Sex Madness
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| Directed by | Dwain Esper |
| Produced by | Dwain Esper |
| Written by | Joseph Seiden Vincent Valentini |
| Starring | Vivian McGill Rose Tapley Al Rigeli Stanley Barton Linda Lee Hill |
| Release date(s) | 1938 |
| Running time | 57 mins. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Sex Madness (1938) is an exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, along the lines of Reefer Madness, supposedly to warn teenagers and young adults of the dangers of venereal diseases, specifically syphilis.
Wild parties, lesbianism, and premarital sex are some of the forms of 'madness' portrayed. The educational aspect of the film allowed it to portray a taboo subject which was otherwise forbidden by the Production Code of 1930, and its stricter version imposed by Hollywood studios in July 1934.
The film has fallen into the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive.
It has been reissued under many titles, including Human Wreckage, They Must Be Told, and Trial Marriage, since many distributors frowned upon the appearance of the word "sex" in the film's title. The title changes may have also been a way of tricking audience members into paying to see the same film more than once.[1]
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- Sex Madness at the Internet Movie Database
- Sex Madness at AllRovi
- Sex Madness is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
