Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

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CHAPTER I Adventures oi !oxtest Winner ix Hollywood The judges were middle-aged men, mo>t of whom were victims of a sort of lecherous senility. They squinted and stared at t' v beauties parading before them, each man vaguely planning >us with his favorite. And round and round on the platform walked the conants, displaying their charms before the judg and spectators. In the end the judges selected as the winner a girl with an innocent babyface, the usual preference of middle-aged, masculine fools. Gulda smiled and bowed to the crowd. The president of the Lady Nelson Beauty Cream Company j ed her with a cup. and again she smile I and bowed. Then she smiled for the pi photographers, a little nerv< :or it was the first time she had ever been ph< >r a metropolitan newspaper. The was a delight ful one. Soon her friends, and her envious enemies, and thousands of neutral people v e her beauti ful lik( • nd know tl [ nineteen cont' . bad \\<^ the annual cup. What a triumph !