Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. 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 maes apartment to smoke reefer. Cleancut wasp couple bill and mary are innocent high school students who play tennis and drink tea on the back porch. It was later sold to an assortment of distributors on a states rights basis, who then used the alternative titles of the burning question and reefer madness, in addition to tell your children, depending on the region.
Espers 1936 film deserves its reputation as one of the most entertainingly bad movies ever made. Reefer madness 1936 movie poster print 24x36 this poster is 24 x 36 inches and makes the perfect addition to an entertainment or movie room as well as teen bedroom or college students dorm room. If ever there was a bad movie with a good message its reefer madness, an insane propaganda pic made to demonstrate the evils of puffing on a joint even. The trailer for the movie reefer madness 1936 looks a lot like an overblown trytoohard parody. Reefer madness 1936 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Reefer madness tell your children doped youth movie. Home marijuana addiction reefer madness full movie. Though clearly patterned on rocky horror picture show, even down to the bracketing scenes with alan cumming as the lecturer, reefer madness is funny and barbed, sexy and fun, with good songs, itself unusual in a tv musical based on a stage play, the movie version was made for showtime. Yet so far, there is no real proof that the original 1936 movie was ever made or even existed. Tvpg, 1 h 6 min dorothy short, kenneth craig, lillian miles, dave obrien director. In his story, a drug supplier entices several restless teens, including sister and brother mary dorothy short and jimmy lane warren mccollum and marys boyfriend, bill kenneth craig, into frequenting a reefer house. Highschool students are lured by pushers to try marijuanafrom a hit and run accident, to manslaughter, suicide, attempted rape, hallucinations, and descent.
Apr 10, 2015 reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as reefer madness, but originally known by the title tell your children, a dead giveaway, has become a cult. Reefer madness was conceived and constructed in a time when a ruthless war was beginning to rage against drug use and the cultural minorities who indulged, one so big that its ripples can still be felt in society today. Reefer madness tell your children doped youth 1936. The movie musical comedy this freaky musical is a parody of an actual, dead serious antimarihuana propaganda film from 1936, trying to convince the american public that just one drag of a pot cigarette forever and irrevocably turns average high school kids into hopeless drug addicts. Wikipedia widespread unemployment and poverty during the great depression furthered resentment and fear of immigrants and minorities, and fueled concerns about the perceived ills of the drug that had become associated with them. Watch reefer madness online stream full movie directv. The propaganda film and comical cult classic portrays teens who smoke the demon weed plunging into a vortex of sex, madness, murder, and jazz music. Reefer madness is an antimarijuana propaganda film from 1936 commercialized by dwain esper. This, i understand, could be attributed to the use of.
Other films included espers own earlier marihuana 1936 and elmer. If your guaranteed delivery item isnt on time, you can 1 return the item, for a refund of the full price and return shipping costs. It is a film adaptation of the trios musical of the same name, itself based on the 1936 exploitation film also of the same title. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted. Its probably worth seeing the original 1936 film reefer madness first, its included in the bonus material. Reefer madness 1936 on showtime this cult classic propaganda film makes outrageous claims about marijuana. As there are no copies that we know, we dont know that much about the original 1936 film. Dorothy short, kenneth craig, lillian miles, dave obrien, thelma white, warren mccollum, carleton young. This unintentionally hilarious depression era propaganda film has become a cult classic for its outrageous claims about the effects of marijuana, as told by a concerned school principal joseph forte to a pta meeting. Dorothy short mary lane, kenneth craig bill harper. Quotes with sound clips from reefer madness 1936 page. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to reefer.
A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to reefer cigarettes by holding wild parties with jazz music. Reefer madness is a factual, propaganda film turned comedic, historic. Mae coleman thelma white and jack perry carleton young a couple supposedly living in sin, yet sleeping in separate beds as all married couples depicted in. Quotes with sound clips from reefer madness 1936 old. Reefer madness 1936 trailer drama video dailymotion. Hirliman productions released reefer madness in 1936 and 1938. I dont get high and watch movies, but if anyone were to do so, this would be the movie to saddle up some buddies, smoke a few fatties and let the good times roll. Reefer madness originally made as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth, and love madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when highschool students are lured by pushers to try marijuanafrom a hit and run accident, to manslaughter. A reconstruction of the screenplay for reefer madness, the 1936 antimarijuana exploitation propaganda movie. Gasnier directed the film starring dorothy short, read more. Carroll to parents at a pta meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. Reefer madness is also the loose title for the first ever war on drugs in the united states by the bureau of narcotics and henry anslinger against cannabis sativa c. The movie musical, is a 2005 american madefortelevision musical comedy film directed by andy fickman, written by kevin murphy and dan studney, and produced by the three. Captain kidd full movie charles laughton randolph scott tcc ai color duration.
Reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as reefer madness. The you tube account the video shop has full permission to redistribute and commercialize our content. Reefer madness 1936 240p something weird for wednesday. Jun 26, 2011 mae coleman thelma white and jack perry carleton young a couple supposedly living in sin, yet sleeping in separate beds as all married couples depicted in films of the era sell.
Like many exploitation films of the time, reefer madness tried to make a quick. Cautionary tale features a fictionalized and highly exaggerated take on the use of marijuana. Reefer madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when highschool students are lured by pushers to. Oh dear, if you want a good smoke, try one of these. Parents are lectured about the dangers of their children using marijuana with a cautionary tale of what happened to onceinnocent kids became addicted to the drug. Funny quotes with audio clips selected from the reefer madness 1936 propaganda movie, as rated by movie s visitors.
Reefer madness a poster from a later release of the 1936 film. It later had extra shots inserted by filmmaker dwain esper, who released it under various titles, reefer madness, dope addict, doped youth, and love madness. Rent reefer madness 1936 starring warren mccollum and dorothy short on dvd and bluray. Weve also covered the technical differences between the two versions of the films as well as why one failed while the other succeeded. Mae coleman thelma white and jack perry carleton young a couple supposedly living in sin, yet sleeping in separate beds as all married couples depicted in films of the era sell. The camp cult favorite has been cracking up stoners for decades. The burning question was the title used in the pennsylvaniawest virginia territory in 1940. Cautionary tale features a fictionalized take on the use of marijuana. Reefer madness 1936 quotes with sound clips page 4.
Like many exploitation films of the time, reefer madness tried to make a quick buck off of a forbidden subject while skirting the motion picture production code of 1930. Reefer madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic. With dorothy short, kenneth craig, lillian miles, dave obrien. Hirliman announced production of tell your children in variety, june 15, 1938. Unabashed propaganda film on the perils of marijuana use. A new bluray release shows how its hysteria may have actually.
Alfred carroll josef forte relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens. May 30, 2015 the film was originaly made as tell your children in 1936. The script dialog was transcribed from the 1936 movie, with added direction by doug snead, c 20078 as applicable. As the name reefer madness as well as tell your children, etc. Lawrence meade original story, arthur hoerl screenplay stars. A trio of drug dealers lead innocent teenagers to become addicted to reefer cigarettes by. The 1936 government movie that will totally scare the crap out of you.
Considered the archetypal sensationalized antidrug movie, but its really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use. Reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda film is most popularly known as reefer madness, but originally known by the title tell your children, a dead giveaway, has become a cult. The movie musical is a sort of hair meets the rocky horror show on the set of thriller with a bit of south park and the fast show thrown into the jesus scene. Film that relates the story, as told by high school principal dr. Dorothy short mary lane, kenneth craig bill harper buy dvd on amazon. Mar 30, 2016 reefer madness originally released as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth and love madness is a 1936 american propaganda exploitation film. Reefer madness was conceived and constructed in a time when a ruthless war was beginning to rage against drug use and the cultural minorities who indulged, one so big. That the movie known today as reefer madness was in fact filmed in 1938, not 1936. Reefer madness 1936 feature drama video dailymotion. Watch reefer madness starring dave obrien in this drama on directv. Reefer madness is a factual, propaganda film turned comedic, historic documentary. This, i understand, could be attributed to the use of marihuana.
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