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 #:
000117
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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D O M AND GOMURKAH 113 United States should conduct an institution oi chance, illegal in America, surrounded by an atmosphere of depravity, does not hold out much hope to those who trust Hollywood to reform itself without the aid of external pressure. Located in the desert resort of Palm Springs is the Colonial Club, patronized principally by motion picture people. This establishment is owned and operated by the famous Wertheimer brothers, whose police records outshine even the illustrious Al Capone's. The Wertheimers were engaged in their promising gangster trade until the United States government made it virtually impossible for them to make an honest living in Detroit, so they came to California to make money from the motion picture people. They are apparently very successful. So many of the executives and other important film people feel at home in the Wertheimer atmosphere that the resultant profits have been most gratifying. As evidence of the type of girl that frequently becomes a great actress in Hollywood, the Los Angeles Herald and Express recently printed in a movie gossip column the story of a big studio worried to death because a certain gentleman from Chicago asked the frightful sum of one thousand dollars each for some negatives of one their most important star=> in some very obscene poses. Possibly this actress, like the R.K.O. male player, has esthetic tastes., and