''Kentucky Kernels'' is a 1934 American comedy directed by
George Stevens
George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for ''A Place in the Sun (1951 film), A Place in the Sun'' (1951) ...
and starring the comedy duo of
Bert Wheeler and
Robert Woolsey. The screenplay was written by
Bert Kalmar
Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) was an American songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was also a screenwriter.
Biography
Kalmar, a native of New York City, left school at an early age an ...
,
Harry Ruby
Harry Rubenstein (January 27, 1895 – February 23, 1974), known professionally as Harry Ruby, was an American pianist, composer, songwriter and screenwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.[Fred Guiol
Fred Guiol (February 17, 1898 – May 23, 1964), pronounced "Gill," was an American film director and screenwriter.
Career
Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, first as a property man, later as assistant director and finally wri ...]
, 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
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Bert Wheeler as Willie Doyle
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Robert Woolsey as Elmer Dugan
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Mary Carlisle as Gloria Wakefield
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'Spanky' McFarland as Spanky
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Noah Beery
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of characte ...
as Colonel Wakefield
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Lucille LaVerne as Aunt Hannah Milford
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Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Baxter
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Sleep 'n' Eat as Buckshot
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Dorothy Granger
Dorothy Karolyn Granger (November 21, 1911 – January 4, 1995) was an American actress best known for her roles in short subject comedy, comedies in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood.
Career
Granger, with her parents, two brothers, ...
as Ethel, Baxter's Secretary (uncredited)
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Harry Bernard as Destitute Man (uncredited)
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Charlie Hall (actor, born 1899) as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
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Clarence Wilson (actor) as Peck, a Lawyer (uncredited)
References
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1934 comedy films
1934 films
American comedy films
Films directed by George Stevens
Films set in Kentucky
American black-and-white films
RKO Pictures films
1930s American films
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