This was a link on Drudge...
....when I was once naive ( long ago and far away)....I would have immediately dismissed this
Now, with all the news of sexual predators and pedophiles......I believe every word.
In the movie industry....even in the 30’s, 40’s etc......or especially in those years....
....the industry squashed all hints of impropriety......even though, for many, sexual deviancy was rampant, I now believe
Ray Milland ( actor from yesteryear) wrote a good autobiography, Wide Eyed in Babylon ( about the Hollywood scene).....where he expressed his disillusionment and said ‘all of his pedestals are empty’
In the twenties, thirties, forties, and fifties pot was a common chemical out there. The effect of cannabis dramatically reduces inhibition, which is like saying it blocks the soul’s sensitivity to taboos, so the cultural taboos get set aside to pursue the lusts of the flesh common to us all but in Christians suppressed while awaiting the Rapture of The Body of Believers.
The naivetés of many people got exposed when the documented sex scandals of the clergy were exposed, and many millions of dollars were paid out to victims.
Should we have expected Hollywood to be held to a higher sexual standard? -Tom