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 #:
000204
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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200 SODOM AND GOMORRAH and rents are low. They are practically fifty percent under rates in New York. It is quite possible (the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce bulletins will tell you about this in detail) to get a single apartment equipped with electric refrigeration and all the extras paid by the management for as low as $22 in Hollywood. Pleasant doubles in the better neighborhoods can be had for as low as $40. By sacrificing privacy to luxury, four or five extras can take a double renting at forty dollars a month equipped with all the modern conveniences plus a view of the mountains for only eight or ten dollars apiece. It is necessary, of course, to have enough money to pay at least a week's rent in advance. One girl may have worked a day or so which places sufficient capital at her command to dicker with some landlord. The latter probably will not want to rent to them on a weekly basis, but if he has a number of vacancies he will take every dollar he can lay hands on. The girls get a home. But soon they are behind on their rent. It is time to pay another week's rent, and chances are the girls haven't a dollar among them. The most persuasive beauty is sent to deal with the manager. Manager: "We have to insist that the rent be paid in advance." Extra: "Oh, of course. And we always pay in advance, too. This is the first time we've ever