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 #:
000145
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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SODOM AND GOMORRAH 141 someone new. Stereotyping, with the adherent publicity upon which this system is based, is most degrading to "art" it there is any art at all connected with motion pictures. For the practice is little better than that of the professional barkers of a side show, urging the crowd to come in and see the fat lady Indeed, only the cheapest sensationalism is responsible for the printing of the multitude of unimportant sayings and deeds of stellar Hollywood. The stars often pose as being adverse to the constant light of publicity attending their actions. They claim that their open-book existence is a never-ending source of trouble to them. Some of it may be, but the truth is that most of their trouble is of their own choosing and a part of their job. Their lives are not open, anyway, for most of the adverse details are carefully suppressed, as the film companies carry enough weight with the press to enable them to squelch all but the worst scandals. Bui the size of their feet, the kind of undergarments they wear, the silly platitudes they speak, and all the other unimportant things are dished out to the public in sickening quantities. Most of the Hollywood marriages are accomplished for publicity pur poses, so the stars invoked can say. "We are madly in love." and most of the divorces are arranged so the unentangled parties can exclaim