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 #:
000151
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 147 printing long and misleading features about the various motion picture stars. The fan magazine is one oi the m< gnifi cent institutions in America — even reaching into Europe — where as a rule one finds e in literature. However, it is only in America that one can find on every corner a dozen and a halt' publications devoted exclusively about a group of people, who, without the help of that artificial glitter surrounding their names, would exceedingly dull, uncolorful people. Their are at least eighteen film magazines flourishing in the country today, and when one considers that this is an era of stressed finano that all these magazines are de . 0 only one subject, and that they art all a nearly alike as one blank sheet of paper is T<» another, the number itself presents a most amazing phenomenon Flourishing each and all ni them, they rival in circulation the sexy confession magazines which contain infinitely more interestii and represent an equally high type of literatun The fan magazine, it should be observed, is just an extension o\ the Hollywood publicity office. What cannot be conveyed in the newspapers handled by the film periodicals. Featuring about the many stars, running from a thousand words on up. praising and ly g mdemning slightly and then lauding, and then praising and lying all over again, truly the screen magazine I