FILMS OF DECEPTION
THE REEFER MADNESS ERA
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A WEB SITE DEVOTED TO MOTION PICTURES
AND THEIR ROLE IN THE REEFER MADNESS CAMPAIGN
HUMBOLDT STANDARD - (Eureka Ca - July 20, 1936 - Pg. 9 )
MARIHUANA FILM SLATED FOR RUN HERE
Eureka (California) theatregoers were promised an expose of what happens at "marihuana parties" when William Mason, manager of the Rialto Theatre, announced today that the much discussed picture "Marihuana" will open tomorrow at the local showhouse for a three day run.
The picture will be screened at the Rialto July 21, 22, and 23. Special added attractions to the program will be a short, "March of Crime in 1936," and an educational lecture "Crime and Sex Fools" by Professor Francis Freedman, noted criminologist and student of psychology.
The story of a lovely girl made hard and brittle by a puff of smoke, wild parties and unleashed passions, is brought before the public in this picture. The depths reached by once respectable men and women under the influence of marihuana show the new sorrows and miseries that can be brought to the American youth. In cooperation with the federal and state governments, this motion picture was made to show the evils of this particularly vicious drug.
Daring exposures like this picture are not recommended for children; thus, no children's tickets will be sold for either matinee or evening showings during its run in Eureka.
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