A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.A young girl slowly becomes a dope pusher.
Juanita Fletcher
- Mrs. Roberts
- (as Juanita Crosland)
Gloria Browne
- Gloria Stewart - The Child
- (as Gloria Brown)
Marian Constance Blackton
- Dissaproving Woman
- (uncredited)
Symona Boniface
- Helen - Burma's Customer
- (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
Mark Daniels
- Teenager
- (uncredited)
Hildegarde Stadie
- Woman in Roadhouse
- (uncredited)
William C. Thompson
- Waterfront-Raid Detective
- (uncredited)
Bill Woods
- Detective
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaAccording to Harley Wood's daughter Jan Tache, this film was the one regret her mother had of her film career.
- GoofsSeveral years pass between Burma giving up her baby and kidnapping her sister's 6- or 7-year-old child. 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 creditsFOREWORD: 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 versionsWhen 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 .
- ConnectionsEdited into Sleazemania! (1985)
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Fun to watch, but wow is this a sleazy mess of a film!!
This is a bad movie that purports to be an educational film designed to warn America about the menace of marijuana use. However, like almost all the so-called "educational" films of the 30s and 40s, it was really a shabby little film designed to be snuck past the censors of the Hays Office. In 1934, the major studios all agreed to abide by the dictates of a stronger Production Code--eliminating sex, nudity, cursing and "inappropriate" plots in films (these had actually been relatively common in films in the early 30s). However, in an effort to sneak in smut, small studios created films to shock adults when they learn about terrible social ills, though they were REALLY intended to titillate and slip adult themes past the censors! Such films as CHILD BRIDE, MAD YOUTH, REEFER MADNESS and SEX MADNESS were all schlocky trash that skirted past the boards because they were supposedly educational. Even though they were laughably bad, they also made money due to low production costs and because they offered nudity, violence and sordid story lines--all in the name of education!
Many will no doubt watch this film because they are hoping for a similar film to REEFER MADNESS (one of the most laughably bad anti-drug films of all time). While it isn't quite as dopey and unintentionally funny, MARIJUANA is probably a worse film when it comes to being exploitational all in the name of educating our parents. While on drugs, the characters don't madly play the piano or run amok quite as much as they do in REEFER MADNESS--but they DO run amok in the most ridiculous manner. Once they begin puffing this "wacky tobacky", all the characters begin laughing non-stop and acting like total idiots. In addition, the ladies respond by taking off all their clothes and running nude along the beach at night!! And, because of this, the film is very, very explicit--showing lots of "naughty bits" (A Monty Python term for nudity). This film would probably receive an R-rating today if shown in the theaters because of the nudity--and this must have been VERY shocking to audiences of the day. However, audiences today would also be a bit shocked at how extremely unattractive and unappealing these ladies were--I kept wanting to yell at the characters to "put it back on--PLEASE!!". If you are looking for a cheap thrill, this film won't provide it!
Now when they aren't showing people running amok, the film actually is much more watchable. Those who sell the drugs are indeed users, but they manage not to behave like morons, so they are more convincing. The story of one of them, Blondie, is somewhat compelling and mildly interesting--though not nearly enough to make up for the rottenness of the rest of the movie.
This film is so bad that I would recommend it for a bad movie festival you can stage with your friends. You know, the ones where you laugh at just how bad and stupid films can be. They didn't even bother trying to get decent music for much of the film--using classical tunes that were completely inappropriate just because they were in the public domain.
Many will no doubt watch this film because they are hoping for a similar film to REEFER MADNESS (one of the most laughably bad anti-drug films of all time). While it isn't quite as dopey and unintentionally funny, MARIJUANA is probably a worse film when it comes to being exploitational all in the name of educating our parents. While on drugs, the characters don't madly play the piano or run amok quite as much as they do in REEFER MADNESS--but they DO run amok in the most ridiculous manner. Once they begin puffing this "wacky tobacky", all the characters begin laughing non-stop and acting like total idiots. In addition, the ladies respond by taking off all their clothes and running nude along the beach at night!! And, because of this, the film is very, very explicit--showing lots of "naughty bits" (A Monty Python term for nudity). This film would probably receive an R-rating today if shown in the theaters because of the nudity--and this must have been VERY shocking to audiences of the day. However, audiences today would also be a bit shocked at how extremely unattractive and unappealing these ladies were--I kept wanting to yell at the characters to "put it back on--PLEASE!!". If you are looking for a cheap thrill, this film won't provide it!
Now when they aren't showing people running amok, the film actually is much more watchable. Those who sell the drugs are indeed users, but they manage not to behave like morons, so they are more convincing. The story of one of them, Blondie, is somewhat compelling and mildly interesting--though not nearly enough to make up for the rottenness of the rest of the movie.
This film is so bad that I would recommend it for a bad movie festival you can stage with your friends. You know, the ones where you laugh at just how bad and stupid films can be. They didn't even bother trying to get decent music for much of the film--using classical tunes that were completely inappropriate just because they were in the public domain.
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- Also known as
- Marihuana, the Devil's Weed
- Filming locations
- 6731 Leland Way, Los Angeles, California, USA(Aloha Apartment Hotel)
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- Budget
- $100,000 (estimated)
- Runtime57 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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