UNDER THREE YEARS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 2, 3 January 1936, Page 5

UNDER THREE YEARS

[ “LIFE” OF FILM STAR. j CHII.I'IiEX I.IiKV OM-iS. A lilm critic, according to an change, has calculated that the average “life” of a star is jusi und -r ’three years. In that time they ’an ’earn £lo9.Oti. Of this, however, onlv a. small proportion is available tur sav ing. An in-.ume of yields viO.OOO in incuine tax and E2dtH) in local taxes in America,. A further £lOOOO would he spent by a first-class actor in agents' fees. wardrobe and publicity, and £l2.o<h) in living |(>nses, if his or her position was 1 > be maintained. One of the longey-t. lives as a st i r stands to the. credit of Richard Bartini mess, who has been a star ever sim-e D. W. Griffith p:-ked him for “Broken Blossoms'' 17 years ago. He stay'd with one company tor 12 years ati I saved his monev. I hey do not ail save, their monev. Marie. Dressier lost hers in real estate. Eddie. Cantor, Wallace Beery, and a. host more lost lheirs in the depression. Eddie Cayt >r sat down and wrote a funny book about the depression, and he, made, so much monev from it- he almost retired. The children are the only lucky ones. Thev have their earnings imdied away for them in a trust fun I, and the studios pay for their education. When thev come of ace thev inherit, the fortunes they earned tn their cradles. L' the. time. .Jackie Coogan was Hl he had earned £2di’J’(i , '. 1 He went to a military academy and college, ami now emerges a. tall young man about lowa. Jackie Cooper and Freddie. Baitholempw are not acquiring the f-orlttncs Jackie Coogan did. because they were signed up on long-term contracts. Freddie earns a week, and his salary is to be raised by £lO a week once a year for sev.-n years. All his education expenses are paid, and his aunt ami guardian receive £lO a week expenses. But. when he is hired out to another company the price is £2->U a week. Freddie ‘still gets his £3O. his (>m[)l"yers taking the difference. Shii i lev Temple, however, although uni,' six. 'is earing £2-”>0 a. week. I