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Marihuana

  • 19361936
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 57m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
873
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Marihuana (1936)
A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.
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  • Crime
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A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
873
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Dwain Esper
  • Writer
    • Hildegarde Stadie(story)
  • Stars
    • Harley Wood
    • Hugh McArthur
    • Pat Carlyle
Top credits
  • Director
    • Dwain Esper
  • Writer
    • Hildegarde Stadie(story)
  • Stars
    • Harley Wood
    • Hugh McArthur
    • Pat Carlyle
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:07
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    Photos6

    Hugh McArthur in Marihuana (1936)
    Hugh McArthur and Harley Wood in Marihuana (1936)
    Marihuana (1936)
    Marihuana (1936)
    Marihuana (1936)

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    Harley Wood
    Harley Wood
    • Burma Roberts - aka 'Blondie'as Burma Roberts - aka 'Blondie'
    Hugh McArthur
    Hugh McArthur
    • Dick Collieras Dick Collier
    Pat Carlyle
    • Tony Santelloas Tony Santello
    Paul Ellis
    Paul Ellis
    • Nicholas Romeroas Nicholas Romero
    Dorothy Dehn
    • Elaine Roberts Stewartas Elaine Roberts Stewart
    Richard Erskine
    • Morgan Stewartas Morgan Stewart
    Juanita Fletcher
    • Mrs. Robertsas Mrs. Roberts
    • (as Juanita Crosland)
    Hal Taggart
    • Burma's Customer's Husbandas Burma's Customer's Husband
    Gloria Browne
    • Gloria Stewart - The Childas Gloria Stewart - The Child
    • (as Gloria Brown)
    Marian Constance Blackton
    Marian Constance Blackton
    • Dissaproving Womanas Dissaproving Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Symona Boniface
    Symona Boniface
    • Helen - Burma's Customeras Helen - Burma's Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Horace B. Carpenter
    Horace B. Carpenter
    • Bartenderas Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    Mark Daniels
    Mark Daniels
    • Teenageras Teenager
    • (uncredited)
    Hildegarde Stadie
    • Woman in Roadhouseas Woman in Roadhouse
    • (uncredited)
    William C. Thompson
    • Waterfront-Raid Detectiveas Waterfront-Raid Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Woods
    • Detectiveas Detective
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dwain Esper
    • Writer
      • Hildegarde Stadie(story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Harley Wood's daughter Jan Tache, this film was the one regret her mother had of her career in films.
    • Goofs
      Several years pass between Burma giving up her baby and kidnapping her sister's child, as said child is now 6 or 7 years old. If the film is set in present day (1936), the kids in the earlier scenes should be drinking at a speakeasy, not a bar, as prohibition (which ended in 1933) would still have been in effect. It's especially unlikely that the bar/speakeasy would have a sign advertising 5 cent beer.
    • Quotes

      Sally: Oh, I've always wanted to go swimming in the moonlight.

      Teenage girl: What'll we do for bathing suits.

      Another Teenaged Girl: We won't wear any!

    • Crazy credits
      FOREWORD: For centuries the world has been aware of the narcotic menace. We have complacently watched Asiatic countries attempt to rid themselves of DRUGS CURSE, and attributed their failure to lack of education. We consider ourselves enlightened, and think that never could we succumb to such a fate. But - did you know that - the use of Marihuana is steadily increasing among the youth of this country? Did you know that - the youthful criminal is our greatest problem today? And that - Marihuana gives the user false courage, and destroys conscience, thereby making crime alluring, smart? That is the price we are paying for our lack of interest in the narcotic situation. This story is drawn from an actual case history on file in the police records of one of our large cities. Note: MARIHUANA, Hashish of the Orient, is commonly distributed as a doped cigarette. Its most terrifying effect is that it fires the user to extreme cruelty and license.
    • Alternate versions
      When the film was released in Chicago, several cuts were ordered. They included:
      • a. A male character concealing cocaine in his shoe.
      • b. Shots of Joanne preparing to go swimming.
      • c. All shots of the women undressing and then running about on the beach in the nude and being chased by their boyfriends.
      • d. A portion of dialogue: "Just a sweet little love child."
      • Exhibitors were also told to trim a close-up shot of Burma Roberts toking up for the first time .
    • Connections
      Edited into Sleazemania! (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Egmont Overture
      (uncredited)

      Music by Ludwig van Beethoven

      Played during the opening credits

    User reviews29

    Review
    Top review
    1/10
    A mind-bending experience !!
    Beating the more famous "Reefer Madness" into the theaters by all of about 15 minutes, "Marihuana" is yet another morality play whose producer tries to pass off a warning about the evils of marijuana use as an excuse for the picture's real reason for being: a nude swim scene (shot so darkly that the participants can barely even be seen). A group of the oldest-looking teenagers you've ever seen (and don't you just love movies with teenagers being played by actors old enough to be the PARENTS of teenagers) fall in with the wrong crowd, and soon there's a drowning, a shooting, an unwanted pregnancy, a kidnapping (of a child you just know was supposed to be the next Shirley Temple, at least in the minds of her parents), and an ending that has to be seen to be disbelieved. All in all, a truly mind-bending experience that would rival any that could come from the actual use of marijuana.
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    • Mark_D-2
    • Oct 7, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Marihuana, the Devil's Weed
    • Filming locations
      • 6731 Leland Way, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Roadshow Attractions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $100,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      57 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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