Fresh
The original antimarijuana film (1936), offering the true inside story of the devil weed that drives men to savage lusts and women to unspeakable depravities, along with a little bit of dumb fun.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Tell Your Children
Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!
1938 · 1h 6m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Louis J. Gasnier
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Tell Your Children
Overview
High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens: a drug supplier entices several restless teens, Mary and Jimmy Lane, sister and brother, and Bill, Mary's boyfriend, into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives.
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Fresh
One of the most absurdly earnest exercises in paranoia you'll ever have the good fortune to see.
Time Out
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