The Sins of Hollywood ()

Page scan 00069 from The Sins of Hollywood

Record Details:

Title:
The Sins of Hollywood
Volume:
The Sins of Hollywood
Leaf #:
00069
Language:
Undetermined
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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. f A Movie Queen and a Broken Home TT 11 V OLLYWOOD drafts its workers from the Trenches of Life—- Argosies from all the seven seas—caravans from every clime—bring their contributions of am- bitious toilers to the movie mill. A vivid, living mirage of everything the human heart desires lures alike the innocent blue-eyed girl, the sophisticated damsel, the flower and the froth of mankind, into the yawning mouth of the abyss—the tragic realm of Moviedom— - Showers of gold, luxury realized beyond the wild- est dreams, a life resplendent with jewels, gowns that bewilder the eye, ravishing silks and satins, sables and ermine, fortune, fame—and shame! Pugilists become actors, song writers become di- rectors, physicians become character men, bar- tenders and button-hole makers become producers, artists models and modistes' manikins become stars -in some cases almost over night-—and police court ■-. lawyers become arbiters of the public taste! It is a strange world—Moviedom. A strange and a tragic world—a wheel on which men and women are pitilessly broken in body and soul. There is something about the pictures which seems to make men and women less human, more animal-like. There are numerous stories of how men—popular idols—have abandoned their wives—their children, to carry on illicit relations with the women of the