Does Tell Your Children end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Tell Your Children easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Tell Your Children scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Tell Your Children sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Tell Your Children violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Tell Your Children

Name: Tell Your Children
Genre: Drama
Released: 1938
Duration: 66 min
Rating: 4.4
Cast: Dorothy Short, Kenneth Craig, Lillian Miles, Dave O'Brien, Thelma White

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

Directed by Louis J. Gasnier

Produced by George A. Hirliman Productions

193866 min4.4 / 10

A lurid 1930s anti-drug propaganda film that uses sensationalized depictions of marijuana's effects to warn parents of moral corruption and family ruin.

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.

Clusters

Cold War Creatures and Paranoia Romantic Psychological Thrillers Man-Made Monsters Crime and Betrayal Stories Crime and Corruption

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Drug Dealer Propaganda Drug Trafficking Drug Addiction Opium Exploitation Hallucination Hallucinogenic Drug Marijuana Drugs Psychotronic Baffled

Questions people ask

Does Tell Your Children end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is Tell Your Children easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Tell Your Children scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Tell Your Children sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.
Is Tell Your Children violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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