The Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle, Vol. 1 (The 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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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long
Directed By: Charles Lamont, Chester Erskine, Edward Sedgwick
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783287003
Format: Box set
ISBN: 0783287003
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-02-10
Running Time: 345
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1950-04-01
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Contains: the egg and i: the further adventures of ma and pa kettle: ma and pa kettle go to town: and ma and pa kettle back on the farm. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/10/2004 Run time: 345 minutes
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Much Obliged!
Comment: Maybe it's my Sony HD TV or my Sony HD dvd player...but the DVD was really crisp and sharp.I thought the visual quality was excellent!
I have only watched one side so far. I remember the "Egg and I" as a child and was really happy to watch it again. Claudette Coulbert is just so "perfect"! Her smile is so adorable.
Of course the Kettles are wonderful too! Whenever I have an itch, I feel like Ma Kettle just scratching away. I love her voice and I love Pa's voice too. Much Obliged! When the family sits down to dinner, Pa says a prayer to thank God...Much Obliged! Really wholesome humor.
In "Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town", Pa is confused with an underwear magnate, that whole scene gave me such a good laugh.
Watching this as an adult, I am more impressed with the actors and their physical comedy. They just move funny.
I am glad I got this DVD.
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Summary: Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle, Vol. 1
Comment: I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle, Vol. 1 so far.
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Summary: Ma and Pa Kettle Collection
Comment: I was very disappointed with this product. The disc would not play on "The Egg and I". I am going to return it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: "Come'n git it!"
Comment: This DVD contains the first four Ma and Pa Kettle movies from the 40s and 50s. Ma (Marjorie Main), the screeching but loving matriarch and Pa (Percy Kilbride), the lazy father of 15, are first introduced in The Egg and I which stars Fred MacMurray and Claudet Colbert as newlywed city folk who buy a run-down farm next door to the Kettles. If you liked "Green Acres," you'll love this movie.
The Kettles next star in their own movie, The Further Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle in which Pa wins a model home of the future and they leave their ramshackle farm for a while.
The third entry is Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town - the town being New York City. Pa enters another contest and wins the trip, where they get mixed up with gangsters.
Last is Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm in which the Kettles become grandparents.
I saw these movies as a child and while they aren't quite the knee-slappers I remember, they're all good, clean fun for the whole family. The humor comes from down-home goodness rather than funny dialogue; slacker Pa and workhorse Ma cope with whatever comes their way with good 'ole horsesense. They sure don't make'em like this anymore. Now I'm ready to see the next four movies in Volume 2!
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Summary: Love these Movies
Comment: These have to be some of the best movies ever made. They are not slick and glitzy but they are so funny and so down to earth. The acting is
not what it is today but it is full of love and heart like they aren't
always today. Love the line about how they were going to celebrate with the hard cider. True classics these 4 movies. Also like that you get four movies on one disc. My favorite has to be "Back on the Farm".
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