

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934-10-28 · 80 min · ★ 6.0
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.
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- Directors
- Norman Taurog
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Pauline LordMrs. Wiggs
Kent TaylorBob Redding
Zasu PittsMiss Hazy
George P. BreakstonJimmy Wiggs
Jimmy ButlerBilly Wiggs
Virginia WeidlerEuropena Wiggs
Edith FellowsAustralia Wiggs
Carmencita JohnsonAsia Wiggs
Charles MiddletonMr. Bagby
Evelyn VenableLucy Olcott
W.C. FieldsMr. Stubbins
Donald MeekMr. Wiggs
Arthur HousmanDick Harris
Walter WalkerDr. Barton
Lillian ElliottMrs. Bagby
George H. ReedJulius
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