Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair

"It's all NEW! It's all FUN!"

1952 1h 18m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 11

ComedyAdventure

Synopsis

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Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.

“It's all NEW! It's all FUN!”

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Cast

Marjorie Main
Ma Kettle
Percy Kilbride
Pa Kettle
James Best
Marvin Johnson
Lori Nelson
Rosie Kettle
Esther Dale
Birdie Hicks
Emory Parnell
Billy Reed
Oliver Blake
Geoduck
Russell Simpson
Clem Johnson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Barton
Writers: Martin Ragaway, Leonard B. Stern, Jack Henley
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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74 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ma and Pa Kettle Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Charles Barton, shot by Maury Gertsman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ted J. Kent shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride and James Best carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's all NEW! It's all FUN!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0044862 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Charles Barton directs. Maury Gertsman behind the camera. Ted J. Kent cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 78-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
274 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Ma and Pa Kettle Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Charles Barton, shot by Maury Gertsman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Ted J. Kent shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride and James Best carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "It's all NEW! It's all FUN!".
8IMDB entry: tt0044862 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Maury Gertsman
Editing: Ted J. Kent
Makeup / hair: Joan St. Oegger
Runtime: 78 min · 1h 18m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)

Part of

Ma and Pa Kettle Collection

Ma and Pa Kettle have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of ramshackle children. When the future comes a-callin' in the form of modern houses, exotic locales and newfangled ideas, Ma and Pa must learn how to make the best of it with luck, pluck and a little country charm.