 The films are often used as b roll in documentary films, for instance the social guidance film "The Terrible Truth" (1951, Sid Davis) appears, desaturated, in Ron Mann's "Grass" (1999) as an example of what he perceives as hysteria over drug abuse, as well as an example of the slippery slope fallacy.Prelinger and other film archivists  generally consider the films interesting for their sociological, ethnographic, or evidentiary value