Drama · United States of America · 1938 · 1h 6m

Tell Your Children

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Director
Louis J. Gasnier
Cast
Dorothy Short as Mary Kenneth Craig as Bill Lillian Miles as Blanche Dave O'Brien as Ralph Thelma White as Mae Carleton Young as Jack
Crew
Jack Greenhalgh — Director of Photography Carl Pierson — Editor Hugo Riesenfeld — Original Music Composer Arthur Hoerl — Screenplay George A. Hirliman — Producer Samuel Diege — Producer
Tagline

Public enemy no. 1. Women cry for it… Men will die for it!

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
drug dealerpropagandadrug traffickingdrug addictionopiumexploitationhallucinationhallucinogenic drugmarijuanadrugspsychotronicbaffled
Key Collaborators
Louis J. Gasnier Director Jack Greenhalgh Director of Photography Carl Pierson Editor Hugo Riesenfeld Original Music Composer Arthur Hoerl Screenplay George A. Hirliman Producer Samuel Diege Producer
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