Child Bride

Jennie

Freddie

Jake Bolby

Miss Carol

Ma Colton

Ira Colton

Charles

Mike Nulty (as Rex Baxter)

Happy

A problem cropped up when planning the infamous "skinny dipping" scene: Shirley Mills did not know how to swim. Bernice Stobaugh, a local girl, doubled for Shirley in the long shots. It is Bernice who does the dive into the pond and does the graceful swimming in the long shots. In the closer shots, Shirley is seen doing the "dog paddle".

Although it was released in 1938, Shirley Mills did not see the complete film until the 1980s when a relative gave her a videocassette of it.

The only film the cast and crew of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) refused to satirize after watching. During an interview, host Michael J. Nelson revealed that the crew considered the film "disturbing."

Miss Carol: But all I'm trying to make you understand is that you *can't* fight nature's law. Bearing children is a woman's job. Child marriage must go!

Charles: My job's done.

Freddie: I'll beat you undressed, Jennie.