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 #:
000140
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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136 SODOM AND GOMORRAH merely an assembled group of stereotypes which, when put together properly, create an illusion. The sincerity, the element of interpretation of a character in a human manner that belongs to a great artist is lacking in films. The real artists in motion pictures are the cinematographers and the press agents, especially the latter who can take a dissolute, ignorant, plain-looking woman and make the public believe she possesses the beauty of Venus and the virtue of the Saints. The films consistently stress the physical in relationship to their players. A motion picture actress is selected because she has beautiful limbs, or a fine figure, or platinum hair. Whether she can act or not is of no consequence. The same applies to the male actors. A group of men questioned on their opinion of Norma Shearer as an actress unanimously replied they thought she was a beautiful woman. One boasted of having seen her at the beach in a bathing suit, and he went into ecstasy over her "divine" form. Another declared her the most beautiful woman on the screen, but none answered the question that was asked, except in a negative way. Not one of these men commented on her ability as an actress. They all paid tribute to the power of a beautiful female over the male, but not a word of praise was given her as a player. Since Miss Shearer attracts men so much physically, in all seriousness is it not possible that she has