The Custard Cup

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Herbert Brenon

Writers

Charles E. Blaney, G. Marion Burton

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

1 January 1923

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Mary Carr

  Mrs. Penfield

• Myrta Bonillas

  Gussie Bosley

• 

  Miriam Battista

  Lettie

• Jerry Devine

  Crink

• Ernest McKay

  Thad

• 

  Peggy Shaw

  Lorene Percy

• 

  Lisle Leigh

  Mrs. Percy

• 

  Fred Esmelton

  Jeremiah Winston

• Henry Sedley

  Frank Bosley

• Louis Hendricks

  Alderman Curry

• Edward Boring

  Mr. Wopple

• Emily Lorraine

  Perennial Prue