Inspired by the true-life Salem “witch trials”.
The Hollywood version so to speak.
Claudette Colbert is a young freethinking woman living in Salem, Massachusetts during the notorious 17th century "witch trials". Colbert falls in love with adventurer Fred MacMurray, causing no end of scandal with the Puritan townsfolk. A hateful little girl (Bonita Granville) pretends to be "possessed", thereby convincing the Salemites that Claudette is a witch. Tried and convicted of sorcery, the poor girl is sent to be burned at the stake, but is rescued in the nick of time by MacMurray, who convinces the townsfolk that they've been the victim of a hoax. Maid of Salem earned a footnote in entertainment history in 1937 when it was booed off the screen of New York's Paramount theatre by fans who wanted to see the evening's real attraction--a performance by Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
This movie contains two spanking related scenes.
In scene one, the hateful thrirteen year old, who later starts the whole witch hunt receives a good offscreen strapping for having been caught reading inappropiate literature.
In scene two, a very young girl, gets grabbed by her mother and pulled away from the playground, and than gets a smack on her bottom. When crying starts, the mother threatens her with „a good whipping“
NOTE: Bonita Granville also was the recipient of a one smacker in THESE THREE, also posted on this blog.
SCENE ONE:
Spanker: Edward Ellis
Spankee: Bonita Granville
SCENE TWO:
Smacker: probably Babs Nelson
Smacker: probably Kathryn Sheldon
Director: Frank Lloyd
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