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| Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride |
Ma: "You're lazier than that hound dog we used to have."
Pa: "Which one?"
Ma: "The one who used to lean against the wall when she barked."
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) are back on the farm with their brood when Pa finds out "Mrs. Kettle" is pregnant. This of course, is his daughter-in-law Kim (Meg Randall), but Pa thinks his wife is going to deliver her sixteenth child! Once that is straightened out, the Kettles have to deal with Kim's parents. Her father, Jonathan (Ray Collins of Perry Mason) is a good sport but his wife, Elizabeth (Barbara Brown), is a termagant who wants her own way or else as far as her grandchild is concerned. Ma almost comes to blows with the woman, and does give a shove to the prune-faced nurse that is hired to look after the new arrival. Then there's the possibility that the Kettles' old property may be layered with uranium,
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| Bedroom hijinks with the Kettles |
Verdict: Lots of fun! ***.
2 comments:
One of the aspects of the old Hollywood studio system I love most is that it gave wonderful character actors the chance to step out in front and be the stars for a change, through these so-called B movies and serials. Marjorie Main was ubiquitous and worked constantly in every type of film imaginable, but you never get tired of her. Sometimes she's in a film for just one tiny scene (which she steals) but was perfectly capable of carrying a whole picture, and in this case, an entire series.
-Chris
Yes, I'm a big admirer of hers as well. I'd love somebody to write a bio of her and sooner or later it will happen, but I'd rather somebody else do it, LOL. You get curious about the private lives of some of these people who are so engaging on the screen. As I've said, Main could play soft and warm on occasion and was just as adept.
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