It was so nice, she played it twice: Helen Foster reprises her role from the 1928 version as Ann, a sweet young thing corrupted by sex, drugs, and fast living. The typical cautionary film pattern applies: innocent is lured, by degrees, away from her sanitized lifestyle...eventually to end up sick, injured, eaten by aardvarks, what have you. In poor Ann's case, she dies lamenting her trek down the - you guessed it - Road to Ruin.
As with all warning pictures, you come away thinking "Boy, I really want to be friends with those people!" Probably not what the distributors had in mind. One frustrating thing was the glaring absence of a reel towards the end...though you get enough in context to figure it out for yourself.
Scorecard: drugs, smoking, sex, VD, abortion, alcohol
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This movie is one of my guilty pleasures- it's so much fun to watch!! It always annoys me a little, though, that even the exploitation films had to put a "don't do this or look what will happen to you!" moral ending in the picture.
But Kate, they wouldn't want you to have *too* much fun, would they? *laughs*
I literally watched the whole thing going "IWANTHERDRESSOHLOOKATHERHAIRIWANTTOSKINNYDIPWITHTHEM" =D
Haha wow! I must see it! I look forward to more of these posts! Quel bonheur!
I agree, you can't really rate these sorts of movies! I love them regardless. Most recently I saw this one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040842/
Recommended (if you haven't already seen it, of course)!
Elsie - I haven't seen that one yet! Must add it to my list. =D
Wow! It sounds risqué! Where do you get your hands on these old movies? Hope you're having a great weekend!
Sharon: I was lucky and found a DVD set at Kmart. ^_^ But a lot of times you can find these in dollar stores and other discount places - you just have to look!
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