Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 28, 1934

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.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 28, 1934

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Paramount
Original title Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Directors Norman Taurog
Writers Anne Crawford Flexner, Alice Hegan Rice, Jane Storm, William Slavens McNutt

Cast

Pauline Lord

as Mrs. Wiggs

Kent Taylor

as Bob Redding

Zasu Pitts

as Miss Hazy

George P. Breakston

as Jimmy Wiggs

Jimmy Butler

as Billy Wiggs

Virginia Weidler

as Europena Wiggs

Edith Fellows

as Australia Wiggs

Carmencita Johnson

as Asia Wiggs

Charles Middleton

as Mr. Bagby

Evelyn Venable

as Lucy Olcott

W.C. Fields

as Mr. Stubbins

Donald Meek

as Mr. Wiggs

Mildred Gover

as Priscilla

Jimmy Robinson

as Mose

Arthur Housman

as Dick Harris

Walter Walker

as Dr. Barton

Ben Hewlett

as Box Office Man

Lillian Elliott

as Mrs. Bagby

George Reed

as Julius

George C. Pearce

as Minister

Sam Flint

as Jenkins

Dell Henderson

as House Manager

Al Shaw

as First Comedian

Sam Lee

as Second Comedian

Eddie Tamblyn

as Usher

Gladys Young

as Dancer

Ann Sheridan

as Town Girl

Earl Pingree

as Brakeman

George Golden

as Minor Role