Hollywood salaries under government inquiry fear spotlight
Hollywood braces for a Roosevelt led probe into salaries as figures surface for top stars. Maurice Chevalier earns 150000 per film, Will Rogers 125000 per film, Greta Garbo 150000 per film, Ann Harding 90000 per film, Constance Bennett 100000 per film, Janet Gaynor 100000 per film, John Barrymore 75000 for Counsellor at Law, Mae West about 500000 on I am No Angel, Jeannette McDonald 4000 per week, Walter Huston 35000 per film, William Powell 4000 per week, Ruth Chatterton 4000, Jackie Cooper 1300 per week, Baby Leroy 2500 for Bedtime Story, with names like Wallace Berry and Helen Hayes noted among the stars. Harold Lloyd and Charles Chaplin act as producers as well as actors. Lloyd aims for about one million per film and one film every two years.
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Radio Schedule Fragments Highlight 1930s Programs and High Paying Directors
A scrambled broadcast log lists stations WTAIT ALM and WHE AM with varied shows from morning devotionals to variety programs, musical segments, and time slots. It also notes Paramount directors earning about 60,000 dollars per picture, including Lubitsch Sternberg Mamoulian Borzage, reflecting industry salaries.
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Film executives and earnings on City Lights era studios
The fragment notes Chaplin earned about 3 million dollars for City Lights. It lists MGM figures including Louis B. Mayer earning 10 thousand a week plus profit cuts. Irving Thalberg at MGM is cited at 6 thousand weekly, and David Selznick at MGM at 5 thousand weekly.
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Footlight Parade dazzles Ohio private showing in Cleveland
Warner Brothers premiere of Footlight Parade in Ohio drew theatre managers and critics to the Uptown Theatre in Cleveland. The two hour program featured musical numbers, ballet scenes, and three shortRevues with stars such as Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell. The attendance included James New and others in a reception-like preview before the film heads to the Capitol Theatre.
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Ancient Hopi Customs Found Preserved Since 14th Century
Tucson report by Ye teron Cummings of the University of Arizona Archaeology Department notes discovery of Hopi Indian tribal customs tracing to the 14th century. Evidence of an "apartment house" community housing about two thousand Indians between 1260 and 1305 was uncovered, suggesting continuity of practices into present times.
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The Secret of the Blue Lamp at Capitol Theater
A murder mystery film presented at the Capitol Theatres tomorrow and Saturday features Lionel Atwill Pat Lukas Gloria Stuart and Onslow Stevens as police battle clues. An added attraction shows a news reel of 100000 Legionnaires at the Chicago convention.
Paddy the Next Best Thing at the Rivoli Theatre
Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter star in Paddy the Next Best Thing at the Rivoli Theatre. Gaynor plays an Irish lass whose talent for telling fortunes lands her in a web of entanglements.
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Ethel Barrymore Headlines at RKO Palace
Ethel Barrymore, first lady of the stage, headlines the RKO Palace engagement as the theater season opens with her performance and star power lighting the show.
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Discoveries At Kinishba Reveal 13th Century Hopi Burials
Excavations at the great Pueblo ruin of Kinishba near Fort Apache uncover that Hopi families buried small children beneath house floors in the 13th century. Dr. Cummings notes the practice was common then and remains seen in some traditions today.
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V F W Plans Banquet At Joint Elyria Meeting
Elyria Post 1079 and Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a special joint meeting tonight in the new VFW hall. Commander Clyde Clapp calls the gathering to organize Armistice day banquet planning and appoint committees. A large attendance is expected and a good time anticipated.
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Barrymore at Palace Theatre in The Twelve Pound Lovers
Miss Barrymore makes her first Palace Theatre appearance with Sir J M Barrie’s play The Twelve Pound Lover. The program notes a comedy mix and the London classic tone, while a stray line mentions carp family freshwater fish in northern regions.
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