Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

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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 #:
000174
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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170 SODOM AND GOMORRAH One of the most tragic types of fan articles is that in which the author makes so bold as to guess which couples of Hollywood will live in perpetual union. About a year ago an article of this type appeared on the news stands, prophesying that some ten Hollywood couples would never be divorced. Among his optimistic hazards the author placed Mary Pickford and her blue-blood-worshipping husband, an almost sure bet, and also Gloria Swanson and her fourth mate, Michael Farmer. With regard to putting Gloria in the permanency class, the author must have based his conclusions on the law of averages, figuring that if the first three of her marriages were failures, surely it was time for one to succeed. Of the ten couples who were to remain united until death intervened, only one remains together, and it was not death that broke up the others. Barbara Stanwyck and Frank Faye are the miracle couple. Of course, the whole story was nothing but another feeble attempt at whitewashing the film colony, which utilizes marriage as a convenient tool for making lust respectable. There is also that half-condemning type of fan article, designed to arouse the loyal fans to fervent letter writing. An example of this sort of article appeared in the July number of " Hollywood/' It was an open letter to Clark Gable, a warning message "from his fans who want to help him BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!" The