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 #:
000177
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 i Delusions oi Grandei Little more than halt a century ago there lived in San Francisco an eccentric merchant known as Joshua A. Norton. Although dead for quite a number of years, he recently became news when his grave was moved with great pomp and ceremony, the event being honored by the presence oi some of San Francisco's most prominent citizens. Norton was a victim of megalomania, imagining in his diseased mind that he was Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. It was a harmless sort of madness, and Norton was treated by friends a> though he really were a sovereign. This deference even went so far as to honor the small notes he issued Oil the "imperial Treasury oi Norton I." In Hollywood there are many victims of m omania. The number of him celeb: r\ng from delusions of grandeur Qg as it is ludicrous and pitiful. Of course they would be offended if anyone were to suggest that they are insane, but surely the thil D in official hlmdom could scarcely occur among rational individuals. From the former tailors and dry-goods store owners, who today dominate the motion picture industry, to the very lowest clerk and gate