Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-03 | Page 9 | The Salary of the Screen Player

The Salary of the Screen Player Do screen players earn the tre tremendous tree tre- sl salaries les paid them B. B P. P producer of ot Preferred I Plc- Plc tures who is in the East on it k busi b bustness bust bust- ness neS trip ha has some new nev new and int inter inter- r- r eating things to to say in answer answer to this question so GO frequently asked bythe by bythe bythe the public The salar salary of ot the screen player Mr berg states slates Is fixed In Inexact inexact In Inexact exact proportion to his earning ca ca If Ir he has something the pub- pub li lie tl gm demands his l e earnings s are likely I I to be enormous r o If his l personality o l Is not such as to Impress itself Use indelibly In Indelibly Indelibly In- In on the the- theatregoing world his earnings will be bi slight The earnings of the most popular stage star are limited by the seating capacity of ot the theatre in which he appears Only a given number of persons S may enjoy his work work only 0 only a a. alI ft lI limited number may pay for r at the box office On the other hand the earnings of a a. picture star I are limited only by the seating ca capacity ca ca- of all the tho picture theatres Inthe in inthe inthe the world Ills His face tace may greet all I I I. I these audiences simultaneously If he becomes sufficiently popular His salary through hugh this hi discovery of r this new ment ee t agency gi has Yb been for n distributing Increased gt far entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- t beyond d I I that of hi his coworkers on the speaking stage just as al the earnings of oC the I singer of grand opera have been multiplied multiplied mul- mul many times over by the intro Intro- I of the phonograph record into the music world I incidentally do 10 donot donot Players salaries not represent the big item in the cost I of a picture that the they are arc generally thought to represent The salary roll usually consumes about 10 per cent of the total cost of a n. production To I add to they thee cast of a big production the names of ot players who are proven successes who successes who a director knows will put over his story successfully successfully-is In Innot not an extravagance It is an added insurance against failure and as Ca a C Consequence is iA good business and in III inthe inthe the long run genuine economy i In I the majority j l of cases film a actors ac tors and actresses are arc most certainly certain certain- l ly worth every cent they are paid