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 #:
00072
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 lar magazines do not cry out that the people will not support clean literature but demand scurrilous stories. Quite the contrary, some of the leading >oth-page magazines will not print any objectionable fiction at all. Hollywood alone is to blame for the rotten entertainment produced, for a perfectly clean story will be taken from a good magazine or book, and by the time it has been made a picture the heroine is a dissolute woman, the hero cracks filthy jokes, the plot revolves about a terrible sex tragedy, painted as a picture of real life, and the author in a daze watches his story unfold, wondering if he could actually be the creator of such a depraved piece of literature. Yes, the blame must be laid on the producers, for with all the available good stories to draw from, a certain film company thought they had to produce "The Story of Temple Drake," taken from a book dealing with degenerates. Is it a wonder that decent people are becoming disgusted ? Now occasionally a film dealing with risque (they always term it "sophisticated" in the advertisements) situations comes out that deserves adult patronage. "Design For Living" was done so well that it in no way proved offensive to good taste. Moreover, it was not masqueraded as a story of "real" life, but obviously dealt with three very exceptional characters. The conversation