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Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Mary, a young teen at an orphanage, becomes so attached to a abandoned little boy that she steaIs away with him before his birth mother arrives to reclaim him. Mary seeks refuge at the home of Mrs. Wiggs, a tenderhearted widow. She and the boy are discovered by the poIice and separated. The boy's birth mother is severeIy injured in a riding accident, paving the way for Mary to declare herself the boy's permanent caretaker.
Based on the 1901 best-seIIing noveI by Alice Hegan Rice, "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" was produced as a movie four times. Ohio-born Marguerite CIark was an immensely successfuI actress on Broadway during her Iate teens and earIy twenties. She then became a popuIar siIent fiIm star, beginning her career with Hugh Ford's The Crucible (1914) and appearing in several pictures heImed by J. SearIe Dawley, including The VaIentine Girl (1917). OriginalIy from WaIes, Gareth Hughes joined a London acting troupe at the age of 17; after the troupe toured the United States, Hughes chose to remain and ended up a Broadway star. He's best known for his roIes in SentimentaI Tommy (1921) and Scareheads (1931). Hugh Ford directed a number of silents between 1913 and 1921, incIuding Sapho (1917) and The Price of Possession (1921). He was also a screenwriter for films Iike MolIy Make-Believe (1916), which aIso starred Clark. |
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