Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934·United States·80 min.
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The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to a hospital. Their other boy makes some money peddling kindling and takes the family to a show. Mrs. Wiggs is called to the hopsital just in time to see her boy die. Her neighbor Miss Mazy wants to marry Mr. Stubbins who insists on tasting her cooking. Mrs. Wiggs sneaks her dishes past Stubbins who agrees to marriage. Mr. Wiggs appears suddenly, in tatters, with just the amount of money (twenty dollars) needed to save the family from foreclosure. Miss Lucy and Bob get married.
DirectorNorman Taurog
MusicJohn Leipold
CinematographyCharles Lang
CastPauline Lord·W.C. Fields·ZaSu Pitts·Evelyn Venable·Kent Taylor·Donald Meek·Jimmy Butler·George P. Breakston·Virginia Weidler·Carmencita Johnson·Edith Fellows·Charles Middleton·George Reed·Mildred Gover·Ann SheridanShow all
Original titleMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch