universal Pictures Co., Inc. Released through Universal-International Pictures Co., Inc., c1949. 76 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on characters from "The Egg and I" by Betty MacDonald. Summary: A slapstick comedy in which the father of fifteen children moves his household from a dilapidated farm to a bewildering push-button home that he has won in a slogan contest. Credits: Producer, Leonard Goldstein; director, Charles Lamont; screenplay, Herbert Margolis, Louis Morheim, Al Lewis; music, Milton Schwarzwald; film editor, Russell Schoengarth. Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Patricia Alphin. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 15Mar49; LP2270.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
- Wikidata · Q12125926 ↗ — country
- U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright
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