The Kettle Farm was a movie ranch

Movie ranch

A movie ranch is a ranch that is at least partially dedicated to being used as a site for the creation and production of motion pictures, and television productions...

 in Universal Studios

Universal Studios

Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

. It is best-known for its use in the ten installments of the Ma and Pa Kettle

Ma and Pa Kettle

Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name, produced by Universal Studios, in the late '40s and '50s. They are a hillbilly couple with fifteen children whose lives turn upside-down when they win a model-home-of-the-future in a slogan-writing contest...

film series. The set was redressed several times to resemble a broken-down shack with dilapidating farm buildings. The Kettle Farm area was demolished in 1969 to begin construction on the Gibson Amphitheatre

Gibson Amphitheatre

The Gibson Amphitheatre is a theatre located in Universal City, California, USA. It seats up to 6,189 for concerts, including 6,089 chairback seats...

 on the site of the set.

The movie ranch has appeared in numerous films and television series.

List of appearances in film and television

• The Egg and I
  The Egg and I (film)
  The Egg and I is a 1947 film directed by Chester Erskine, who co-wrote screenplay with Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the book by Betty MacDonald.This comedy was such a hit with audiences, it spawned the Ma and Pa Kettle film series...
  
  (1947)
• Ma and Pa Kettle
  Ma and Pa Kettle (film)
  Ma and Pa Kettle is a 1949 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont, and is the sequel of The Egg and I, centering on the supporting characters in The Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle.-Plot:...
  
  (1949)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
  Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
  Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town is a 1950 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont, it is the third of the ten films and revolves around Ma and Pa Kettle's trip to New York City.-Plot:After winning the house-of-the-future Ma and Pa are content...
  
  (1950)
• Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
  Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
  Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm is a 1951 comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, the fourth of the ten films where Ma and Pa Kettle are surprised with their first grandson and their son's in-laws.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1951)
• Ma and Pa Kettle At the Fair
  Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
  Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair is a 1952 comedy film directed by Charles Barton.The Cape Flattery County Fairis coming up, and Ma and Pa Kettle are ready to compete with Birdie Hicks on the contests.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1952)
• Ma and Pa Kettle On Vacation
  Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
  Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation is a 1953 comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. Ma and Pa Kettle reunite with their in-law counterparts, Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker, in a trip to Paris - in the sixth of the series.-Plot:...
  
  (1953)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
  Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
  Ma and Pa Kettle at Home is a 1954 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride as "Ma and Pa Kettle".-Synopsis:...
  
  (1954)
• Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
  Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
  Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Lee Sholem.-Synopsis:The Kettles help out cousin Rodney Kettle in Hawaii with his Pineapple industry. Ma and Pa get acquainted with blue-blooded Mrs...
  
  (1955)
• The Kettles in the Ozarks
  The Kettles in the Ozarks
  The Kettles in the Ozarks is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Marjorie Main as Ma Kettle and Arthur Hunnicutt as Pa Kettle's replacement, Sedgewick Kettle.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1956)
• The Kettles in Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
• The Thing That Couldn't Die
  The Thing That Couldn't Die
  The Thing that Couldn't Die is a 1958 American black and white horror film from an original screenplay by David Duncan for Universal-International Pictures, produced and directed by Will Cowan.-Plot:...
  
  (1958)
• The Deputy
  The Deputy
  The Deputy, a Christian tragedy , also known as The Representative, is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which indicts Pope Pius XII for his failure to take action or speak out against The Holocaust. It has been translated into more than twenty languages...
  
  (1959-1961)
• Adam 12 (1968-1975)