Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

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Title:
Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood
Date:
1935
Publisher:
Los Angeles : End Poverty League
Volume:
Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood
Leaf #:
00036
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
August 22, 2024
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32 SODOM AND GOMORRAH company, after Kent had got his share of the bargain. The new romance started off quite casually. Kent, after being introduced to the Toledo beauty, inquired very innocently if Ireena were interested in a motion picture career. Once encouraged, Ireena flooded him with enthusiastic assertions which bore testimony to her interest in cinematic art. Her life's ambition, she told him, was to become a famous actress. She related to him all her troubles, and how sometimes she despaired of ever accomplishing her ambition. Verily, she opened her heart to him and received the manna of his counsel and encouragement. "I am glad you are interested in the screen," he told her seriously. "We are in such desperate need of new talent. You would be surprised if you knew how little grain there is in all the chaff/' (Meaning, of course, the horde of film extras.) "I can see that you have possibilities. You — " 'Then you really think I may get somewhere?" inquired Ireena eagerly. 'There is a chance for me?" "Your possibilities are infinite," he assured her. "But allow me to give you a little advice. You are young yet, very young, and you have much to learn. You are trying to break into pictures the usual way— the wrong way. Your technique is wholly wrong. You feel that your splendid record in the East entitles you to a chance on the screen,