The Custard Cup

A New Happy Type of Story BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE! HAPPY AS BLUEBIRDS!

The Custard Cup — Plot

Mrs. Penfield, better known as Penzie, is one of the inhabitants of a tenement neighborhood known as "the Custard Cup" because of its oval shape. Penzie is a widow who lost both her husband and son in the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919. She has found fulfillment by taking in three orphans. One of the Custard Cup's other residents is a counterfeiter, and when the police are too hot on his trail, he leaves a package with Penzie and sets a boat aflame when he tries to destroy some phony bills. When the gang is rounded up, Penzie -- who has been looking for one of her adopted children -- is found at the hideout and arrested.

• Release date
• January 1, 1923
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Herbert Brenon

The Custard Cup — Cast

Mary Carr Mrs. Penfield

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Myrta Bonillas Gussie Bosley Miriam Battista Lettie

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Jerry Devine Crink

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Ernest McKay Thad Peggy Shaw Lorene Percy Lisle Leigh Mrs. Percy Fred Esmelton Jeremiah Winston