The Stepmother
About The Stepmother
A poor boy is beaten and ordered about by his stepmother whenever his father is out. When the father is in the house, she holds back.
Cast & crew
More about The Stepmother
Alice Guy-Blaché directed this Gaumont short. The French title is La Marâtre. An archive copy is also filed as The Cruel Mother. Wikidata gives 7 minutes.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The mistreatment happens only when the father is gone.
- The archive identifier is silent-la-martre-aka-the-cruel-mother.
- Guy made it at Gaumont in 1906.
Scenes
- She turns on the boy the moment the father leaves.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-la-martre-aka-the-cruel-mother)
