Remember The Campy Fun Of Midnight Movies, Like "Reefer Madness???????????????"

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                              The first time I saw the 1936 film "Reefer Madness"--which was the only time I saw it, girls!--I thought it was a hoot!  This was meant to show how marijuana could ruin one's life, but it was just too funny for me to believe that, as witness here.  Of course, I never had much use for marijuana, myself.  I got high on experiences like this!!!!!!!!!!!

                               My favorite scene, which was pure camp, and echoed something the following year--Andrea Leeds taking that tragic final walk up the stairs, in "Stage Door."--involved a woman walking down a hallway to a window,  preparing to make a suicidal jump, because marijuana had ruined her life.

                                The actress is shown from the back, because I bet she had a hard time keeping a straight face, while shooting this scene.

                                   I wish I could show you the scene, which has to be seen to be believed.

                                    Yes, Midnight Movies were once a New York staple.  They occasionally turn up, but not like in my youth.  The reason is they were an excuse for a group of people to sit in a crowded room, look at the screen, and act like idiots.

                                       Now that that has become commonplace in daytime movie theaters across the country, what is the point???????????????

                                         But you should see "Reefer Madness," darlings, for madcap fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

Midnight Movies were such fun, dolls!  Giving us all we could want!!!!!!!!!!!!