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 #:
000114
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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110 SODOM AND GOMORRAH young lady, is characteristic of the brazen indifference of official Hollywood to decency and good taste. What could be more indicative of the low moral ideals of the motion picture executives than the fact that, no matter how much the comment and action from respectable elements of society condemn the type of entertainment they produce, the producers blandly refuse to do anything about it? The trouble is that they are so accustomed to all kinds of filth that they have come to believe that everyone else lives the same way and wants the same thing in his entertainment. Hence, no matter how many promises of reform come from Hollywood, no reform ever actually takes place. Oh, to be sure, occasionally things do get a little better for a short while. The last attack of the Catholic Church and allied powers revealed so much hitherto-latent discontent with motion picture conditions that the ordinarily complacent producers are troubled. The threatened boycott of those theaters showing contraband suggestive films, and that would include practically all theaters, by the Catholic flock embracing about one-fifth of the population, has put the fear of reduced profits in the hearts of the producers. Many people must see a picture to pay the enormous salaries drawn by the executives, and the latter cannot afford to antagonize too much a church noted for its discipline over its flock.