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 #:
000170
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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166 SODOM AND GOMORRAH thing approximating tragedy occurred when Warner, having taken a child for possible adoption, returned him after the little boy cried for five consecutive nights because he could not sleep with the lights on. This comprises the entire story called "The Truth About Warner Baxter's Life!" except for a closing paragraph devoted to the author's final hysterics over Warner's delightful brown eyes. No doubt the author based the title of her article on the proof she offers which is supposed to show that Baxter's life is normally pleasant, this being the truth and so on. But the advertising remarks of the magazine, as well as the large letters in which the title is printed, lead the reader to believe that he is to find therein an expose of the player's private life. Another magazine informed its readers in one of those monthly articles on "the untold story of Garbo's life" that what the Swedish actress has really wanted all her life is to be a tight-rope walker. It is impossible to make a general statement regarding the accuracy of the author's contention, but Miss Garbo's fans need not cry their eyes out in sympathy for her, as no doubt Greta has adequate consolation in her reputed ninethousand-dollar-a-week salary and the adulation of millions of picture patrons. After all, if Miss Garbo really desired to be a tight-rope walker, she probably, with her fame, could get a job some