Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919 film)
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by Alice Hegan Rice
play by Anne Crawford Flexner
Mary Carr
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | |
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| Directed by | Hugh Ford |
| Written by | Eve Unsell (scenario) |
| Based on | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch by Alice Hegan Rice play by Anne Crawford Flexner |
| Starring | Marguerite Clark Mary Carr |
| Cinematography | William Marshall |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1919 silent American comedy-drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky Corporation and distributed through Paramount Pictures. Directed by Hugh Ford, the film stars Marguerite Clark and is based on the 1904 Broadway play by Anne Crawford Flexner,[1] which itself is taken from the novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice.
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The picture survives and is preserved at the Library of Congress, one of Clark's few surviving silent films.[2]
As described in a film magazine,[3] Lovey Mary (Clark) is an inmate of an orphanage who runs away with a little boy with whom she has become strongly attached. She finds refuge on a rainy night with Mrs. Wiggs (Carr), a mother of five who lives in a wretched settlement known as the Cabbage Patch. Mrs. Wiggs feeds and shelters them, and lies to a sheriff looking to return them to the orphanage. There are a series of interactions with the amusing characters that live in the Cabbage Patch with brings about the growth and improvement in Mary. It is through Mary that the child she has been mothering becomes legitimate and the whole family obtains prosperity.
Cast
- Marguerite Clark as Lovey Mary
- Mary Carr as Mrs. Nancy Wiggs
- Vivia Ogden as Miss Tabitha Hazy
- Gladys Valerie as Maggie Duncan
- Gareth Hughes as Billy Wiggs
- Jack McLean as Dick Morgan (credited as Jack MacLean)
- Maud Hosford as Mrs. 'Phroney Morgan
- Lawrence Johnson as Tommy
- May McAvoy as Australy Wiggs
uncredited
- Anita Brown as Mrs. Schultz
- Mary Davis as Mrs. Eichorn
- Lola Hernandez as Asia Wiggs
- Robert Milasch as Hiram Stubbins
- Marian Stewart as Baby Wiggs
- Wanda Valle as Europena Wiggs
