Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (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.
- Released
- 1934-10-28
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Norman Taurog, William Slavens McNutt, Jane Storm
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 1 votes
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
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