Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919 film)
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Director Hugh Ford Story by Alice Hegan Rice Country United States | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent
English intertitles Release date February 16, 1919 (1919-02-16) (United States) Based on Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
by Alice Hegan Rice Writer Alice Hegan Rice (novel), Anne Crawford Flexner (play), Eve Unsell (scenario) Cast Marguerite Clark, Mary Carr Producers Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky Similar movies The Call of Youth (1921), A Social Celebrity (1926), Brewsters Millions (1921) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 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.
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, Lovey Mary (Clark) is an inmate of an orphanage who runs away 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.
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Other adaptations
The 1919 film is the second film adaptation of the novel. The first film version was released in 1914, starring Blanche Chapman. The third version was released in 1934 and stars Pauline Lord while the fourth version was released in 1942 and stars Fay Bainter. The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938.
The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938.
References
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919 film) WikipediaMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919 film) IMDb