Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

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

NR 1934 · 80 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Norman Taurog · Written by William Slavens McNutt

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Pauline Lord Mrs. Wiggs
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
Charles Middleton Mr. Bagby
Evelyn Venable Lucy Olcott
W.C. Fields Mr. Stubbins
Donald Meek Mr. Wiggs

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