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Tell Your Children (1938)
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier
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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.
Rated NR | Length 66 minutes
Actors
Dorothy Short | Kenneth Craig | Lillian Miles | Dave O'Brien | Thelma White | Carleton Young | Warren McCollum | Patricia Royale | Joseph Forte | Harry Harvey Jr. | Richard Alexander | Bob Burns | Lester Dorr | Phil Dunham | Edward Earle | Frank LaRue | Edward LeSaint | Mary MacLaren | Walter McGrail | Edmund Mortimer | Frank O'Connor | William Royle | Marin Sais | Forrest Taylor | Dan Wolheim
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/01/2010 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 1 star |
| (Average) 1 stars |
Viewing Notes
Technicolor pot smoke, myah see! Saw this as part of a RiffTrax Live event and it was a complete trip. I can’t see how anyone ever took that film seriously, especially given the JFK-bullet that took 80 turns mid-air to kill the one girl. It is not the cat’s pajamas.
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