Child Bride (1938) - Drama Movies 62 minutes. . Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride. marriage, exploitation, underage, child marriage, flogging
Child Bride (1938)
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Released: Mar 02, 1938
Runtime: 62 minutes
: 6.5/10 by 34 users
Stars: Shirley Mills, Bob Bollinger, Warner Richmond, Diana Durrell, Dorothy Carrol, George Humphreys
Crew: Harry Revier (Director), Harry Revier (Screenplay), Marcel Le Picard (Director of Photography), Felix Mills (Music Director), Raymond Friedgen (Presenter), Tom Galligan (Production Manager)
Jennie is a twelve-year-old girl living with her parents in extremely rural mountain country. Her schoolteacher, Miss Carol, though a mountain girl herself, has gone off to be educated and returned in hopes of stopping the tradition of child marriage which permeates the culture. Jennie's father Ira is a good man who tries to protect Miss Carol from the men who threaten her if she doesn't call off her crusade. One of these men, Jake Bolby, has his eye on little Jennie and plots to make her his bride.
