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 #:
000106
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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102 SODOM AND GOMORRAH tion, and ability to do a lot of hard work. This is true in almost any other line. But in pictures an actress who declares that she has worked her way up implies quite another thing. She means that starting with the gateman she surrendered to every male until she reached the vice-president's office, and then she became a star. It should J$e mentioned that among the various ways of persuading a girl to compromise herself is the "cut-out" weapon. One very important R.K.O. star has mastered the employment of this instrument, although it enjoys many other practitioners beside him. If a girl for whom he suddenly acquires a "yen" has a small part in his picture, this star gets the director to cut it out. Then our handome hero consoles the distressed ''bit" player and promises to have the part reinserted. He immediately follows this magnificent gesture with an invitation to go out with him and see the town, and the invitation is issued in an unmistakably mandatory tone. Naturally there is nothing for the poor girl to do but accept. Of course he wants to show her the facts of life, and if she responds to his suggestion, she finds on the following day that the director has changed his mind about her part. Of a sudden he has discovered it to be a great dramatic requirement of the picture. But if the girl insists on being unresponsive to her handsome tutor's efforts, her part in his picture is irretrievably lost. And the