The Custard Cup (1923)
1h 10m
Running Time
January 1, 1923Release Date
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Ben Lyon
Dick Chase

Richard Collins
Counterfeiter

Nick Hollen
Detective

G. Marion Burton
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
The Custard Cup is a 1923 American drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and written by G. Marion Burton and Ralph Spence. It is based on the 1921 novel The Custard Cup by Florence Bingham Livingston. The film stars Mary Carr, Myrta Bonillas, Miriam Battista, Jerry Devine, Ernest McKay, and Peggy Shaw. The film was released on January 1, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation.