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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
“"BUNDLING" It's Not Necking! Not Kissing! Not Petting! What Is It?”
6.0 / 10• 1934• 1h 20m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Pauline Lord
Mrs. Wiggs
Lead
Kent Taylor
Bob Redding
Zasu Pitts
Miss Hazy
George P. Breakston
Jimmy Wiggs
Jimmy Butler
Billy Wiggs
Virginia Weidler
Europena Wiggs
Edith Fellows
Australia Wiggs
Carmencita Johnson
Asia Wiggs
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Norman Taurog's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
