Ma and Pa Kettle

Year: 1949

Runtime: 76 mins

Language: English

Director: Charles Lamont

Comedy

Packed with fresh laughs, the Kettle clan—Pa, Ma and their fifteen kids—face eviction from their ramshackle farm. Pa unexpectedly wins a grand prize by inventing a catchy tobacco slogan, earning the family an automated modern home. Jealous Birdie Hicks claims the slogan was stolen, but reporter Kim Parker disproves her and marries Tom Kettle.

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