Marihuana, Motherhood & Madness: Three Screenplays from the Exploitation Cinema of Dwain Esper

Offers three complete shooting scripts for Depression-era films of the exploitation genre directed by independent filmmaker Dwain Esper. By posing as educational tracts, exploitation films addressed controversial topics that major studios were forbidden to broach by the Production Code Administration, and Esper was the exploitation industry's most audacious figure. The screenplays deal with themes such as liberal marriages, abortion, mental illness, and the killer weed. Includes b&w photos, an introduction, detailed notes to screenplays, and an appendix of correspondence between Esper's wife and collaborator and the New York Censor Board. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.