Ma and Pa Kettle Movies

Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name,
in the late 1940s and 1950s. They are a hillbilly couple with fifteen children whose lives turn
upside-down when they win a model-home-of-the-future in a slogan-writing contest. At the
verge of getting their farm condemned, the Kettles move into the prize home that is different
from their country lifestyle. After that, they are subjected to more unusual situations.

Originally based on real-life farming neighbors in Washington State, United States,
Ma and Pa Kettle were created by Betty MacDonald in whose 1945 best-selling novel,
The Egg and I, they appeared. The success of the novel spawned the 1947 film The Egg and I
starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray, also co-starring Marjorie Main and
Percy Kilbride as Ma and Pa Kettle. Main was nominated for an Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for her role.

After the audiences' positive reaction to the Kettles in the film, Universal Studios produced
nine more films, with Marjorie Main reprising her role in all and Percy Kilbride reprising his in seven.

The Complete Collection of All 10 Kettle Films:

The Egg and I (1947)
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) aka The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)