Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Norman Taurog. It is based on the 1904 Broadway play by Anne Crawford Flexner, which was taken from the novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice. The film stars Broadway stage actress Pauline Lord, ZaSu Pitts and W. C. Fields.

Plot

In 1901, Mrs. Wiggs and her children are facing eviction, left destitute when Mr. Wiggs departed many years ago to search for gold in the Klondike. The family owns the shack, but it has a mortgage of $25 and the evil lender is threatening them. Mrs. Wiggs is a laundress who cannot save money because of her charity toward others, often animals. Her oldest son James has worked hard all his life but now is seriously ill with tuberculosis. The little girls are all named after continents: Europena, Asia and Australia. The second-oldest boy Billy finds a spavined and dying horse that he brings home. The family nurses the horse back to reasonable health, naming it Cuba. Neighbor Tabitha Hazy seeks a husband and begins a subscription to "The Matrimonial Guide", a type of dating service.