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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
Directed by Norman Taurog
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 80 minutes
Actors
Pauline Lord | Kent Taylor | Zasu Pitts | George P. Breakston | Jimmy Butler | Virginia Weidler | Edith Fellows | Carmencita Johnson | Charles Middleton | Evelyn Venable | W.C. Fields | Donald Meek | Mildred Gover | Jimmy Robinson | Arthur Housman | Walter Walker | Ben Hewlett | Lillian Elliott | George Reed | George C. Pearce | Sam Flint | Dell Henderson | Al Shaw | Sam Lee | Eddie Tamblyn | Gladys Young | Ann Sheridan | Earl Pingree | George Golden