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 #:
00094
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 22, 2024
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90 SODOM AND GOMORRAH could have any of fourteen dozen beautiful girls if he wanted them. That is not the point. He has taken a fancy to her. He only wants to help her . . . But if this line of argument fails to make an impression on her, there remains one infallible weapon. "If you don't want to be reasonable/' he tells her, "then I won't be either. I'll help you get a job out at the studio if you'll be nice to me. But if you won't, you can go to hell for all I care." This line of attack generally succeeds. To be sure, it is not the subtle kind of romance young ladies dream about, and would hardly be an approved method of Don Juan or Casanova, but it gets results. Actually, it is little more than rape, considering the girl is virtually forced by her pitiful circumstances to do anything he asks. She needs a job, and he's offering her one. By no stretch of the most benevolent imagination can it be put above prostitution. In fact this girl is worse off than a prostitute as far as the commercial angle is concerned. A prostitute is practical enough to accept something much more substantial than promises. For her favors she accepts nothing but hard cash. But the motion picture extra seeking work has to take mere promises of aid, forced by the knowledge that if she does not accede to her lover's demands, she will of a certainty get nothing.