- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 
Directed by Norman Taurog Produced by Douglas MacLean Written by Alice Hegan Rice (Novel)
Anne C. Flexner (Play)Starring Pauline Lord
W.C. Fields
Zasu PittsCinematography Charles Lang Editing by Anne Bauchens Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date(s) 1934 Running time 80 minutes Country United States Language English Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1934 comedy-genre film, directed by Norman Taurog, and based on the 1901 novel by Alice Hegan Rice. It also appeared as a radio series between 1936 and 1938. It is one of two movies that feature a rare film performance by famed Broadway stage actress Pauline Lord.
Plot
Mrs. Wiggs, facing eviction, scrabbles for survival with her number of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who left many years before.
Cast
- Pauline Lord
- W.C. Fields
- Zasu Pitts
- Evelyn Venable
- Kent Taylor
- Charles B. Middleton
- Donald Meek
- Jimmy Butler
- George P. Breakston
- Edith Fellows
- Virginia Weidler
- Carmencita Johnson
- George Reed
- Mildred Gover
- Arthur Housman
- Walter Walker
- Sam Flint
- James 'Hambone' Robinson
- Ben Hewlett
- Eddie Tamblyn
- Al Shaw
- Sam Lee
- Dell Henderson
- George C. Pearce
- Lillian Elliott
- Earl Pingree
- Ann Sheridan
- Tyler Brooke
External links
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at the Internet Movie Database
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch ; allrovi.com / synopsis
The films of Norman Taurog 1920s Lucky Boy • The Diplomats • In Holland • The Medicine Men1930s Troopers Three (with B. Reeves Eason) • Sunny Skies • Hot Curves • Follow the Leader • Finn and Hattie • Skippy • Newly Rich • Huckleberry Finn • Sooky • Hold 'Em Jail • The Phantom President • If I Had a Million (segments "Prologue" and "Epilogue") • A Bedtime Story • The Way to Love • We're Not Dressing • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch • College Rhythm • The Big Broadcast of 1936 • Strike Me Pink • Rhythm on the Range • Reunion • Fifty Roads to Town • You Can't Have Everything • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • Mad About Music • Boys Town • The Girl Downstairs • Lucky Night1940s Broadway Melody of 1940 • Young Tom Edison • Little Nellie Kelly • Men of Boys Town • Design for Scandal • Are Husbands Necessary? • A Yank at Eton • Presenting Lily Mars • Girl Crazy (with Busby Berkley) • The Hoodlum Saint • The Beginning or the End • The Bride Goes Wild • Big City • Words and Music • That Midnight Kiss1950s Please Believe Me • The Toast of New Orleans • Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone • Rich, Young and Pretty • Room for One More • Jumping Jacks • The Stooge • The Stars Are Singing • The Caddy • Living It Up • You're Never Too Young • The Birds and the Bees • Pardners • Bundle of Joy • The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown • Onionhead • Don't Give Up the Ship1960s Visit to a Small Planet • G.I. Blues • All Hands on Deck • Blue Hawaii • Girls! Girls! Girls! • It Happened at the World's Fair • Palm Springs Weekend • Tickle Me • Sergeant Dead Head • Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine • Spinout • Double Trouble • Speedway • Live a Little, Love a LittleTelevision Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (with Alan Handley, Christian Nyby, Roy Rowland, King Vidor, William A. Wellman and Bud Yorkin)Categories:- American films
- English-language films
- 1934 films
- 1930s comedy films
- American comedy films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Norman Taurog
- 1930s American radio programs
- 1930s comedy film stubs
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