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 #:
00078
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
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Media History Digital Library
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Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
August 22, 2024
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74 SODOM AND GOMORRAH Not very long ago a minor motion picture executive was discussing the question of the sex element in films. He was extremely agitated by the Catholic Church attitude toward indecent pictures. The executive launched a tirade against "the narrow-minded Puritans" who want to squelch all kinds of entertainment. "What is wrong with showing sex in pictures?" he demanded. "The public wants pictures of real life (you simply cannot escape the 'real life' issue) and sex is a part of real life. After all, we aren't giving them something they don't all know about." This is quite characteristic of the stand assumed by official filmdom. As mentioned previously it never occurs to them that there may be such a thing as good taste. The idea that reproduction, although admittedly one of the ten biological functions and recognized by practically everyone at an early age, had better not be flaunted before the public in its most naked form, never bothers them. Excretion, too, is a natural function, a part of real life, yet it is a mark of civilization and the evolution of a higher order when man attends to this function in privacy rather than on the street corner or stage. Probably the only reason this natural act has not been exploited on the screen is because the producers regard it as being less glamorous than sex. However, decency is not respected by some of the stars even in this phase of life. Quite a stir i