Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934The 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.
Acted in
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 H. 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
