Marihuana : weed with roots in hell / directed by Dwain Esper ; written by Hildagarde Stadie. Narcotic / directed by Dwain Esper and Vival Sadar't ; written by A.J. Karnopp and Hildagarde Stadie.
Publisher:
Kino LorberInc.,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Marihuana : Harley Wood, Pat Carlyle, Hugh McArthur, Paul Ellis. Narcotic : Harry Cording, Joan Dix, J. Stuart Blackton, Jr., Jean Lacy. Titles from container. Narcotic: originally released as a motion picture in 1933. Marihuana: originally released as a motion picture in 1936. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features : audio commentary for Marihuana by Bret Wood, co-author of Forbidden fruit : the golden age of the exploitation film ; audio commentary for Marihuana by David F. Friedman and Something Weird founder Mike Vraney (2000) ; audio commentary for Narcotic by Bret Wood ; two versions of Dwain Esper's How to undress (in front of your husband) ; Dwain Esper's How to take a bath ; trailer and fragments of Dwain Esper's lost film, Commandment (1932).
Summary:
Marihuana follows the downward trajectory of a bright high school girl who dabbles in cannabis and becomes a hardened, heroin-addicted criminal, who inadvertently kidnaps her own child (whom she had given up for adoption). Inspired by a true story, Narcotic is the story of an idealistic physician whose personal journey leads him through opium dens, carnival tents, sex-crazed drug parties, skid-row brothels, and eventually the halls of madness.
Series:
Kino Classics Forbidden fruit : the golden age of the exploitation picture. Volume 4.
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