Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Directed by	Lee Sholem
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Screenplay by	Jack Henley Harry Clork Elwood Ullman
Story by	Connie Lee Bennett
Starring	Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Cinematography	Clifford Stine
Edited by	Virgil Vogel
Production company	Universal Studios
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release dates	1955
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,500,000 (U.S.)[1]

Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem. It is the seventh installment of Universal-International's Ma and Pa Kettle franchise starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.

Synopsis

The Kettles help out cousin Rodney Kettle in Hawaii with his Pineapple industry. Ma and Pa get acquainted with blue-blooded Mrs. Andrews who thinks the Kettles are the "lowliest" people she has met. This is Percy Kilbride's last appearance as Pa Kettle, and his final movie as well.

Cast

• Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle
• Percy Kilbride as Pa Kettle
• Lori Nelson as Rosie Kettle
• Byron Palmer as Bob Baxter
• Russell Johnson as Eddie Nelson
• Hilo Hattie as Mama Lotus
• Loring Smith as Rodney Kettle
• Lowell Gilmore as Robert Coates
• Mabel Albertson as Teresa Andrews
• Fay Roope as Fulton Andrews
• Oliver Blake as Geoduck
• Teddy Hart as Crowbar
• Esther Dale as Birdie Hicks
• Claudette Thornton as Rodney Kettle's Secretary
• George Arglen as Willie Kettle

References

1. 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956

External links

• Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki at the Internet Movie Database