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Starring: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long
| Ma and Pa Kettle (Main and Kilbride) and their 15 children are about to lose their farm. But Pa has won a slogan-writing contest and a new modern home! Can the Kettles ever feel at home in this shiny automated home?
The first in the series of Ma and Pa Kettle films, based on characters from the 1947 film “The Egg and I.” Audiences loved the characters, and the studio obliged by giving them their own film. The series became exceedingly popular. | ||
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Plot Comedy, primarily Yes Time/era of movie: - 1930's-1950's Kind of comedy How much humor v. drama - Mostly humor, but some serious drama Main Character Identity: - Female Profession/status: Age: - 40's-50's Eccentric: Yes - eccentric Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks Events of movie makes character more... - happy Ethnicity/Nationality How sensitive is this character? - hard edged Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Physique - very athletic Secondary Main Character Identity: - Male Body type - (man) very skinny How much in movie? - 90%-100% Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American) Main Adversary Identity: - a fight for survival Setting Farm/Ranch? Yes Farm/Ranch: - farm - lot of descript of animal care Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle Style Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death Movie makes you feel... - all mixed up Check here if B&W Yes |
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