The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm
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The Kettles in Old MacDonald’s Farm
Directed by: Virgil Vogel
Written by: William Raynor, Herbert Margolis
Starring: Marjorie Main and Parker Fennelly
Cinematography: Arthur Arling
Edited by: Edward Curtiss
Music by: Irving Gertz, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein
Production company: Universal Pictures
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: May 10, 1957
Running time: 81 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Box office: $1 million

The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm is a 1957 American comedy film directed by Virgil Vogel. It is the tenth and last installment of Universal International’s Ma and Pa Kettle series starring Marjorie Main and introducing Parker Fennelly as Pa, replacing Percy Kilbride. It was also Marjorie Main’s last movie of any kind.

Plot
Ma and Pa Kettle help lumberjack Brad Johnson turn his wealthy girlfriend Sally Flemming into a good farm wife. Worried that her father may oppose her marriage to a lumberjack, Sally hides out on the Kettle farm until Brad can convince her father that he’d be a suitable breadwinner. Ma Kettle decides Sally needs some heavy duty lessons on how to be a good farm wife. Only Sally’s sense of humor helps her survive the lessons, which include getting up at 4:30AM; being surrounded by livestock; and mastering the use of non modern appliances. The wedding does take place in the end.

Cast
Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
Parker Fennelly as Pa Kettle
Gloria Talbott as Sally Flemming
John Smith as Brad Johnson
George Dunn as George
Roy Barcroft as J.P. ‘Jim’ Flemming
Claude Akins as Pete Logan
Patricia Morrow as Bertha (as Pat Morrow)
George Arglen as Henry Kettle
Ricky Kelman as Elmer
Donald Baker as Abner
Polly Burson as Agnes Logan
Hallene Hill as Granny
Sara Taft as Clarabelle
Harvey B. Dunn as Judge
Boyd ‘Red’ Morgan as Shivaree Man