HISTORIC DRUG-SCARE CINEMA:
MOVIES WITH ROOTS IN HELL:
THE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ON AMERICAN CINEMA
Presented at 15.00 on Sunday, Feb. 8th at Husets Biograf
Ticket price: 50kr.
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jack.stevenson@mail.dk for reservations & info
Experience 60 hair-raising years of American drug film excess in this entertaining journey through various film genres and styles; from the classic “scare films” of the 30’s to the celebratory psychedelic works of the 60’s and beyond. Hear colors, see sound, get electric!
CONTENTS
SPOOL ONE:
- THE MYSTERY OF THE LEAPING FISH: 1916, 20 min., stars Douglas Fairbanks Sr., as Detective “Coke Ennyday”, along with Bessie Love and Alma Reubens (who later went on to become one of Hollywood’s most notorious drug addicts in real life). Written by Tod Browning (who made DRACULA and FREAKS) and supervised by D.W. Griffith, the plot revolves around a nervous drug-snorting private detective who breaks up a drug ring based in Chinatown, with Coke Ennyday played as a hilarious parody of Sherlock Holmes. One of the classic “midnight movie” cult hits of the early 70s, this film is one of the craziest, strangest silent movies ever made.
- THAT OLD REEFER MAN: 1933, 5 min., A song performance excerpt from the 1933 feature film, INTERNATIONAL HOUSE. In this out-take we see the famous Jazz singer, Cab Calloway perform REEFER MAN (Reefer of course referring to “Marijuana”)- SWEET MARIJUANA: 1934, 5 min., Another song performance here taken out of a 1934 feature film called MURDER AT THE VANITIES. In this extremely strange dance number we see singer Gertrud Michaels sing “Sweet Marijuana” - one of the most bizarre drug-related performances.
- SINISTER MENACE - 1939, 10min., B&W, Newsreel style short by Dwain Esper urgently reports on the drug menace destroying Egypt - much ethnographic footage and shrill alarmist invective. We see the tragic fates that have befallen the country’s drug fiends. Horrible!
- MARIJUANA: WEED WITH ROOTS IN HELL: 1936, 5 min., A full-length theatrical trailer to Dwain Esper’s legendary exploitation film about the Marijuana menace of same name.- THE PUSHER: 1955, 15 min., by Social Service Pictures, directed by Dwain Esper. A filmed lecture that harps on the evils of drugs and includes all the best scenes from Esper’s own 1936 film - MARIJUANA: WEED WITH ROOTS IN HELL which we just saw the trailer to. -. SHORT BREAK AFTER THE PUSHER WHILE WE CHANGE SPOOLS (10 min???)
- HOOKS - 1972, 5 min. An out-take from a U.S. Army-produced film that visualizes the hallucinatory effects of drugs and is narrated by Michael Landon. Here we see a cascade of psychedelic special effects.
- LSD: TRIP TO WHERE - 1968, 10 min., this is the classic opening 10-minute “hallucination scene” of a U.S. Navy-produced film that has achieved cult status in American film buff circles. In this scene we witness the nightmarish hallucinations that result when three American sailors go to a Hippie’s house and take LSD.
- LSD: CASE STUDY - 1968, 5 min., produced by the Lockheed Aircraft corporation to be shown to employees in order to warn them off the use of LSD.
- THE TRIP – outtake from this 1968 feature film starring Peter Fonda tripping his brains out in the groovy basement of a Sunset Strip psychedelic go-go club
- THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR - 1970, 15 min., directed by David Greene. Five dramatic excerpts from this scandalous feature film are presented in chronological order and showcase the talents of actress Debra Winters who plays “Maxie”, a 16 year old suburban girl who drives her parents (played by Eli Wallach and Julie Harris) crazy by experimenting with drugs and sex. One of the most hard-hitting and outrageous of the many features that dealt with drugs at the start of the 70s.
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