Tell Your Children

{{short description|1922 film}} {{about||the 1936 American film|Reefer Madness|the 2019 book by Alex Berenson|Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Tell Your Children | image = | caption = | director = Donald Crisp | producer = Martin Sabine | writer = Leslie Howard Gordon<br>Rachel Macnamara | starring = Doris Eaton | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = International Artists Film Company | distributor = Famous Players–Lasky British Producers | released = {{film date|df=yes|1922}} | runtime = 55 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = Silent with English intertitles }}

'''''Tell Your Children''''' is a 1922 British drama film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Doris Eaton and Walter Tennyson.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Tell Your Children |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150053075 |access-date=9 June 2025 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer.<ref name="silentera">{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TellYourChildren1922.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Tell Your Children |accessdate=28 November 2009|work=Silent Era}}</ref> It was the first film in which later ''Carry On'' actor Charles Hawtrey was to appear – he was aged eight at the time. The film is now lost.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==Cast== * Doris Eaton as Rosny Edwards * Walter Tennyson as John Haslar * Margaret Halstan as Lady Sybil Edwards * Warwick Ward as Lord Belhurst * Adeline Hayden Coffin as Nanny Dyson * Gertrude McCoy as Maudie * Mary Rorke as Susan Hasler * A. Harding Steerman as vicar * Cecil Morton York as Reuben Haslar * Charles Hawtrey

==See also== * Alfred Hitchcock filmography

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0013658|title=Tell Your Children}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tell Your Children}} Category:1922 films Category:1922 British films Category:1922 drama films Category:1922 English-language films Category:1922 lost films Category:British black-and-white films Category:British silent feature films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films directed by Donald Crisp Category:Lost British silent drama films