Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919 film)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

An old newspaper advert depicting the star Marguerite Clark at the top.

Newspaper advertisement.
Directed by Hugh Ford
Written by Eve Unsell (scenario)
Based on Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
by Alice Hegan Rice
Starring Marguerite Clark
Mary Carr
Cinematography William Marshall
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • February 16, 1919 (1919-02-16) (United States)
Running time
 50 mins.
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 which itself is taken from the novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice.

Scene from the film.(*Questionable as to the film this picture is associated. The woman in center looks to be Elsie Ferguson rather than any of the cast members from Mrs. Wiggs, an extant film available for viewing.)

The picture survives and is preserved at the Library of Congress, one of Clark's few surviving silent films.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[2] 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.

Cast

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.[3] The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938.[4]

The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Nunn, William Curtis (1981). Marguerite Clark: America's Darling of Broadway and the Silent Screen. TCU Press. p. VII. ISBN 0-912646-69-1.
  2. ↑ Harrison, Louis Reeves (Mar 1, 1919). "Critical Reviews and Comments: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch". Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company. 39 (9): 1242–43. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  3. ↑ Hall, Wade, ed. (2005). The Kentucky Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State. The University Press of Kentucky. p. 177. ISBN 0-8131-2376-3.
  4. 1 2 Dunning, John (1998). On the Air:The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 462. ISBN 0-19-507678-8.


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