Child Bride
“A THROBBING DRAMA OF SHACKLED YOUTH!”
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. NOTE: the actress playing Jennie was 14 years old when she made this film, and appears topless in a couple of shots.
This film is a stark and disturbing look at a brutal tradition. It feels heavy, unflinching, and deeply unsettling, forcing viewers to confront uncomfortable realities with a grim, almost documentary-like intensity.
