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 #:
000149
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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CHAPTER V Wherein Gossip Is Cash Since the motion picture industry is supported principally by pillars of ballyhoo, like the side show of a circus, it is interesting to examine the structure of these pillars. How are celebrities created' How is the public's attention brought to focus on the screen beauties who are transformed from ordinary human beings into glittering spirits of another world? The press, of course, plays a very important part. People read in the newspapers about the exploits of the Hollywood film stars, just as they read about Dillingers, prize fighters, and other great American celebrities. Every metropolitan newspaper carries syndicated daily columns of Hollywood gossip, besides frequently having its own special staff correspondent. Even smaller newspapers which can afford it do their best to give their readers the "low down" on the cinema capital. But the newspapers, for all their love of sensationalism, will print only a limited amount of this chatter, and they do stick rather more or less closely to something approximating the truth. Xot that it would be accurate to say that nev paper gossip about the film capital is based strictly on fact. That would be asking too much.