Life in the 1920s » Movies http://1920-30.com/blog Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:49:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Movie Star Salaries Reduced – 1927 http://1920-30.com/blog/movie-star-salaries-reduced-1927/ http://1920-30.com/blog/movie-star-salaries-reduced-1927/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:48 +0000 admin http://1920-30.com/blog/movie-star-salaries-reduced-1927/

CUTTING MOVIE SALARIES, perhaps 25 per cent., creates a universal sensation, because through the films everybody seems to be personally acquainted with movie stars. Similar cuts in salaries of the officers of producing companies, say down to $150,000 a year for presidents, attract some- what less attention, altho that is part of the policy of retre... continued here

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