Review By ldpaulson "Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki"
Starring: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Hilo Hattie, Charley Lung
Ma and Pa Kettle (Main and Kilbride) are headed, with daughter Rosie, on a trip to Hawaii. It's a sort of vacation for Ma without the children underfoot. Pa has been asked to help manage his ailing cousin's fruit processing plant. A group of competitors kidnap Pa, but they get more than they bargained for when the Kettles get help from Mama and Papa Lotus (Hattie and Lung). Exotic locale! We see pineapples from their growth to the processing!

The seventh in the series of Ma and Pa Kettle films, based on characters from the 1947 film “The Egg and I.” The last film for Kilbride. There would be two more films made in the series which remained exceedingly popular with audiences.


Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1930's-1950's
Kind of comedy

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Body type - (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
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: - an organization

Setting
Island? Yes
Island: - stranded - on vacation - Pacific Islands
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Farm/Ranch: - lot of descript of crop raising

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter
Check here if B&W Yes
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