Kentucky Kernels
1934 film directed by George Stevens
- November 2, 1934 (1934-11-02) (US)[1]
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Kentucky Kernels is a 1934 American comedy directed by George Stevens and starring the comedy duo of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. The screenplay was written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Fred Guiol, from a story by Kalmar and Ruby.
Plot
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.
Cast
- Bert Wheeler as Willie Doyle
- Robert Woolsey as Elmer Dugan
- Mary Carlisle as Gloria Wakefield
- 'Spanky' McFarland as Spanky
- Noah Beery as Colonel Wakefield
- Lucille LaVerne as Aunt Hannah Milford
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Baxter
- Sleep 'n' Eat as Buckshot
- Dorothy Granger as Ethel, Baxter's Secretary (uncredited)
- Harry Bernard as Destitute Man (uncredited)
- Charlie Hall (actor, born 1899) as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
- Clarence Wilson (actor) as Peck, a Lawyer (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Kentucky Kernels: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
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Films directed by George Stevens
- The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933)
- Bachelor Bait (1934)
- Kentucky Kernels (1934)
- Laddie (1935)
- The Nitwits (1935)
- Alice Adams (1935)
- Annie Oakley (1935)
- Swing Time (1936)
- Quality Street (1937)
- A Damsel in Distress (1937)
- Vivacious Lady (1938)
- Gunga Din (1939)
- Vigil in the Night (1940)
- Penny Serenade (1941)
- Woman of the Year (1942)
- The Talk of the Town (1942)
- The More the Merrier (1943)
- I Remember Mama (1948)
- A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Something to Live For (1952)
- Shane (1953)
- Giant (1956)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- The Only Game in Town (1970)
- "That Justice Be Done" (1946)
- On Our Merry Way (1948)
- Five Came Back (2017 documentary)
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