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 #:
00095
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 C>1 True, there may be other men in a position to dispense the good jobs, but it would be the same story all over again. In Hollywood there are no knights who aid beautiful, distressed damsels from motives of chivalry and purity. All assistance must be paid for, and in advance! It would be unfair to certain executives, the Warner Brothers among them, to leave the impression that they deliberately establish such conditions. Like a few in all lines, part of the execu tives live normal, respectable lives. Bait they are not without fault. Their sin consists not oi what they do. but of what they do not do. If they were interested in lifting the moral conditions of their business a little, they could put a stop to the use of sex as a prime factor in employment. Their minions, if confronted by the necessity of employing decent methods in their work in order to keep their jobs and swollen incomes, would hesitate a little before placing their mistresses on the company's payroll. That such conditions do exist can be seen from the statement of Earl Carroll, famous "Vanities" producer, who. in listing the things he would do to effect a much-needed reform, said that he would "subject to instant dismissal any executive who took out any girl in the company's employ " II the situation were not as we have described, why should Mr. Carroll claim that such a rule is sorely needed? And if such a rule were to be