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ROAD TO RUIN (1934). Short tawdry "Pre-Code" exploitation ( directed by Dorothy Davenport, listed here as "Mrs Wallace Reid"' Mr Reid was an actor in the early years of cinema becoming addicted to morphine and dying of influenza) about a "new Girl" at a school (implied very heavily that she is a "Good Girl") that gets involved with the "Wrong Crowd" and succumbing to "Peer Pressure". This starts with a first cigarette, drinking and romance with a cute boy before leading to drug addiction and promiscuity which doesn't foretell a happy future. A low budget hurts it somewhat, but pretty audacious and at barely an hour on YOUTUBE, it's worth a look. **1/2
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