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 #:
00098
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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94 SODOM AND GOMORRAH thing are so depraved that they enjoy seeing their names in print no matter what is associated with them. There is the case of the Brooklyn girl, according to information derived from "Plain Talk Magazine," a beauty-contest winner who was sent to Hollywood to make her fortune and fame in the cinema. She met the same fate as many of her sisters. She could get no attention, no tests, from the lords of the screen. Finally perseverance seemed to win out, for she secured an appointment with Lowell Sherman, the actordirector. This gentleman is considered — being himself his greatest admirer — one of the leading lights of filmdom. It was Sherman who replied to Francis Lederer's obvious statement that an actor is not a very important cog in the social scheme by saying, "Who told that guy he can act, anyway?" Mr. Sherman apparently believes that an actor is an important person, being eclipsed only by a director, and Mr. Sherman is both. What induced such a divinity to grant the Brooklyn beauty an interview can only be conjectured, but he did. He looked her over and told her that she could have a small part. Then he proceeded to request her to undress. Thinking that perhaps he wanted to see if her figure would do for a chorus-girl part, she started to do as he wished. After all, in the show business one cannot afford to be squeamish. But presently Mr. Sherman