Tell Your Children

Year: 1936

Runtime: 66 mins

Language: English

Director: Louis J. Gasnier

DramaCrime drugs and gangstersCrude humor and satireFunny jokes and crude humorViolent action guns and crime

High‑school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll delivers a stark warning to parents, insisting marijuana is a public enemy that can devastate teenagers. He recounts how a local drug dealer lures restless youths—sibling Mary and Jimmy Lane and Mary’s boyfriend Bill—into a house where they frequently smoke. As Bill and Jimmy become dependent, their relationships and family lives begin to unravel, illustrating the drug’s harmful impact.

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