List of the best Marjorie Main movies: Ma and Pa Kettle at Home(1954), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair(1952), Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation(1953), Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town(1950), The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm(1957), Under the Big Top(1938), Tish(1942), Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki(1955), The Kettles in the Ozarks(1956), Little Tough Guy(1938), Murder, He Says(1945), The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap(1947) ... ...
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1954
81 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Alan Mowbray Alice Kelley Brett Halsey Oliver Blake Stan Ross
Elwin Kettle might win a scholarship to an agricultural college. Essay contest judges Mannering and Crosby decide to choose between the two finalists by spending a weekend at the home of ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1952
78 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride James Best Lori Nelson Esther Dale
country girl family patriarch mother nemesis daughter hilarious cheery lighthearted fair farm church small town washington state contest horse racing cooking young love education husband/wife relationship adventure
Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
7.0/10
Comedy
USA
1953
75 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Ray Collins Sig Ruman Jack Kruschen Teddy Hart
The Kettles are in Paris along with their daughter-in-law's parents the Parkers. Pa tries to buy racy postcards. He also gets in big trouble when he is given a letter to deliver to Adolph ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1950
79 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Richard Long Jim Backus Hal March Meg Randall Charles McGraw
father mother bank robber partner son daughter-in-law madcap family home washington state new york city hotel police station vacation mistaken identity bank robbery baby-sitting theft deception pursuit adventure
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
6.9/10
Comedy
USA
1957
80 Minutes
Ma Kettle
Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll be compatible with Brad.
5.8/10
Drama
USA
1938
63 Minutes
Sara Post
Marjorie Main Anne Nagel Jack LaRue Grant Richards Fred S. Toones Betty Compson Herbert Rawlinson George Cleveland
young woman young man trapeze artist circus performer brother aunt emotional tense circus family home stage dressing room circus aspirations family honor romance love triangle relationships love quest
A pretty young circus trapeze artist is pushed by her domineering aunt to be the best aerialist in the world. When she begins to fall for one of the two men in her act, her mother ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
84 Minutes
Marjorie Main ZaSu Pitts Aline MacMahon Susan Peters Lee Bowman Guy Kibbee Virginia Grey Richard Quine Ruby Dandridge Al Shean Gerald Oliver Smith
When a busybody (Marjorie Main) tries setting up her nephew with a friend's daughter, he instead falls for the daughter of his aunt's enemy.
Comedy
1955
79 Minutes
Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride Lori Nelson Lowell Gilmore Mabel Albertson Ida Moore
The rural Kettles (Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride) and their eldest daughter (Lori Nelson) run a cousin's pineapple factory in Hawaii.
Comedy
1956
81 Minutes
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
83 Minutes
Mrs. Boylan
Helen Parrish Marjorie Main Robert Wilcox Jackie Searle Peggy Stewart Helen MacKellar Edward Pawley Olin Howland Billy Halop Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Comedy
USA
1945
91 Minutes
Mamie Fleagle Smithers Johnson
surveyor mother son brother grandmother escaped convict outlandish madcap unrestrained rural community household dining room bank jail hillbillies family poison murder prison break impersonation
A pollster stumbles on a family of murderous hillbillies, and joins in their search for hidden treasure.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1947
78 Minutes
Widow Hawkins
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Marjorie Main George Cleveland Audrey Young Gordon Jones William Ching Peter Thompson Olin Howland Bill Clauson Billy O'Leary
Chester Wooley (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) are traveling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana en route to California. During the stopover, notorious criminal ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
97 Minutes
"Gashouse" Mary
James Cagney Grace George Marjorie Main Marjorie Lord Hattie McDaniel Edward McNamara
reporter drifter editor mysterious woman dowager bleak engaging small town jail corruption mission journalism imprisonment secret pursuit wretched excess 1940s
Newspaper man wanders about and helps older woman save her paper.
6.1/10
Comedy, Western
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Flapjack Kate
Wallace Beery Richard Conte Marjorie Main Edward Arnold Vanessa Brown Clinton Sundberg Charles Dingle Clem Bevans Jack Lambert Will Wright
An outlaw finds a place in his gang for a grave-robbing doctor.
6.1/10
Western
USA
1944
80 Minutes
Annie Goss
James Craig Donna Reed Marjorie Main Harry Morgan Paul Langton Barton MacLane John Philliber Morris Ankrum
farmer marshal robber sheriff brother deputy rousing suspenseful thrilling farm oklahoma saloon small town investigation robbery showdown old west quest pursuit 1900s
In 1901, an undercover US Marshal is sent to Oklahoma Territory to investigate a string of train robberies and arrest the culprits.
5.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Mrs. Cabot
Lana Turner Ezio Pinza Marjorie Main Barry Sullivan Cedric Hardwicke Debbie Reynolds Ann Codee Giacomo Spadoni Chick Chandler Joseph Vitale
actress prince prime minister landlady niece love interest tender moving italy hotel california world war ii romance political coup exile reunion royalty love sacrifice 1950s
A beautiful romance between a singer and a persistent prince
Comedy
1946
83 Minutes
Mrs. Fisher
Red Skelton Marilyn Maxwell Marjorie Main Virginia O'Brien Eddie Anderson George Cleveland Leon Ames Marshall Thompson Jacqueline White Wilson Wood Lila Leeds
clerk love interest mother father sister braggart amusing playful madcap house family home united states ambition tall tales unlikely romance social climbing love relationships rise transformation
A windbag (Red Skelton) tries to impress his fiancee (Marilyn Maxwell) and her family with false accounts of his success.
Comedy
1947
108 Minutes
Phoebe `'Ma'` Kettle
Claudette Colbert Fred MacMurray Marjorie Main Louise Allbritton Percy Kilbride Richard Long Donald MacBride Samuel S. Hinds
man wife neighbor pig divorcée friend madcap outlandish cheery countryside farm barn city farming rural life dance jealousy fire mother/daughter relationship adventure
A broker (Fred MacMurray) and his bride (Claudette Colbert) leave the city to fix up a chicken farm next door to Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa Kettle.
7.5/10
Fantasy
USA
1943
112 Minutes
Mrs. Strable
Gene Tierney Don Ameche Charles Coburn Marjorie Main Laird Cregar Spring Byington Allyn Joslyn Eugene Pallette Signe Hasso Louis Calhern Helene Reynolds
devil playboy husband wife parent offbeat amusing heartwarming uplifting new york city hell afterlife death infidelity family morality metamorphosis love wretched excess 19th century
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1956
139 Minutes
The Widow Hudspeth
Gary Cooper Dorothy McGuire Anthony Perkins Marjorie Main Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Phyllis Love Peter Mark Richman
father mother son daughter quaker endearing emotional indiana armed conflict family religion forbidden love discovery forbidden love 1860s
The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
7.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
109 Minutes
Esme
Judy Garland Gene Kelly Eddie Bracken Gloria DeHaven Marjorie Main Phil Silvers Ray Collins Carleton Carpenter Nita Bieber Hans Conried Paul E. Burns
actress sister dancer housekeeper fiancé cheery lighthearted farm connecticut stage farming sibling rivalry song and dance romance show business transformation love rivalry 1950s
A small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
116 Minutes
Lucy
Katharine Hepburn Robert Taylor Robert Mitchum Edmund Gwenn Marjorie Main Jayne Meadows Billy McLain
wife businessman brother father manager ex-girlfriend tense melodramatic striking washington, d.c. virginia family home san francisco ranch marriage secret past family history obsession suspicion murder
Middle-aged bride Ann Hamilton soon begins to suspect that her charming husband is really a psychotic who plans to murder her.
6.6/10
Western
USA
1941
105 Minutes
Mrs. Varner
Clark Gable Lana Turner Frank Morgan Claire Trevor Marjorie Main Albert Van Dekker Chill Wills Veda Ann Borg
swindler judge daughter old flame housekeeper partner engaging playful emotional train nevada saloon boardinghouse small town ambition romance father/daughter relationship friendship duplicity drinking
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
6.2/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1942
95 Minutes
Judge Sidney Hawkes
Norma Shearer Lee Bowman Melvyn Douglas Gail Patrick Marjorie Main Reginald Owen Connie Gilchrist Sig Ruman
Two titled aristocrats support themselves by being professional house guests in the homes of star-struck American nouveau riche.
5.9/10
Drama
USA
1937
76 Minutes
Mrs. Mary Brennan
Jackie Cooper Maureen O'Connor Kathleen Burke Robert E. O'Connor Marjorie Main Guy Usher Matty Fain George Cleveland Bill Elliott Don Latorre
teen boy doctor neighbor orphan mother police officer melodramatic powerful spirited new york city slum apartment tenement house nightclub gangs street life racketeering moral dilemma political corruption going straight
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
5.7/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1954
115 Minutes
Lady Jane Dunstock
Ann Blyth Howard Keel Fernando Lamas Bert Lahr Marjorie Main Joan Taylor Ray Collins
orphan love interest trapper native american chief ward mountie amusing airy uplifting playful melodramatic canada wilderness saloon love triangle murder rivalry love opposites attract adventure
Tomboy Rose Marie Lemaitre, the orphaned ward of Mountie Mike Malone, falls in love with him, and he with her. But when she goes to "learn to be a lady", she meets outlaw trapper James ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Drama
USA
1937
111 Minutes
Mrs. Martin
Barbara Stanwyck John Boles Dawn O'Day Barbara O'Neil Alan Hale Marjorie Main Edmund Elton George Walcott Gertrude Short Tim Holt Nella Walker
mother wife daughter husband father wealthy man melodramatic uneasy engaging camp massachusetts small town mill family home mother/daughter relationship divorce class distinctions marriage family relationships
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
6.9/10
Adventure
USA
1938
118 Minutes
Landlady
Clark Gable Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Gloria Holden Louis Jean Heydt
pilot mechanic wife boss gripping melodramatic kansas farm airplane aviation friendship alcoholism bravery adventure sacrifice 1930s
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
7.5/10
Musical
USA
1944
113 Minutes
Katie (the maid)
Judy Garland Margaret O'Brien Leon Ames Lucille Bremer Tom Drake Mary Astor Marjorie Main June Lockhart Harry Davenport Joan Carroll Hugh Marlowe
sister mother father boy grandfather tailor airy charming spirited endearing heartwarming st. louis household love love triangle ball world's fair metamorphosis rivalry transformation
Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
101 Minutes
Sonora Cassidy
Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Preston Foster Virginia O'Brien Angela Lansbury Marjorie Main Chill Wills Kenny Baker Selena Royle Cyd Charisse
waitress restaurant manager saloon girl saloon owner cowboy uplifting charming playful new mexico saloon restaurant wild west love letters deception romance restaurant business train travel rivalry love 1880s
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
7.0/10
Adventure
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Granny Becky
John Wayne Betty Field Harry Carey James Barton Beulah Bondi Samuel S. Hinds Marjorie Main Ward Bond Marc Lawrence John Qualen Fuzzy Knight
stranger moonshiner daughter son uncle aunt bleak melodramatic fascinating ozark mountains small town forest cabin family helping others rural life superstition suicide father/son relationship revenge
A mysterious but pleasant stranger arrives in the Missouri hills and befriends a young backwoods girl, which doesn't sit well with her moonshiner fiancé who has vowed to find and kill his own father.
5.3/10
Drama
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Martha Foster
Richard Cromwell Helen Mack Lionel Atwill Horace MacMahon Russ Powell Billy Bevan Marjorie Main Rex Evans Joseph Crehan Arthur Hoyt Syd Saylor
Bank teller Jimmy Caldwell and his fiance, Ruth Holden, grow weary of struggling to make ends meet and decide to rob Jimmy's bank. The selfish young couple agree that even if they spend ten... See full summary »
Western
1940
94 Minutes
Mrs. Cantrelldams
Claire Trevor John Wayne Walter Pidgeon Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Porter Hall Marjorie Main Raymond Walburn
daughter texan teacher outlaw soldier brash engaging kansas small town corruption slavery american civil war political campaign heroism adventure pursuit quest 1860s
As the Civil War erupts, the townsfolk of Lawrence, Kan., side with either the North or the South, and a deeply embittered sheriff allies himself to the South as a cover for his outlaw gang to pillage and intimidate those who support the North.
6.4/10
Comedy
USA
1940
63 Minutes
Sarah May Willett
Charles Coburn Beulah Bondi Virginia Grey Helen Broderick Billie Burke Dan Dailey Helen Westley Marjorie Main Cecil Cunningham Clem Bevans Francis Pierlot
husband wife spinster elderly woman director endearing spirited cottage retirement home bedroom window ledge ship sea aging retirement attempted suicide infidelity insurance loneliness love
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Musical
USA
1939
101 Minutes
Joel McCrea Andrea Leeds Walter Brennan Gene Reynolds Terry Kilburn Tommy Kelly Chuck Stubbs Walter Tetley Arthur Hohl Marjorie Main Porter Hall
poor boy classmate teacher violinist schoolmaster touching inspiring engaging music conservatory new york city basement classroom classical music talent bankruptcy music education friendship poverty discovery underdog
A boy runs away from home and ends up at a music school for poor children. When the school suffers hard times, he enlists the aid of violinist Heifetz to save the day.
5.9/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1940
115 Minutes
Joan Crawford Fredric March Ruth Hussey John Carroll Rita Hayworth Nigel Bruce Bruce Cabot Rose Hobart Rita Quigley Romaine Callender Marjorie Main
wife husband daughter friend lover cool melodramatic docks mansion newport, r.i. train station house self-discovery cult marriage drinking motherhood spirituality quest transformation
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found ... See full summary »
Drama
1940
97 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr Verree Teasdale Kent Taylor Mona Barrie Paul Cavanagh Jack Carson Louis Calhern Laraine Day Reed Hadley Frances Drake
physician patient rich girl wealthy man debutante husband tense disheartening emotional new york city clinic hospital apartment ship suicide attempt unrequited love health care class distinctions marriage sacrifice
A doctor (Spencer Tracy) marries a model (Hedy Lamarr) and quits his clinic to make enough money to please her.
Comedy, Drama
1939
105 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Virginia Grey Otto Kruger C. Aubrey Smith Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Patric Knowles Tom Neal Phyllis Gordon Sheldon Leonard
detective socialite son dog wife suspenseful witty long island, n.y. new york city betrayal murder marriage parenthood injustice mystery 1920s
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit a Long Island estate, where Nick drinks Scotch and solves murders.
7.2/10
Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Robert Taylor Margaret Sullavan Franchot Tone Robert Young Guy Kibbee Lionel Atwill Henry Hull George Zucco Charley Grapewin Monty Woolley Spencer Charters
soldier dying person doctor mistress sad charming emotional germany inn restaurant world war i tuberculosis automotive industry male bonding love sacrifice 1930s
The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.
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