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 #:
000195
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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SODOM AND GOMORRAH 191 apologies were extended th< Baron Of course the studio could not recall the politeness unintentionally shown to the agent -Rothschild, but did their best to nullify it by promptly ignoring him. Sometimes, too, their abysmal ignorance, combined with their studied insolence, causes the executives to make faux pas that are very laughable. Th< . is being circulated — now admitted to be the gospel truth — of a motion picture executive whose conference with a literary agent about getting some new, good writers, was interrupted by the executive's secretary. "Miss Nina Wilcox Putnam is waiting to see you," he was informed. "Can't see her today," was the curt answer. "Tell her we're not casting Confusing a display of wealth with good taste, the motion picture colony continually perpetrates the most violent assaults on the tastes of intelligent atid cultured people. Max Baer, who has now become a great film star outshining Booth, in addition to being a prize lighter, acted in Hollywood's traditional style by purchasing two dozen or so new sui to inaugurate his new prosperity, the clothes well representing every color of the rainbow. Likewise, Hollywood stars who have invested their wealth in jewels, most of which have to be pawned five iter, believe in letting their public know that they arc doing