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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

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A woman (Pauline Lord) scrapes by with her five children and neighbors (W.C. Fields, ZaSu Pitts), waiting for her husband to come home.

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Otis Ferguson The New Republic Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch will do to illustrate a trend in humor that we might be happy to see the last of: it is in the smile-with-a-tear tradition, all so beastly clean and wholesome. Feb 18, 2022 Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine I couldn't get much worked up about Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch... though it had a lot of fine people in it. Oct 8, 2019 Full Review Helen Brown Norden Vanity Fair Personally, it's a little too dripping with sentiment... Jun 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Badly dated melodrama with racist caricature and sexist ideas. A late-entering W.C. Fields can't save this one. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member 'Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch' is best viewed as a look back to an earlier time -- before there was a safety net for the poor. It isn't about "how wonderful it is to be poor" (whoever wrote that description is a fool) but, instead, it's about surviving through dire poverty. As drama it's poor, as comedy it's antiquated, but it is very interesting throughout. Depression audiences must have identified with it -- this film was released in 1934, not 1919. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman (Pauline Lord) scrapes by with her five children and neighbors (W.C. Fields, ZaSu Pitts), waiting for her husband to come home.
Director
Norman Taurog
Producer
Douglas MacLean
Screenwriter
William Slavens McNutt, Jane Storm
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 20m