HIGH INSURANCES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21716, 3 February 1934, Page 12 (Supplement)

HIGH INSURANCES

FILM MAGNATE'S POLICIES JOHN BARRYMORE'S £400,000 American insurance statistics reveal the fact that a surprisingly large proportion of the men with million-dollar life policies are actors and film executives. William Fox heads the theatrical list with insurances totalling, about £1.300,000. Only two men in America (or possibly in the world) carry heavier insurance—Pierre S. du Pjnt (£1,400,000), and Martin C. Johnson (£1,308,000), both big industrialists. John Barrymore, insured for £400,000, heads the list of the twelve players with million-dollar policies. He is followed by Norma Tahnadgei and Otis Skinner (£250,000 each), and A 1 Johnson, Harold Lloyd, John McCormaek, Mary Pickford, Harry Richman, Will Rogers, Gloria Swanson, and Constance Talmadge, each with £200,000. The dependents of some of the film executives are, even more heavily provided for. Joseph M. Schenek (president of United Artists) is insured for over £1,000,000,. followed by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky, with £1,000,000 each. Herbert J. Yates—so unspectacular a figure tbut his nqmo does not appear in most reference books—has policies totalling £600,000. Others include Harry Warner (£500,000), Major Albert Warner (£300,000), and Jack Warner (£200,000). Two directors figure in the million dollar class —Cecil B. Do Mille (£350,000) and Eric von Stroheim (£200,000).