Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942 film)

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

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch is a 1942 American comedy-drama film, directed by Norman Taurog, and based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Alice Hegan Rice. Directed by Ralph Murphy, the film stars Fay Bainter.

Cast

Other adaptations

The 1942 version is the fourth film adaption 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.[1]

The book was also adapted into a radio series which aired from 1935 to 1938.[2]

References

  1. 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.
  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 0-195-07678-8.

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