Stars and Salaries
ROOSEVELT’S SUGGESTION CINEMA STORM OF PROTEST By Telegraph—PresA Association—Copyright) Received Oct. 13, 11.50 p.m. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. The suggestion by President Roosevelt that the salaries of motion picture stars, also of sonic directors and executives, arc too high and should be lowered for the benefit of the great army of low-paid picture workers, has produced a torm of protest in the cinema colony, according to reports. Most of the prominent players are paid per production, which equals 3000 to 10,000 dollars weekly over a period of years. Will Rogers receives 150,000 dollars each picture, and Richard Barthchness 30,000 dollars. John Barrymore was paid 105,000 dollars for 21 days’ work on a single picture. Among the executives Louis .Mayer’s earnings are reported to be 750,000 dollars yearly. Many directors receive as much as 60,000 dollars each picture-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 243, 14 October 1933, Page 9
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