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Format:
Video disc
Title:
The adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle. Volume 1
Other title(s):
Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle. Volume 1
Publication Information:
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2011.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (345 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from container.

The egg and I based on the book by Betty MacDonald. The characters in the Ma and Pa Kettle films are based on the characters from The egg and I.

Originally released as motion picture in 1947 and 1949.
Contents:
The egg and I / produced and written by Chester Erskine and Fred F. Finklehofffe ; directed by Chester Erskine (108 min.) -- Ma and Pa Kettle / Universal International presents ; screenplay by Herbert Margolis, Louis Morheim, Al Lewis ; produced by Leonard Goldstein ; directed by Charles Lamont (76 min.) Ma and Pa Kettle go to town / produced by Leonard Goldstein ; story and screenplay by Martin Ragaway, Leonard Stern ; directed by Charles Lamont (80 min.) -- Ma and Pa Kettle back on the farm / produced by Leonard Goldstein ; story and screenplay by Jack Henley ; directed by Edward Sedgwick (81 min.).
Summary:
The egg and I: A new bride's husband tells her on their wedding night that he quit his job to buy a rustic farm and raise chickens, and their life becomes hilariously complicated with all of the new barnyard problems.

Ma and Pa Kettle: In this hilarious adventure, Ma and Pa's house, a building so rickety it's about to be condemned, is replaced by an ultra-modern prefab that Pa wins by dreaming up a slogan for a tobacco company.

Ma and Pa Kettle go to town: Ma and Pa win a trip to New York, while they have a hilarous time in the big city a mobster, seeking to avoid the police, is minding the kids.

Ma and Pa Kettle back on the farm: Ma & Pa are gratefully returning home after winning a trip to New York, but it appears uranium has been discovered during the digging of a new well.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: G (Ma and Pa Kettle) Not rated: (The egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle go to town, Ma and Pa Kettle back on the farm).
Added Title:
Egg and I.

Ma and Pa Kettle.

Ma and Pa Kettle go to town.

Ma and Pa Kettle back on the farm.
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