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 #:
000202
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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198 SODOM AND GOMORRAH ments of his stock on the board. (The security markets open at 6 A.M. on the coast.) To his embarrassment he discovered as he was ready to get a bite of breakfast that he had forgotten his money. He asked the cashier to take a very small personal check against a local bank. To identify himself he had his driver's license and his bank book, showing a substantial deposit. Naturally he was irked when the cafe manager refused to accept the check in spite of the guarantee. The manager insisted that he was not sufficiently well acquainted with the tourist to risk cashing his check. How did he know the gentleman did not have somebody else's license or someone else's bank book? The wealthy tourist went without his breakfast. With merchants everywhere in the city it is practically the same. If the purchaser offers to pay by check for any merchandise, he is regarded by the cashier with an insolent look. Even though the cashier may establish the customer's account by calling the bank, the latter is still treated as a thief. It is very rarely indeed that a Los Angeles store will thank a purchaser who pays by check. The merchant assumes the attitude of extraordinary benevolence, much as though he were giving alms to a beggar. Such a state of affairs, according to the Angelenos, is the result of the movie extras developing a science of existing without money.