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 #:
00061
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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SODOM AND GOMORRAH 57 Now on the legitimate in actress con trives to impress the audience with her dramatic ability. Her aim is to give a realistic portrayal of the character she is playing. On the scre< however, it would seem that an s's goal is to captivate her audience with the calves of her legs. In tact, Marlene Dietrich is known to her public as "'Legs Dietrich." Obvi< he has made a touch-down. No fair-minded, intelligent person would ob to crime and sin where either is a vital element to the plot, and when presented in such a way as not to offend the taste of respectable people. It is these unnecessary bedroom scenes and strip episodes, thrust into a picture to gratify the urge of some director to look at the form of his naked star, or to appeal to those fractions of the public who are thrilled to their fmger tips by the sight of a naked limb, that are so offensive. Some films go much further, however, than the insertion of a mere scene or two in which the actress or actor appears as nearly in the nude as possible. Certain films are based on nothing but flagrant sex and are designed with great care to gratify, or rather arouse, the erotic desires of the audience. In a way they correspond to lecherous French photographs. An even semi-conscientious cen» ould never have allowed "Red Dust" or "Hold Your Man" to be shown anywhere in the country.