1948 Reefer Madness Ad

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Original Newspaper Advertisement

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04-05268-21033

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1948 MARIHUANA REEFER MADNESS DWAIN ESPER HOLLYWOOD CITIZEN NEWSPAPER AD ORIG.

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1948 MARIHUANA, REEFER MADNESS, (ICE CAPADES) HOLLYWOOD CITIZENS NEWSPAPER AD-ORIGINAL
From the archives of my late father -- movie distributor, exhibitor & producer;
HISTORY:
Hollywood Citizen News 1931-1970-news about Hollywood
Reefer Madness:
Film that relates the story, as told by high school principal Dr. Carroll to parents at a PTA meeting, of the scourge of marijuana
Marihuana
Marihuana is a 1936 exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, and written by Esper's wife, Hildagarde Stadie.
Storyline:
A young girl named Burma attends a beach party with her boyfriend and after she smokes marijuana with a bunch of other girls, she gets pregnant and another girl drowns while skinny dipping in the ocean. Burma and her boyfriend go to work for the pusher in order to make money so they can get married. However, during a drug deal her boyfriend is killed leaving Burma to fend for herself. Burma then becomes a major narcotics pusher in her own right after giving up her baby for adoption
Consists of 4 pages, multiple movie ads, etc.
Condition: VERY FINE-original paper folds

Citation

Hollywood Citizen Newspaper, Film by Dwain Esper, “1948 Reefer Madness Ad,” Wirtshafter Collection-Cannabis Museum-Athens, Ohio, accessed December 22, 2024, https://cannabismuseum.com/omeka/items/show/10142.

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