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 #:
000112
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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108 SODOM AND GOMORRAH Cornell that she spend the night with him in return for a position in films. Nor would Yield Baum or Mary Roberts Rinehart — can anyone imagine Mrs. Rinehart a part of such filth — have to compromise herself to get a position in the scenario department of some studio. But just let someone whose name isn't worth a fortune to the producers, no matter how talented, try to get a place, whether in writing, acting, directing, stock, or any other department, and see what results he gets. Invariably they are most disheartening. It would be infinitely better for everyone concerned, the artist, the producer, the stockholder, and the audience, if the executives of the film industry would triple their already enormous salaries to pension personally all their relatives and mistresses and friends, and leave open to real talent the positions in their studios. The minority stockholders might indeed groan at the increased executive salaries, but their position could be no worse off than it is now, and probably in the long run they would be money ahead. At least, the public would get better entertainment. In the average executive's mind, and the director's, too, good acting and real drama consist of wiggling suggestively plump hips, of a splendid view of naked, pretty limbs, and a close-up of a violent love scene. Fine actors and actresses, if there were any in the studios, could not help but