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 #:
00062
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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58 SODOM AND GOMORRAH Starring Jean Harlow and Clark Gable, both pictures reached the ultimate in filth and bad taste. Their appeal was to that class of people who pay five dollars for a six-page, illustrated story of what Johnny saw under the parlor door. In "Red Dust" one scene shows the prostitute, the heroine played so realistically by Jean Harlow, taking a bath in a rain barrel when Gable walks in on her. The male element of the public is treated to a scene of naked Harlow with the minimum covered by the sides of the barrel, or was it a foot of water? Gable, in one instance speaking to Harlow, says, "I'm tired of your kind. I've been going to them ever since I was sixteen." In another scene Harlow is engaged in cleaning out her bird cage. Provoked at the apparent difficulty she was having with the dried mess, she exclaims angrily, "Whatcha been eating, cement?" This is a typical burlesque joke. Besides, the trouble could have been avoided by using paper on the bottom of the cage. The theme of this picture is undisguised sex, the male role played by he-man Gable, and the female by the very feminine Miss Harlow. The characterization is sexy, the conversation is sexy, and the action is sexy, and these are the only elements there are in drama. Were there any others, they probably would have been sexy also. "Hold Your Man," a later picture, is a masterpiece in both sex and crime. It goes one better, if possible, than "Red Dust." The hero is a crim