Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

84 SODOM AND GOMORRAH expect to see a party of drunken motion picture stars celebrating an orgy in the middle of the street. And then there is the much repeated tale of how the actors, directors, and executives play dropthe-handkerchief at their innocent little parties which close promptly at ten-thirty. Actually, one can read this sort of thing in any of the film magazines, of which there are at least eighteen. And it might — although of course it isn't — be true and still nothing would be proven. The things that are of a scandalous nature, that are so revolting, do not happen at large balls to which are bidden representatives of the press, nor do they happen on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in public view. But all these silly stories are the efforts of the publicity organizations to create the impression that Hollywood is a virtuous city. These organizations do not hesitate to take advantage, naturally, of the model lives led by George Arliss and Will Rogers. They point out, with truth, that neither Rogers nor Arliss has been divorced, or mixed up in any scandal, or is anything but the most angelic individual. And of course these are not the only two. But there are hundreds of actors and dozens of directors, and dozens times dozens of sex-maddened executives. It is too bad that the virtue of Rogers and Arliss cannot quite cover all their colleagues, though of course Jack