Ma and Pa Kettle 1949 archive.org_English Movie Subtitles

1 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Resyncing: Walter Santos 2 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,251 Mr Simpson has the floor. Continue. 3 00:01:28,252 --> 00:01:32,380 For the past 15 years, Pa Kettle's house has been a disgrace to our community... 4 00:01:32,465 --> 00:01:34,504 and an unfit place to be lived in. 5 00:01:34,592 --> 00:01:37,379 -The backyard looks like the city dump. -Ain't it? 6 00:01:37,470 --> 00:01:39,462 This being the findings of our committee... 7 00:01:39,555 --> 00:01:43,719 -I therefore move to condemn the Kettle house and to... -Hold on a minute, Simpson. 8 00:01:43,809 --> 00:01:47,143 There's a family of 15 living in that house... Or is it 16? 9 00:01:47,229 --> 00:01:51,607 I don't see how we can throw them all out. We should give them another chance. 10 00:01:51,692 --> 00:01:54,978 Tell them to spruce the place up so it looks presentable. 11 00:01:55,070 --> 00:01:58,107 Pa'll never spruce up that place and you know it. 12 00:01:58,199 --> 00:02:01,614 He ain't lifted a hand since he moved in, unless it was to borrow somethin'. 13 00:02:01,702 --> 00:02:04,738 Sit down, Birdie. I didn't recognize you. 14 00:02:04,830 --> 00:02:07,914 Sit down, Birdie. He didn't recognize you. 15 00:02:14,465 --> 00:02:16,541 Scat! 16 00:02:24,183 --> 00:02:26,555 Hey, Pa! Pa! Where are ya? 17 00:02:26,643 --> 00:02:30,641 -I'm in the bedroom, Ma. -Whatcha doin' in there? 18 00:02:32,357 --> 00:02:34,979 Thought I'd take a whirl at gettin' dressed. 19 00:02:35,068 --> 00:02:37,738 Somethin' seems to be missing. 20 00:02:37,821 --> 00:02:40,027 I g***t it. 21 00:02:40,115 --> 00:02:43,199 Ma! Where's my long underwear? 22 00:02:43,285 --> 00:02:46,369 Hangin' on the clothesline. I just washed 'em. 23 00:02:46,455 --> 00:02:50,951 What'd you wanna go and do that fer? I just put 'em on the other day. 24 00:02:51,042 --> 00:02:53,035 You put 'em on last winter. 25 00:02:57,549 --> 00:03:00,218 I'm gonna miss that suit of longies. 26 00:03:00,302 --> 00:03:02,875 Don't blame you, you been together so long. 27 00:03:02,971 --> 00:03:06,340 I g***t you a new pair the other day. Billy Reed was by with his wagon. 28 00:03:06,433 --> 00:03:09,967 That's a regular travelin' department store. Here. Go put 'em on. 29 00:03:10,061 --> 00:03:12,813 -What in the world is this, Ma? -What's wrong now? 30 00:03:12,897 --> 00:03:14,807 I don't hold with secondhand underwear. 31 00:03:14,899 --> 00:03:18,518 What do you mean secondhand? That there underwear's brand new. 32 00:03:18,611 --> 00:03:20,937 Brand new, nothin'. They tore right in half. 33 00:03:22,824 --> 00:03:26,869 They ain't tore, Pa. That's the latest thing. Now go put 'em on. 34 00:03:26,953 --> 00:03:31,164 Well, all right, but these durn things ain't gonna keep my knees warm. 35 00:03:32,625 --> 00:03:35,875 Ma, afraid these are gonna be a mite too big. 36 00:03:35,962 --> 00:03:38,749 Oh, well, that's funny. Billy Reed said they'd be just right. 37 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,591 Might be, if he was in here with me. 38 00:03:41,676 --> 00:03:45,092 Oh, well, just pin 'em up for now. They'll shrink when I wash 'em. 39 00:03:45,179 --> 00:03:49,129 There you go. Ain't even had 'em on, and you're talkin' about washin' 'em already. 40 00:03:49,225 --> 00:03:53,270 -Can't understand you, Ma. -Well, somebody has to keep things neat around here. 41 00:03:53,354 --> 00:03:57,566 Gotta hand it to you, Ma. You've done wonders with the place. 42 00:04:00,945 --> 00:04:04,610 Sure beats me. If you ain't washin', you're a-readin'. 43 00:04:04,699 --> 00:04:10,120 Oh, don't get much time for readin' with 14 kids to take care of. 44 00:04:10,204 --> 00:04:12,113 Fifteen, ain't it, Ma? 45 00:04:12,206 --> 00:04:15,207 Oh, yeah. I keep forgettin' about Benjamin. 46 00:04:17,378 --> 00:04:21,458 You know, Pa, I heard somethin' new over the radio today. 47 00:04:21,549 --> 00:04:26,507 They call it hygiene. They say you can raise a better bunch of kids with it. 48 00:04:26,595 --> 00:04:31,056 Let 'em raise their own kids with it. We done all right without it. 49 00:04:32,143 --> 00:04:34,182 Well, I don't know, Pa. 50 00:04:36,063 --> 00:04:38,388 Course, Tom turned out real good. 51 00:04:39,942 --> 00:04:42,433 Say, he ought to be comin' home in a day or two, oughtn't he? 52 00:04:42,528 --> 00:04:45,731 Guess so. He's all done graduatin' from college. 53 00:04:46,865 --> 00:04:48,941 Just think of it. 54 00:04:50,244 --> 00:04:54,740 A Kettle goin' to college. And graduatin'! 55 00:04:54,832 --> 00:04:57,619 -A lot you had to do with it. -I give my permission, didn't I? 56 00:04:57,709 --> 00:05:01,493 Yeah, permission for him to work like a dog to pay for his tuition. 57 00:05:01,588 --> 00:05:04,542 There's a boy you can really call a self-made man. 58 00:05:04,633 --> 00:05:08,500 Yes, indeed. Like father, like son. 59 00:05:13,892 --> 00:05:17,178 Carved this out of a wilderness. 60 00:05:26,405 --> 00:05:28,693 Guess I'll turn the radio on. 61 00:05:39,417 --> 00:05:41,790 Too loud. 62 00:05:45,382 --> 00:05:49,794 -What about the roof on the henhouse, Pa? -What about it, Ma? 63 00:05:49,886 --> 00:05:53,255 -You said you was gonna fix it one of these days. -When did I say that? 64 00:05:53,348 --> 00:05:56,598 -Last March. -Well, then I will. 65 00:05:56,685 --> 00:06:00,184 -Will what? -Fix it one of these days. 66 00:06:00,271 --> 00:06:04,399 -What about the well you was gonna dig in the backyard? -I'll do that another day. 67 00:06:04,484 --> 00:06:06,939 Can't do everything in one day, Ma. 68 00:06:07,028 --> 00:06:10,029 Don't mess up my floor, Pa, with that tobacco. 69 00:06:10,114 --> 00:06:12,356 Sorry. It's this old pouch. 70 00:06:12,450 --> 00:06:16,282 Ought to be gettin' my new one any day now. Sent away for it weeks ago. 71 00:06:16,371 --> 00:06:18,410 Where you gettin' the money to send away for a tobacco pouch? 72 00:06:18,498 --> 00:06:20,574 Oh, it don't cost no money. 73 00:06:20,667 --> 00:06:23,952 Just had to fill in the coupon with my name and address... 74 00:06:24,045 --> 00:06:26,915 and write a few words about King Henry tobacco. 75 00:06:27,006 --> 00:06:31,633 Ad said that everybody that answered would get a free pouch. 76 00:06:31,719 --> 00:06:35,847 Oh. I still think you ought to fix the roof on the henhouse. 77 00:06:35,932 --> 00:06:41,518 How'd you like to sit in the broilin' sun all day and have to lay eggs besides? 78 00:06:41,604 --> 00:06:45,020 I don't think I could do it. Well, don't worry about the roof, Ma. 79 00:06:45,107 --> 00:06:49,816 I'll get around to it soon as I can borrow a few pounds of nails and a saw. 80 00:06:49,904 --> 00:06:52,573 Guess I returned 'em too soon. 81 00:06:52,657 --> 00:06:57,153 I could take a look at the spot where I'm gonna dig the well. 82 00:06:57,244 --> 00:07:00,411 You been lookin' at it for a year and a half. It's time you did somethin'. 83 00:07:00,498 --> 00:07:02,786 You're a beaver, Ma. 84 00:07:02,875 --> 00:07:04,832 Might take some dynamite out there. 85 00:07:19,683 --> 00:07:22,305 Oh. 86 00:07:22,394 --> 00:07:25,894 Nobody can say I married him for his money. 87 00:07:25,981 --> 00:07:28,472 Ma! Ma! Ma! Ma! 88 00:07:28,567 --> 00:07:33,063 Mayor Dwiggins and the whole town council and Birdie Hicks and her ma... 89 00:07:33,155 --> 00:07:35,990 -They're havin' a meetin' right now. -Wait a minute, Billy. 90 00:07:36,075 --> 00:07:37,984 -I'm Danny. -Uh, Danny. 91 00:07:38,077 --> 00:07:40,912 -What's this meetin' all about, son? -It's about us. This place. 92 00:07:40,996 --> 00:07:43,321 -They're meetin' to see about condemnin' it. -Condemnin' it? 93 00:07:43,415 --> 00:07:46,831 Yeah. I just ran into Mayor Dwiggins' boy, Fred, and he told me. 94 00:07:46,919 --> 00:07:51,746 It wasn't his pa's fault. Birdie Hicks said this place was a menace to public health. 95 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:53,749 His pa had to hold the meetin'. 96 00:07:53,842 --> 00:07:58,587 Birdie Hicks has been sore ever since I beat her at the quilt contest at the County Fair. 97 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:02,096 -Where'll we go? Where'll we live? -Oh, calm down, Benjamin. 98 00:08:02,184 --> 00:08:06,644 -Votin' to condemn is one thing. Carryin' out the order is another. -What can we do? 99 00:08:06,730 --> 00:08:11,688 I ain't sure yet, but if they do try to put us off this property, we'll be ready for 'em. 100 00:08:11,777 --> 00:08:14,314 -Danny, go get the rest of the kids. -Okay, Ma. 101 00:08:23,705 --> 00:08:26,278 In view of what Mr Rogers has just said... 102 00:08:26,374 --> 00:08:29,044 -I would consi... -It's Alvin over at the telegraph office. 103 00:08:29,127 --> 00:08:33,077 He says he has to talk to you right away. It's very important. 104 00:08:33,173 --> 00:08:36,589 Hello, Alvin. What's on your mind? What's that? 105 00:08:36,676 --> 00:08:39,547 You g***t a message that said what? 106 00:08:39,637 --> 00:08:42,425 Calm down. I can't understand you. 107 00:08:43,933 --> 00:08:48,227 No. Are you sure it's the right Kettle? 108 00:08:48,313 --> 00:08:52,061 Listen, Alvin, send that telegram over here. I want to deliver it myself. 109 00:08:52,150 --> 00:08:55,733 I know it's against the rules, but this is a civic event. 110 00:08:55,820 --> 00:08:58,109 Why, this'll put the Cape on the map. 111 00:08:58,197 --> 00:09:01,531 -I move we adjourn....