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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Directed by	Ralph Murphy
Written by	Doris Anderson
Based on	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch; by Alice Hegan Rice ; and play by Anne Crawford Flexner
Produced by	Ralph Murphy; Sol C. Siegel
Starring	Fay Bainter; Barbara Jo Allen; Hugh Herbert
Cinematography	Leo Tover
Edited by	Anne Bauchens
Music by	Victor Young
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 1942;
Country	United States
Language	English

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1942 American comedy-drama film starring Fay Bainter and directed by Ralph Murphy. It was based on the play by Anne Crawford Flexner that premiered on Broadway in 1904,^[1] which was in turn adapted from the 1901 novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice.

Plot

Cast

Fay Bainter as Mrs. Elvira Wiggs
Vera Vague as Tabitha Hazy
Hugh Herbert as Marcus Throckmorton
Betty Brewer as Asia Wiggs
Billy Lee as Jimmy Wiggs
Carolyn Lee as Europena Wiggs
Carl Switzer as Billy Wiggs
Mary Thomas as Australia Wiggs
Janet Beecher as Mrs. Olcott
Barbara Britton as Lucy Olcott
Moroni Olsen as Dr. Olcott
Clem Bevans as Postman
Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Graham (uncredited)

Other adaptations

The 1942 version is the fourth film adaptation of the novel. The first film version was released in 1914, starring Blanche Chapman. The second version was released in 1919 and stars Marguerite Clark, while the third version was released in 1934 and stars Pauline Lord.^[2]

The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938.^[3]

References

^ "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch", IBDB.
^ Hall, Wade, ed. (2005). The Kentucky Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State. The University Press of Kentucky. p. 177. ISBN 0-813-12376-3.
^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 462. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-12-18.