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 #:
000238
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:
August 22, 2024
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234 SODOM AND GOMORRAH state censor boards will turn them down. One might wonder, though, why it would not be possible to find some producers who know enough about decency and morals to keep their pictures clean through their own efforts. This would eliminate the services of a $200,000-a-year morals man and his suites. Besides, the sad fact is that Mr. Hays is not infallible in moral matters at all. He has some remarkable ideas on what is sin and what isn't. Paramount made "It Ain't No Sin," starring Mae West, under the guidance of the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Will H. Hays, President, only to see it turned down by the Board of Censors of the State of New York. Perhaps Mr. Hays can handle Pope Pius and the Catholic Church, but his magic must have slipped on the censor board, for Paramount had to remake "It Ain't No Sin" at terrific expense. Perhaps the whole trouble was that there were some Democrats on the censor board! Of course, Will Hays and Presbyterian morals are not the only fads' of Hollywood. There are dozens of them, and they are all more or less expensive. Only recently a star moved from MetroGoldwyn-Mayer to Warner Brothers, taking with her, her beautiful $65,000 white cottage. The color scheme of this star is white, like the puredriven snow. Unfortunately, the color scheme of