Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

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SODOM AND GOMORRAH 47 She was sitting close to him, and as he these words she could see his hands tremblii Suddenly she drew hack as his arms clasped her tightly. He pressed his lips to hers. Something in her revolted against this mauling. Perha she thought it would be the same thing over with Kent, that she would he deceived. Perhaps it was the appearance of this fifty-year-old man, with rolls of fat on his neck, and a huge stomach like a pickle barrel that prompted the spasm of revolt. Anyway, she successfully jerked herself free and screamed at the stunned supervisor. "I hate you all, the whole tribe of you. You're all the .same, every last one of you. You buy us with promises of fame and money, hut you never mean a word you say. 1 was a fool to believe Selywn Kent, but 1 didn't know any better then. Now J the whole thing. Well, you won't get inc. I couldn't do what you ask even if it meant becoming the bigj tar in pictures." She lied home and cried herself to exhaustion, and then she went to sleep. The next morning she started out to look for work down town. She had taken a course in typing and shorthand in high school, and she hoped : kind of an office job. Her lack in getting something drove her to des tion. Her money was almost gone. Sir got a letter from Mr. Chadwick. after writing four times. It was very cold and concise.