Little Aurore's Tragedy

Overview

A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.

Details

Cast

Yvonne Laflamme

Aurore

Lucie Mitchell

Marie-Louise

Paul Desmarteaux

Théodore

Roch Poulin

Maurice

Janette Bertrand

Catherine

Jean Lajeunesse

Abraham

J. Léo Gagnon

Le médecin

Marc Forrez

Le curé

Therese McKinnon

Delphine Andois

Nana de Varennes

Melvina

Lucie Poitras

Rolland D'Amour

Le forgeron

Adrien Laurion

André Poitras

Pierrette Légaré