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 #:
00082
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:
March 28, 2024
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78 SODOM AND GOMORRAH one that has done even better at the box office. Admittedly the obscene pictures do enjoy profits. So does prostitution make money for the white slavers, but that is no argument for continuing the traffic. Besides, what few vulgar patrons the theaters would lose in showing better class films would be more than made up in the increased patronage of a large group of people who are at present too nauseated by the current trash to attend the cinema. After all, as far as dullness is concerned, nothing is more tiresome than seeing a "triangle" picture, the theme of which has been that of a countless number of other films and contains no surprises for anyone. The producers are prone to confuse immorality with originality. There is one more vital reason for the constant stream of immoral pictures flowing out of the film capital. This reason will be discussed in the following chapter. The moral conditions of Hollywood have long been a national scandal. Let us look into the lives of those who constitute official filmdom.