{{Short description|1934 film by George Stevens}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Kentucky Kernels | image = File:Kentucky Kernels.jpg | alt = | caption = | native_name = | director = George Stevens | producer = Lee Marcus<br>H. N. Swanson (associate) | writer = | screenplay = Bert Kalmar<br>Harry Ruby<br>Fred Guiol | story = Bert Kalmar<br>Harry Ruby | based_on = <!-- {{based on |[title of the original work] |[writer of the original work]}} --> | starring = Bert Wheeler<br>Robert Woolsey<br>Mary Carlisle<br>Spanky McFarland<br>Noah Beery | narrator = | music = Roy Webb | cinematography = Edward Cronjager | editing = James Morley | studio = RKO Radio Pictures | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1934|11|2|''US''|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4398 | title=Kentucky Kernels: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= September 8, 2014 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402094824/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4398 | archivedate=April 2, 2014}}</ref>}} | runtime = 75 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = <!-- Please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. "£11.6 million" not "£11,586,221" --> }}
'''''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 as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited) * Clarence Wilson (actor) as Peck, a Lawyer (uncredited)
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0025345}} * {{TCMDb title|id=3366}} * {{AFI film|4398}}
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Category:1934 comedy films Category:1934 films Category:American comedy films Category:Films directed by George Stevens Category:Films set in Kentucky Category:American black-and-white films Category:RKO Pictures films Category:1934 American films {{1930s-US-comedy-film-stub}}