Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

Record Details:

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 #:
00059
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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SODOM AND GOMORRAH 55 Hollywood to recognize the difference between g-ood and had taste in drama. Vs thi and now. those responsible for cinema entertainment are either so ignorant or debauched -quite likely both — that they cannot or will not see that it is possible to have sex or crime in pictures without making either of these dramatic factors offensive. \ftcr all, that is art. The only difference between a £ood stage production and a burlesque is the difference in the quality and manner in which the entertainment is presented. It is the same with literature. Two writers can take the same subject and one can turn out a masterpiece and the other a lot of filthy "tripe." The idea that there might be a possible art in producing amusement that is entertaining without being obscene seems never to have occurred to the heads of the motion picture industry. It is a fact, a most lamentable one. that the average motion picture is more nearly like a dirty burlesque <how than a good dramatic feature. This statement will appear on its face to be pretty much o\ an irresponsible exaggeration, but consider the case. In the average film one finds the "undressing" scenes that arc entirely superfluous to plot or characterization in the picture. They are there merely t<» stimulate the erotic ' f baked y >r those feeble minded adults who derive sexual pleasure from