Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Oct 28, 1934

1h 20m

★ 6.0

"BUNDLING" It's Not Necking! Not Kissing! Not Petting! What Is It?

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Mrs. Wiggs

Pauline Lord

Bob Redding

Kent Taylor

Miss Hazy

Zasu Pitts

Jimmy Wiggs

George P. Breakston

Billy Wiggs

Jimmy Butler

Europena Wiggs

Virginia Weidler

Australia Wiggs

Edith Fellows

Asia Wiggs

Carmencita Johnson

Mr. Bagby

Charles Middleton

Lucy Olcott

Evelyn Venable

Mr. Stubbins

W.C. Fields

Mr. Wiggs

Donald Meek

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