# Kentucky Kernels

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{{Short description|1934 film by George Stevens}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Kentucky Kernels
| image          = File:Kentucky Kernels.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| native_name    = 
| director       = [George Stevens](/source/George_Stevens)
| producer       = [Lee Marcus](/source/Lee_Marcus)<br>[H. N. Swanson](/source/H._N._Swanson) (associate)
| writer         = 
| screenplay     = [Bert Kalmar](/source/Bert_Kalmar)<br>[Harry Ruby](/source/Harry_Ruby)<br>[Fred Guiol](/source/Fred_Guiol)
| story          = [Bert Kalmar](/source/Bert_Kalmar)<br>[Harry Ruby](/source/Harry_Ruby)
| based_on       = <!-- {{based on |[title of the original work] |[writer of the original work]}} -->
| starring       = [Bert Wheeler](/source/Bert_Wheeler)<br>[Robert Woolsey](/source/Robert_Woolsey)<br>[Mary Carlisle](/source/Mary_Carlisle)<br>[Spanky McFarland](/source/George_McFarland)<br>[Noah Beery](/source/Noah_Beery)
| narrator       = 
| music          = [Roy Webb](/source/Roy_Webb)
| cinematography = [Edward Cronjager](/source/Edward_Cronjager)
| editing        = [James Morley](/source/James_Morley)
| studio         = [RKO Radio Pictures](/source/RKO_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](/source/George_Stevens) and starring the comedy duo of [Bert Wheeler](/source/Bert_Wheeler) and [Robert Woolsey](/source/Robert_Woolsey).  The screenplay was written by [Bert Kalmar](/source/Bert_Kalmar), [Harry Ruby](/source/Harry_Ruby), and [Fred Guiol](/source/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](/source/Bert_Wheeler) as Willie Doyle
* [Robert Woolsey](/source/Robert_Woolsey) as Elmer Dugan
* [Mary Carlisle](/source/Mary_Carlisle) as Gloria Wakefield
* ['Spanky' McFarland](/source/George_'Spanky'_McFarland) as Spanky
* [Noah Beery](/source/Noah_Beery) as Colonel Wakefield
* [Lucille LaVerne](/source/Lucille_La_Verne) as Aunt Hannah Milford 
* [Margaret Dumont](/source/Margaret_Dumont) as Mrs. Baxter
* [Sleep 'n' Eat](/source/Willie_Best) as Buckshot
* [Dorothy Granger](/source/Dorothy_Granger) as Ethel, Baxter's Secretary (uncredited)
* [Harry Bernard](/source/Harry_Bernard) as Destitute Man (uncredited)
* [Charlie Hall](/source/Charlie_Hall_(actor%2C_born_1899)) as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
* [Clarence Wilson (actor)](/source/Clarence_Wilson_(actor)) as Peck, a Lawyer (uncredited)

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0025345}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=3366}}
* {{AFI film|4398}}

{{George Stevens}}

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
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