Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki | |
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Directed by | Lee Sholem |
Produced by | Leonard Goldstein |
Screenplay by |
Jack Henley Harry Clork Elwood Ullman |
Story by | Connie Lee Bennett |
Starring |
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride |
Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
Cinematography | Clifford Stine |
Edited by | Virgil Vogel |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal-International |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,500,000 (U.S.)[1] |
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem. It is the seventh installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle franchise starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.
Synopsis
The Kettles help out cousin Rodney Kettle in Hawaii with his Pineapple industry. Ma and Pa get acquainted with blue-blooded Mrs. Andrews who thinks the Kettles are the "lowliest" people she has met. This is Percy Kilbride's last appearance as Pa Kettle, and his final movie as well.
Cast
- Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
- Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle
- Lori Nelson as Rosie Kettle
- Byron Palmer as Bob Baxter
- Russell Johnson as Eddie Nelson
- Hilo Hattie as Mama Lotus
- Loring Smith as Rodney Kettle
- Lowell Gilmore as Robert Coates
- Mabel Albertson as Teresa Andrews
- Fay Roope as Fulton Andrews
- Oliver Blake as Geoduck
- Teddy Hart as Crowbar
- Esther Dale as Birdie Hicks
- Claudette Thornton as Rodney Kettle's Secretary
- George Arglen as Willie Kettle
References
- ↑ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
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