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Tell Your Children (1936)
3.5
Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to "reefer" cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music. Director:Louis J. Gasnier |
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Dorothy Short | ... | |
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Kenneth Craig | ... |
Bill
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Lillian Miles | ... | |
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Dave O'Brien | ... | |
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Thelma White | ... |
Mae
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Carleton Young | ... |
Jack
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Warren McCollum | ... |
Jimmy
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Patricia Royale | ... |
Agnes
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Joseph Forte | ... |
Dr. Carroll
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Harry Harvey Jr. | ... |
Junior
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Propaganda film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. The tale revolves around Mae and Jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by Mae's apartment to smoke reefer. The lives of all who are involved with this menace are inevitably shattered. One man becomes so addicted to the killer weed that the guilt over framing a teen for murder causes a judge to order him to be committed for life to a mental hospital! Dr. Carroll closes by advising us to not incur the same tragedy. Written by Rick Gregory <rag.apa@email.apa.org>
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Women Cry For It - Men Die For It! See more »Genres:
DramaParents Guide:
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Dope Addict See more »Filming Locations:
Grand National Studios - 7250 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Bill: I never drink the stuff!
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The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you.
It would not have been possible, otherwise, to sufficiently emphasize the frightful toll of the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly-increasing numbers.
Marihuana is that drug - a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - The Real Public Enemy Number One!
Its first effect is sudden, violent, uncontrollable laughter; then come dangerous hallucinations - space expands - time slows down, almost stands still ....fixed ideas come next, conjuring up monstrous extravagances - followed by emotional disturbances, the total inability to direct thoughts, the loss of all power to resist physical emotions... leading finally to acts of shocking violence... ending often in incurable insanity.
In picturing its soul-destroying effects no attempt was made to equivocate. The scenes and incidents, while fictionized for the purposes of this story, are based upon actual research into the results of Marihuana addiction.
If their stark reality will make you think, will make you aware that something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace, then the picture will not have failed in its purpose....
Because the dread Marihuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter....or yours....or YOURS! See more »
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Dwain Esper unsuccessfully sued a distribution company in the 1960s over the film rights, claiming that he had produced the film for the U.S. Army, and that he was the legal copyright owner. However, he was unable to support his claims, and lost the case. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The car that is "stopped" at the school crossing in the opening street scene is clearly not running at all, let alone just stopped by the policeman. See more »Quotes
Jimmy: How about driving over to the... Joe's place with me? I'll buy you a soda!Bill: I never drink the stuff!
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FOREWORD:The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you.
It would not have been possible, otherwise, to sufficiently emphasize the frightful toll of the new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly-increasing numbers.
Marihuana is that drug - a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - The Real Public Enemy Number One!
Its first effect is sudden, violent, uncontrollable laughter; then come dangerous hallucinations - space expands - time slows down, almost stands still ....fixed ideas come next, conjuring up monstrous extravagances - followed by emotional disturbances, the total inability to direct thoughts, the loss of all power to resist physical emotions... leading finally to acts of shocking violence... ending often in incurable insanity.
In picturing its soul-destroying effects no attempt was made to equivocate. The scenes and incidents, while fictionized for the purposes of this story, are based upon actual research into the results of Marihuana addiction.
If their stark reality will make you think, will make you aware that something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace, then the picture will not have failed in its purpose....
Because the dread Marihuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter....or yours....or YOURS! See more »
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