Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Directed by	George Sherman
Screenplay by	D.D. Beauchamp
Based on	The Wonderful Race at Rimrock by D.D. Beauchamp
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Starring	Donald O'Connor Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Leith Stevens
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 1948 (1948-06)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$454,000.[1] or $460,000[2] or $600,000[3]
Box office	$1 million (est)[3]

Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' is a 1948 American musical comedy film directed by George Sherman and starring Donald O'Connor. Also featured are Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride (who later reprised essentially the same roles as Ma and Pa Kettle),
with Penny Edwards^[4] as the perky love interest. It was produced and distributed by Universal Studios. One scene features a dance routine in a barn, choreographed to the Al Jolson song "Me and My Shadow".

Plot

Wilbur McMurtry is a traveling salesman who is captured and held hostage by the local authorities in a small town. They wish to compel him to run in the annual foot-race against a rival town.

Cast

• Donald O'Connor as Wilbur McMurty
• Marjorie Main as Maribel Mathews
• Percy Kilbride as Billy Caswell
• Penny Edwards as Libby Mathews
• Joe Besser as Sharkey Dolan
• Harry Shannon as Chauncey
• Fred Kohler Jr. as Emory Tuttle
• Howland Chamberlain as Doc Overholt
• Edmund Cobb as Stage Driver
• Joel Friedkin as Stage Passenger
• I. Stanford Jolley as Guard

Production

In January 1948, Universal announced they would make a movie the following month based on the magazine story The Wonderful Race at Rimrock. The film reunited Main and Kilbride from The Egg and I. Main was borrowed from MGM.^[5][6]

O'Connor has a dance number which involves running up a wall; this inspired his "Make 'Em Laugh" routine in Singing in the Rain.^[7]

References

1. Furmanek, Bob; Palumbo, Ron (1991). Abbott and Costello in Hollywood. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-51605-0 p 168
2. "Variety (August 1948)". 1948.
3. "U Prod Meet". 11 August 1948. p. 22. Retrieved 18 March 2023. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
4. "Penny Edwards". IMDb.
5. Hedda Hopper LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 9 Jan 1948: 12.
6. U-I WILL PRODUCE WESTERN COMEDY: New York Times 9 Jan 1948: 26.
7. "Donald O'Connor". Danceview Times. 2003.

External links

• Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' at IMDb
• Remembering a Hoofer: An Interview with Donald O'Connor