DRUG; 1936
20:01:18:16,Cautionary foreword super over art of loose women, one nude, smoking joints, spells marijuana "MARIHUANA", very hard to read, Art of glass of beer ("BEER 5C FREE DANCING"), Int. club, couples dance to jazz band, Waiter bops along with tray, couples cut rug, CU hands play piano, Glass of beer jiggles, Couples dance, Dancing feet, Woozy woman draped over man, Stuffy couple talk at table with beer (talk about how parents don't look after their kids anymore), Drunk pours beer, misses glass (speakeasy), Bar stool, puddle forms on floor, CU blonde (repeat), Drunk appears to be urinating in rear view as beer streams to floor (FUNNY), CU of various people drinking, couple kissing, super over dancers (FUNNY), Woman sews at home, laughs (wild party), Elegant living room, man in formal wear, woman enters in gown, he greets her, Women talk, Man, woman exit, Sewing lady smiles, looks worried (repeat), CU grandfather clock (8:03), CU blonde laughs, Two couples sit down at table in club, Brunette talks, Other group leaves table, two couples leave table, enter two gangster types, CU low-life type man smokes, Gangsters look at dancers, Band plays, Balloons released, Blonde goes for balloons, bumps into gangster, they smile, Legs, balloons, blonde on floor, Drunk at bar hiccups, says, "What a bubble!", Dancers catch balloons, Couples back to tables, talk, Gangsters give each other the eye, Gangster orders two beers, Blonde balances beer on guy's head, they both fall on floor (FUNNY), Waiter brings beers to couples, points to gangsters, CU gangster, Blonde says thanks, Gangster joins couples, CU blonde, Low-life walks past, Gangster nods to low-life, who exits, Gangster leaves table, Gangster stops drunk from entering men's room (repeat), Man opens shoe heel, takes out tiny envelopes, Guy, blonde talk, Guy leaves table, Drunk eats hot dog over drink, Man says "That's swell", Convertible pulls over to lover's lane (night), Man, woman cuddle in car (night), Man's hand starts down woman's chest (night), Car, couple barely seen as she struggles, Los Angeles lights in background, (night), She fends him off, hand business again (night), She struggles (night), Angry, she exits car (night), She walks on road, afraid (repeat, night), He starts car, follows (night), CU she pulls feet out of shoes, shakes feet, Man drives (night), She walks along cliff (FUNNY, FAST MOTION, night), She takes shoes off, carries them, Car pulls up behind her (night), She enters car, puts shoes on, they drive off (night), CU they drive, they smile, cuddle (night), CU wall clock chimes (11 PM), Blonde opens door, enters living room, Blonde talks to mom, CU blonde, mom talk, Angry blonde leaves, Blonde, man in car, She exits car, CU she talks, CU he talks, CU her feet (she's smitten with guy in car), She says "okay by me", House party, jazz, loose women (wild drug party), Couple dances on table, Man says to camera "Step up and take your choice. They're all alike." (?), Drunken people make out, Couple rolls on floor, CU gangster looks sinister, Woman up steps, Sneaky gangster pulls fake brick out of wall, extracts package, Hand puts package among liquor bottles (CU), Drunk woman finds, brandishes shotgun, Hand pops champagne cork (CU), Man pours champagne into glass, Women says "Is there anything here I haven't tried yet?", "These are the funniest cigarettes I ever saw", CU hand pushes small bottle, other hand takes it, Woman gets light, women smoke, giggle, CU blonde smokes, laughs, Smoking women hysterical, Man, laughing blonde (repeat), Stoned woman does Juliet in balcony scene, vaults railing to man's arms, They roll on, off sofa, Man squirts seltzer bottle, Stoned group, Woman in bra, half slip as she undresses, Surf (night), Bra woman exits door, Laughing women into separate room, look under furniture, Women talk (CU), discuss skinny dipping, Women start to undress, Laughing man, blonde, Shot of mirror reflecting semi-nude women, Laughing blonde, man on beach, they kiss (night), Rear view of naked women as they enter ocean (VERY DARK), Stoned men find women's clothes, Men chase naked women (VERY DARK, repeat), CU gangsters chat, Woman says "Oh, Dick, I love you!" (VERY DARK), Man, blonde cuddle (night), Sofa blocks shot as naked women run into room, grab clothes, men catch up, Embarrassed women hold clothes, Alarmed man exits room, Dejected man (night), Scared group, CU gangster lectures group (about perils of becoming juvenile delinquents), CU hand turns key in lock, Headline: GIRL DROWNED AS AFTERMATH OF BEACH PARTY, Blonde, mom, third woman argue, CU dog watches (repeat), Blonde yells, Blonde picks up, hugs dog, Car arrives, Blonde exits house, Blonde, man talk at car, CU sad blonde, CU man talks, Gangster puts down newspaper, reveals face, Man, gangster talk, Men on fishing boats at dock, Men take bales off boat (repeat), Gangster waits at car, turns out later he's a cop, but looks very sinister, Gangster into car, Man walk to building (ATLAS IMPERIAL), Men drop bales, run from car, Gangster out of car, shoots at men, Men run through alley, one climbs wall, Gangsters pursue, shoot, Man down from wall, Gangster looks, Man runs, Gangster fires gun, Gangsters pursue, Man climbs to roof of dock, Gangsters into building, Blood drips on floor, Man falls on floor, passes out, Headline: POPULAR YOUNG BACHELOR MORGAN STEWART TO WED, Headline: CRIME DOES NOT PAY YOUTH KILLED AS POLICE SEIZE MARIJUANA SHIPMENT, Gangster answers door, blonde enters, they talk (repeat), CU nervous hands tear items, Hand pulls object from fireplace, Gangster puts drug in glass, squirts seltzer, Man gives blonde drink, she drinks, Letter reads "DEAR MOTHER YOU NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT ME ANY MORE I AM GOING AWAY FOR A WHILE ELAINE FILLS YOUR HEART ANYWAY BURMA", Woman, mother read letter, mother cries, woman kneels at mother's feet, embrace, Man, woman talk, Woman readies to leave at train station next to "KEEP OUT" sign, Car pulls up, Gangsters exit car, Gangsters visit blonde in hospital room, Blonde in hospital bed, They talk, Unhappy blonde, Blonde drinks champagne, Man pours champagne, They talk, Blonde smokes, Blonde on sofa, Blonde applies makeup, CU item changes hands, Headline" MARIHUANA SMOKING SHOWS ALARMING INCREASE, Montage money, drugs change hands, women screaming on soundtrack, Headline: NARCOTICS BRING RUIN, Headline: FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT POWERLESS TO SUPPRESS MARIHUANA TRAFFIC, Headline: WAVE OF BRUTAL CRIMES LAID TO MARIHUANA SMOKING, CU woman's hands she puts on ring, Blonde enters room, talks to woman, CU hands take drugs from purse, CU hands put drugs into purse, Woman desperate for drugs, CU woman's jeweled hands folded, CU hand drops ring into purse, takes drugs out, Exit blonde, woman prepares drugs, Ext. apartment house, people enter, Couple with little girl, Blonde watches, Girl falls, parents pick her up, Gangsters talk (repeat), Enter blonde, they talk, Blonde says "Wait, I gotta take a pop on this", Now tough blonde lights cigarette, talks (repeat), Headline: DOPING SCANDAL, hand opens bottle of milk on newspapers, Hand pours beer from glass, Gangster gives glass to blonde, CU blonde's hand pours milk into glass, Blonde gives glass of milk to little girl, CU girl shakes head "no", Girl cries, CU tough blonde, Gangsters, blonde talk, Man, woman talk, Woman upset exits, Man searches phone book, CU finger on page ("EMERGENCY CALLS"), CU typewriter types on form, apparently exposition but not legible, Gangster, lampshade on head, makes shadow animals for girl, she guesses them, CU Shirley Temple-like mugging, He barks like dog, she tickles him, CU girl pets air, says "nice kitty", Plainclothes cops off elevator, look around, More play with child, Girl says "Where's my mother?", Cops ring bell, Man scolds girl, she cries, CU man wears lampshade (FUNNY), Man walks through doors, Cop knocks, Man closes doors, Man opens door, cops knock him down, CU handcuffs go on ("You'll find out you flatfoot"), Cops throw man on chair, Girl imitates cat (FUNNY), Cops question man, CU cop twists man's arm, says "that's for you to find out, you flatfoot!", Cops search room, Hands pull drawer out, find drugs, Cops enter room, find girl, Man with cane paces sidewalk (repeat, night), Blonde walks by (night), Man looks (night), Man, blonde speak in dark (repeat, night), Blonde throws girl's coat to man (night), CU hand takes cash from coat, puts back (night), CU gangster gagged (woman asks for ransom), Gangster off elevator, Hand cradles pistol, Cop listens at door, Gangster unlocks door, Lights go out, fire is started, CU fire in waste basket in dark room, Gangster goes to put out fire, Cops arrest gangster, Blonde exits elevator, super of gangsters talking to her, Blonde walks down hall, Super of blonde talking to herself, Blonde lifts skirt, injects drug into thigh, CU stunned blonde (walks in like zombie with blank, shocked expression), Cop, little girl, Blonde high, faints (dies?), gangsters help, Door closes on cop, girl, Drug packets fall out of blonde's clothes (mostly marijuana cigarettes)