

Ma and Pa Kettle
DirectorCharles Lamont
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The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.
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Cast

Marjorie Main
Phoebe 'Ma' Kettle

Percy Kilbride
Frank 'Pa' Kettle

Richard Long
Tom Kettle

Meg Randall
Kim Parker
Patricia Alphin
Secretary

Esther Dale
Mrs. Birdie Hicks

Barry Kelley
Mr. Victor Tomkins

Harry Antrim
Mayor Dwiggins
Isabel O'Madigan
Mrs. Hicks' Mother

Ida Moore
Emily

Emory Parnell
Bill Reed
Boyd Davis
Mr. Simpson
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