History Film / ChildBride

'''This page is about the censored versions only'''.

This film is [[OvershadowedByControversy infamous]] for the topless and ''five-minute-long'' nude scene with Jennie (who is [[{{Squick}} eleven years old]] in the film, played by the twelve-year-old Shirley Mills). Some "soft reel" prints and screenings of the film have simply cut out the topless scene, leaving only the skinny-dipping sequence which was shot at more of a distance with the distortions of the water and the family dog's joining her for the swim helping conceal most of the potentially prurient parts. (Also, since Shirley Mills didn't know how to swim very well, most of the distant shots were actually of stand-in Bernice Stobaugh, a local girl.) Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy also screened this movie for ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', but [[EveryoneHasStandards the crew found it too awful and disturbing to feature on their show]], with Murphy saying that he had "[[ManlyTears a good cry]], [[INeedAFreakingDrink a little liquor]], and [[ShowerOfAngst a shower]]" after watching it. Frank Conniff called it the absolute worst film he had seen as a potential selection for the show. Considering it was his job to screen films for the show, that's a lot of competition.

This film is infamous for the topless and 5 minute nude scene with Jennie (who is [[{{Squick}} eleven years old]] in the film, played by the twelve-year-old Shirley Mills). Some "soft reel" prints and screenings of the film have simply cut out the topless scene, leaving only the skinny-dipping sequence which was shot at more of a distance with the distortions of the water and the family dog's joining her for the swim helping conceal most of the potentially prurient parts. (Also, since Shirley Mills didn't know how to swim very well, most of the distant shots were actually of stand-in Bernice Stobaugh, a local girl.) Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy also screened this movie for ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', but [[EveryoneHasStandards the crew found it too awful and disturbing to feature on their show]], with Murphy saying that he had "[[ManlyTears a good cry]], [[INeedAFreakingDrink a little liquor]], and [[ShowerOfAngst a shower]]" after watching it. Frank Conniff called it the absolute worst film he had seen as a potential selection for the show. Considering it was his job to screen films for the show, that's a lot of competition.

This film is infamous for the topless and 5 minute nude scene with Jennie (who is [[{{Squick}} eleven years old]] in the film, played by the twelve-year-old Shirley Mills). Some "soft reel" prints and screenings of the film have simply cut out the topless scene, leaving only the skinny-dipping sequence which was shot at more of a distance with the distortions of the water and the family dog's joining her for the swim helping conceal most of the potentially prurient parts. (Also, since Shirley Mills didn't know how to swim very well, most of the distant shots were actually of stand-in Bernice Stobaugh, a local girl.) Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy also screened this movie for ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', but [[EveryoneHasStandards the crew found it too awful and disturbing to feature on their show]], with Murphy saying that he had "a good cry, [[INeedAFreakingDrink a little liquor]], and [[ShowerOfAngst a shower]]" after watching it. Frank Conniff called it the absolute worst film he had seen as a potential selection for the show. Considering it was his job to screen films for the show, that's a lot of competition.

* ExploitationFilm: Shot on the cheap? Check. "Educational" in order to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar get it past]] UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode? Check. [[FanService Skimpily-dressed women]] and a sequence with female nudity in order to draw a certain kind of crowd? Check.

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