"She Shoulda Said 'No'!" is a 1949 exploitation film in the spirit of morality tales such as the 1936 films Reefer Madness and Marihuana. Directed by Sam Newfield (listed as Sherman Scott) and starring Lila Leeds, it was inspired by the 1948 arrest of movie stars Robert Mitchum and Leeds for marijuana possession. The actors, along with two others, were arrested after smoking marijuana at Leeds' home and were charged with the felony of narcotics possession. Public empathy for Mitchum resulted in his charge being downgraded, and his sentence of sixty days in jail was set aside in 1951. Leeds served sixty days in prison, and after her release found no work in Hollywood until she was cast in this film. The film was issued under many titles and struggled to find a distributor until film presenter Kroger Babb reissued it as The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Racket. It failed to achieve success under that title, and Babb eventually changed it to "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" (Full article...).

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1533:

Anne Boleyn, already pregnant with future queen Elizabeth, secretly married Henry VIII of England, the second of his six marriages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Boleyn

1573:

Sengoku period: The forces of Takeda Shingen defeated those of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Mikatagahara in Mikatagahara, north of Hamamatsu, Mikawa Province. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mikatagahara

1704:

English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies began a series of raids against a largely pacific population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachee_massacre

1971:

Idi Amin seized power in a military coup d'état from President Milton Obote, beginning eight years of military rule in Uganda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin

2004:

The Five Cross Flag was restored to official use as the national flag of Georgia after a hiatus of some 500 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Georgia_(country)

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Burns night: An event held on the evening of 25th January in celebration of the Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns (born on that day in 1759), usually involving Scottish foods and recitals of his poetry. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Burns_night

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Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practised at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.   --W. Somerset Maugham https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham