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4 unusual facts about Child Bride


Angelo Rossitto

He appeared in another controversial film, 1938's Child Bride.

Child Bride

Although the film was banned in many areas, the movie's controversial nature gave it a certain infamy and it played on the so-called exploitation circuit for many years.

Alpha Video's DVD release presents the film in its uncensored form, while Mill Creek Entertainment included a censored version of the film in its 20 Movie Pack Cult Classics collection.

Mildred Horn

When Horn was sent to review Kroger Babb's production of Child Bride, she was horrified that such a "cheap, crude, mislabeled morality play would be shown in a major Indiana family theater".


The Injustice to Dou E

A young girl from Chuzhou (楚州; modern Huai'an District, Huai'an, Jiangsu) called Dou Duanyun is sent to the Cai family to be a child bride because her father Dou Tianzhang owed people a lot of money and could not repay his debts.


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