NEWS OF THE TALKIES.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18950, 20 May 1933, Page 16 (Supplement)

NEWS OF THE TALKIES.

Out In Stars' Salaries. Smack goes the high costs of movie stars 1 says an American movie magazine. And isn’t it about time? Along with the rest of the world Hollywood is feeling the depression’s pinch in a real way. It looks as if the day of million-dollar contracts were over. The stars whose salaries will be hit include some of the biggest. A number of their contracts are expiring, including thos~e of . Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrioh, Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, William Powell, the Marx Brothers, and John Gilbert. These have all been big-money contracts: Chevalier, about £2OOO a week; Marlene Dietrich about £1000; Ann Harding, £40,000 per picture; Ruth Chatteron and WilliamvPowell averaging around £1500; the Marx Brothers £40,000 per picture, and Jack Gilbert £50,000 a film. There isn’t enough money in film receipts to-day to justify these stipends. It is a very lucky picture that grosses £IOO,OOO, even though some of the exceptional ones like “Cavalcade” with a big foreign Income may still run to £200,000 or more. What Will Georgo Arllss Do? What will George Arliss do when his contraot expires, as it will after he finishes “Voltaire”? He has just finished “ The Adopted Father,” and starts work on the story of Voltaire almost immediately. Thereafter he will go on a vacation to England, and the future beyond that is hazy. Mr Arliss will require stronger films than he has had recently—“ A Successful Calamity,” “ The Man Who Played God,” and “The King’s Vacation ” —if he is to retain his popularity. Oh, for another “ Disraeli ”1 Mary Plokford as Peter Pan. Mary Plckford, whose return to the soreen in “ Secrets ” has been hailed as a great success, is to make a film of “ Peter Pan." She is to go to London to consult Sir James Barrie, the creator of the boy who would not grow up. Film Star’s Bankruptcy. Alice Joyce, the film actress, who secured a divorce from her husband on January 8, has filed her petition in voluntary bankruptcy. She gives her assets at £5 and liabilities £9,558. Miss Joyoe is 42, was a telephone operator and an artist’s model before making her screen debut in 1910. Her husband was James B. Regan, an hotel proprietor, of New York, and on her divorce Miss Joyoe was given custody of their 11-year-old daughter. She had formerly been married to Tom Moore, film aotor.

Janet Qaynor's Dlvoroo Action. Janet Gaynor has every Intention of going through with her divorce frorn Lydell Peck, says an American paper, Lydell Is quite willing to make up.