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04
2011

Wild Weed: Lyle Talbot, Jack Elam, Lila Leeds, David Holt, Don Harvey (1949 Movie)

thefilmarchive.org DVD: www.amazon.com „She Shoulda Said ‘No’!“ (also known as Wild Weed; Marijuana, the Devil’s Weed; The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Racket; and The Devil’s Weed) is a 1949 exploitation film that follows in the spirit of morality tales such as the 1936 films Reefer Madness and Marihuana. Directed by Sherman Scott and starring Lila Leeds, it was originally produced to capitalize on the arrest of Leeds and Robert Mitchum on a charge of marijuana conspiracy. The film was issued under many titles; it struggled to find a distributor until film presenter Kroger Babb picked up the rights, reissuing it as The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Racket. Its relative success came only after the promotional posters were redone and a story fabricated that the film was being presented in conjunction with the United States Treasury. Leeds’ character is „Anne Lester“, a young orphan who is trying to pay for her brother’s college education. After meeting Markey, a drug dealer, Anne begins to believe that she must smoke marijuana to fit in with her friends. She then goes to a „tea party“, where she tries the drug for the first time. She is unaffected by the initial experiment, and loses her fear of drugs as she continues to smoke. Anne’s drug use results in the loss of many of her inhibitions, and the film shows her actions under the influence, including scenes implying sexual promiscuity. As the film progresses, she is fired from
Video Rating: 5 / 5

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Father’s Little Dividend is a 1951 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor. The movie is the sequel to Father of the Bride (1950). Cast * Spencer Tracy as Stanley T. Banks * Joan Bennett as Ellie Banks * Elizabeth Taylor as Kay Dunstan * Don Taylor as Buckley Dunstan * Billie Burke as Mrs. Doris Dunstan * Moroni Olsen as Herbert Dunstan * Richard Rober as Police Sergeant * Marietta Canty as Delilah * Russ Tamblyn as Tommy Banks * Tom Irish as Ben Banks * Hayden Rorke as Dr. Andrew Nordell * Paul Harvey as Rev. Galsworthy Father’s Little Dividend was semi-remade in 1995 as Father of the Bride Part II, with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in Tracy and Bennett’s roles. However, Keaton’s character also has a baby and the plot has many similarities to this movie. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond „Liz“ Taylor, DBE (February 27, 1932 — March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age. As one of the world’s most famous film stars, Taylor was recognized for her acting ability and for her glamorous lifestyle, beauty and distinctive violet eyes. National Velvet (1944) was Taylor’s first success, and she starred in Father of the Bride (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), Giant (1956), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). She won the Academy Award for
Video Rating: 4 / 5

13 Responses to “Wild Weed: Lyle Talbot, Jack Elam, Lila Leeds, David Holt, Don Harvey (1949 Movie)”

  1. So this is the film Amelie was watching in the theatre.
    Love Spencer Tracy (and Liz Taylor. sigh). Thanks :)

  2. @MYBIGKINDHEART
    My mistake. I thought it was an original 4:3 TV movie.

  3. @hhamaildk also one other thing is that you mention that 16.9 wasn’t around in 1951, if that is so the case then what is cinemascope then? i use to see this a lot on old movies with the black bars on old movies and that was way before we even had widescreen tvs

  4. @hhamaildk i ‘m just simply pointing out that what is the point of having widescreen if we still have to watch programmes in 4.3 as how is it that i’m able to watch 4.3 on my 16.9 and in widescreen but yet youtube can’t do this, how come when i can do it on my tv when watching an older 4.3 film,? at least we should have a choice. another thing that gets me is all this black bar shit when somethings are viewd todays movies, i thought i got a widescreen to see more and not less

  5. @MYBIGKINDHEART

    16:9 was not invented in 1951, you smuck!

    How do you expect the missing pixels to suddenly appear? Do you intent to dream them up?

    The only thing worse than the 4:3 format is a 4:3 movie stretched to appear as 16:9 !

  6. What gets me is we now have widescreen and many things including this are in bloody 4.3 format, so whats the point of widescreen then, dickheads!!!

  7. somethin in this title stands out ta me

  8. This was one of the greatest movies. Loved it!

  9. One of the greatest comedies ever made. I love it!!!

  10. such a cute movie

  11. I love this film :) Thank you so much ^^

  12. N-:-

  13. Thank you! I love this one :)

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