Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

R R A fl 151 after month these inane publications continue to sell without having a single thought worth) the name between their covers. They constitute a world wonder. How the) continue to fool the public year after year is not to be explained unless by Barnum's classic statement regarding the birth-rate of fools. •Sex magazines and action stories, even though they may appeal to the wrong elements in nature. at least give the reader what he is looking for. To the man or woman whose chief enjoyment in life is cheap sex episodes, the sex magazine gives genuine pleasure, for the stories therein stimulate his imagination like a travel book intrigues those interested in foreign lands. The boy who is interested in Indians and cow punchers and gun rights derives real enjoyment from reading about the exploits of his heroes in action-story magazines. When "Gunfight" publishes a novel of "Death on the Flaming Plains" death really occurs in the story, probably to the tune of a dozen or more white people and a whole tribe of Redskins. But when the film magazine on the corner stand advertises a story called "At Last Garbo Breaks Silence and Tells All!" do not, unless you are sure you can aflord it. waste your dime or quarter. For you can :red that Miss Garbo is not going to confess anything more sensational than a dislike of police sirens and a dread of old age.