Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

>D0M AND GOMORRAH 67 When the fair is over, In goes home and su1 quently marries a decent girl in a normal vt And another good feature about the picture is tohe fact that it was not advertised as a lesson for all fanners who someday would have to face the problem of their sons having illicit romances with en at state fairs. "The House of Rothschild" — one of those rare masterpieces emanating from Hollywood — contains a perfectly normal romance, there being no birth of a child before a consummation of love in marriage. Sometimes, if one were to take seriously the average motion picture, it would seem that half the children must be horn illegitimate. What a relief, then, to view something like "The House of Rothschild," which is especially conspicuous by its absence of tilth and nonsense, and portrayal of real people who lived normal lives, •i it' they did live them in the hectic days of the Napoleonic wars and Jewish pogroms. There is really no excus Hollywood to produce anything but good pictures like some we have mentioned. There is enough literature in the world to provide material for decent films, » the excuse that pictures like "Cimarron," "The Champ.'* "Min and Bill," and so forth can he only exceptions and not the rule, is invalid. A survey of the literature found in the better magazines shows 'hat most of our periodical reading is clean and respectable. The editors of our leading popu