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SODOM WD GOMORRAH 9
obvious, but just how much fire burns in the grates below has always been a much-disputed subject. It should be explained that the greater uart of all the material written about Hollywood is directly or indirectly dependent on the bosses oi the motion picture industry. Even the news paper gossip writers, despite the reputed power of the press, depend upon the goodwill of the >tudios. For if the doors of the film factories and the gates of the stars' homes were to he barred against a writer, his source of material would be substantially depleted, if ik* completely wiped out.* One of the interesting events of Hollywood is the monthly press women's luncheon at the Brown Derby Cafe on Vine Street, where the unprintable news of the picture industry's inner circle is privately discussed. Xot a word oi this ever reaches the ear of the public. While isolated incidents unfavorable to the industry and its personnel may be occasionally recorded in the newspapers or even the fan magazines, the tone in general is abjectly flattering.
A logical title for this work would be, "The Truth About Hollywood," but an impersonal pity for the overworked phrase induced the author to give it a rest. For indeed half or more ui all the
•Followers of Wulur Winchell'j column will recall hi*
mentioning a chain of movie magazines for sale at almost nothing, because one issue ran a story of Marie Dressier displeasing t<» Mr. Louis B. Mayer, who caused a bovcott of this company a magazines by all the producers. This' applied nut only to advertisement*, but resulted in no interviews being granted to writers of this unfortunate publisher.