(1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately…

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One blast of an exploitation-noir (to coin a phrase) Wild Weed (aka She Shoulda Said No) was marketed by the legendary huckster Kroger Babb, and directed by the always reliable Sam Newfield (who could handle anything from noir to horror to all-midget musicals). Babb, who was legendary for his marketing and publicity techniques (he had some of the most incredible return-on-investment ratios of his time, among film producers), wasn’t averse to starting letter writing campaigns against his own pictures to drum up controversy and thus sell tickets.

Wild Weed was produced to capitalize on the arrest of Lila Leeds– infamously, along with Robert Mitchum– for posession of marijuana. The film weaves a sordid narrative of a young aspiring dancer (Leeds was a dancer who was aspiring to be an actress) who, while working hard to put her little brother through college, is introduced to the evils of weed by a sinister local dealer (played by the wonderfully oily Alan Baxter), promptly becomes “hooked”, and becomes a dealer herself. Her little brother, already guilty over his sponging an education off of his sisters grinding toil in dancehalls, comes home one day and discovers her selling drugs– and promptly hangs himself out of guilt. As in real life, the police raid one of her “drug parties”, and, prior to doing 60 days in jail (as Leeds did in real life) is given a Scare Tour of the nut ward, the cops putting on display all manner of women driven crazy or to ruin and hard narcotics via use of the demonic weed. While locked up, her character is tormented by “withdrawal”-amplified pangs of guilt, with many wonderfully photographed moments of hallucinations and panic.

Take special note of the manner in which Ms Leeds is made to “smoke”– in massive closeup, the physical routine she goes through resembles the performance of a sex act that will need no naming here. It’s no wonder that poor Ms. Leeds didn’t experience a career rebound after this film, given the times.

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Two newsreel reporters doing an outdoor fashion shoot accidentally film a
Nazi criminal. The Nazi is aided by clever Joe the gangster (an ex-actor gone bad!)
who uses a variety of methods to retrieve the film before it is used to identify the Nazi.
Ironically, if left unpursued, the film would have been destroyed. A few predictable but
well-placed plot twists and double-crosses round out the film.
One is left wondering how Joe would know to employ a romantic couple to run
interference for the Nazi as he exited a bank. Joe also surprises by hamming it up
with drunken nostalgia for his acting days, and whipping people with his belt.

Grade B or C movie, with some good supporting actors, real city locations and a
competent chase sequence aboard a ferry. Unfortunately actor Alan Baxter, perhaps
best known as the spy in SABOTEUR(1942) who wistfully recalls having long blonde
curls in childhood, is merely adequate as the girl-chasing reporter who gets mixed
up with the Nazi and gangsters. He is occasionally accompanied by his cameraman
partner and comic relief (Joey Faye doing a budget Lou Costello), who is slightly
amusing. Slinky makes a cameo appearance with Joey for an absurd gag, and Joey
also gets the last laugh in a silly end shot. Some Comic Relief insurance was added
(in case Joey wasnt enough) with Sid Melton in a borderline comical scene.
Nice soundtrack score but doesnt always compliment what’s on the screen.
Alpha Video dvd source – sometimes audio is muffled and video skips a few frames.

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