Ma & Pa Kettle at the Fair | 
 enlarge | Director: Charles Barton
Actors: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best, Lori Nelson, Esther Dale
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: Video
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 13620
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 78 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 3.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303103642
UPC: 096898193436
EAN: 9786303103648
ASIN: 6303103642
Theatrical Release Date: 1951
Release Date: February 13, 1995
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A Great Flick April 16, 2003
I grew up watching the Ma and Pa Kettle series on PBS on Sunday mornings. I was so excited to discover that they had been released on video, I was able to 'rediscover' these screen gems. Ma and Pa make me laugh out loud! I would recommend this to anyone who likes to revisit fun and innocent times.
 Ma enters the Bread & Jam event at the Fair and a horse race April 14, 2003
James McDonald (Lancaster, California)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
It was the film THE EGG AND I (1947) in which the MA and PA KETTLE first appeared in a film. Someone got a smart idea and decided two years later to give them there own film series. The next film was simply titled, MA AND PA KETTLE (1949), followed by MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN (1950), MA AND PA KETTLE BACK ON THE FARM (1951), and this MA AND PA KETTLE AT THE FAIR (1952). The video starts out with animated "Preview Pete" giving you a sneak preview trailer of the movie you are about to see. The beginning of the film is the mailman trying to put some mail in the Kettles mailbox, sort of simular to the "BLONDIE " film series. The County Fair is here again and Ma is going to be stiff competition in the Bread & Jam event like she did in THE EGG AND I (1947) (they lived on the poor farm then). I like this film because it really has that small town feeling, back to a simpler time. The way towns should be.
Wait until you hear Pa speak in the church. The Kettles also try to figure out a way to send Rosie to college.
That is actor James Best as "Marvin Johnson".
The next film in the series is MA AND PA KETTLE ON VACATION (1953), the following films are: MA AND PA KETTLE AT HOME (1954), MA AND PA KETTLE AT WAIKIKI (1955), THE KETTLES IN THE OZARKS (1956), and the last THE KETTLES ON OLD MACDONALD'S FARM (1957).
ma and pa at their best November 17, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fun family movie. I highly recommend it
 A decent Kettle film, but not the best one. July 1, 2000
Robert Pratte (charleston, il USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
During the course of the Kettle films, there are a few character traits that are written in stone. Pa appears lazy, but has a penchant for winning things....just enough to keep his family ahead. So when big things come up, like a college education, events such as the fair provide opportunity. However, by this time Pa has won a house and a trip for two to New York City. Perhaps this plot is getting thin by the time it is used in this film. Also, to this point, Ma has been hard working, but never rewarded. This film attempts to fix this by bringing these ideas together. Ma wins money to help send a daughter to college through her work and talents making jam and quilting. Unfortunately, this film doesn't flow as well as some of the other Kettle adventures, though there is a wealth of screwball comedy and veiled social commentary to keep one entertained. Pa's "assistance" with Ma's breadmaking is worthwhile, and is an effective use of the "slippery slope" type of humor common to this genre of film. Overall, I'd say worth seeing, collect them all. Better than MacDonalds Farm and In the Ozarks, but probably #7 of the 10.
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