FILM STAR SALARIES

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 18, 16 October 1933, Page 9

FILM STAR SALARIES

Frowned on by Roosevelt LIMITATION MOVE MADE (Received October 15, 7 p.m.) Washington, October 13. Under Presidential influence provision was written into the revised motion picture code late on Friday by Mr. Sol Rosenblatt, the N.R.A. deputy administrator .calling for an assessment of fines up to 10,000 dollars against producers found to have hired talent at unreasonably high salaries. The revision followed a disclosure that White House is opposed to the payment to film people of salaries five or six times as large as the President’s salary. As originally proposed, the code contained nothing which could be interpreted as an attempt to fix a minimum. It did, however, jrovide for checks on competitive bidding for stars’ services. This practice generally is held accountable for the size of some Hollywood salaries. The purpose of the new provision is described as intended to “avoid the payment of sums unreasonably in excess of the fair value of personal services, whieh results in unfair and destructive competition.”