Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-01-05 | Page 11 | Curbs on Stars' Pay, Activities Keeps Studio Heads Pondering

a ll lla on Stars' Stars Pay Activities iti s h keeps Studio Heads Pondering le V CHURCH HOLLYWOOD NEA There be such a thumping crop o of oft aches in t this year i is ev even some talk of r r t t there there 0 rin rationing Despite the biggest box office I t in film history for 1942 I d with ith every prospect of 1943 that mark marl harassed ping pro- pro cers indicate that they'd glada glad- glad 1 a lot of coin for a aft ag 19 l g ft fe e peace of mind The salary curtailment of players' players ling g SI 1 lor t es r limitation on the cost r lid sets tire and gas rationing d i censorship worries will keep keepe A e e studio heads pleading and pondering are age Lre Freeze Chills Em da r Boss Jimmy Byrnes of I economic stabilization come com com- yiU e the freeze on salaries fo Ver er 25 he threw a chill into into'S S 'S entire movie industry Your Poi On money screen favorites arela are raid aid to make picture commit- commit 1 la 31 amts for the afraid new to ear year And AndI i are make ade ad- ad I 1 e Hance lest they wind nce Plans up a HIS b th scripts s sets ts technical crews e ea d a handful of notes from their i Adi Litters ayers regretting that they have II ached ched their salary limits and andr andi r f t. t nt ont care to work any more i W i When a star such as Ginger 11 gers for Instance completes y er r first 1943 picture for her herYE YE ual gual fee shell she'll have the mice olce of acting for for- nothing the 1 b. b K st t of the year or raising chick- chick ado ens on her ranch This might seem to the average person like an easy choice but actors and actresses actresses actresses ac ac- ac- ac tresses feel that they must protect protect protect pro pro- their popularity by being seen on the screen at least three times each year Worst dilemma of all faces top-flight top stars of both films and radio such radio such as Bing Crosby Bob Hope Jack Benny and the team of Abbott and Costello The latest latest latest lat lat- est federal edict says they can work in iri either medium but not both I Abbott and Costello who were the he movies' movies biggest box office attraction at at- traction in 1942 have decided I at-I to play shows at training camps un- un til Ui May when there Is some hope that the foggy Issue may be cleared up Their studio naturally natural natural- ly is pr pretty tt glum at the prospect of five months for its most profitable talent Agents Are Doleful About the only con consolation sol a 0 n available to actors is in thinking of ot the plight of bf their agents who always have been the objects of some resentment because in many cases they do nothing more strenuous than collect 10 per cent of their clients clients' earnings The difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference between a 10 per percent cent cut of the which Gary Cooper Coop Coop- er was paid last year in For Whom the Bell Tolls and 10 per percent percent percent cent of ot the which hell he'll get to keep keen in 1943 is enough to keep all agents' agents pillows lows wei wet with tears Material shortages and the ceiling cell cell- ing ng of ot per picture on new materials for sets have put a crimp in lavish production plans Temporarily the situation is being being beng be- be ing ng eased by a Hollywood version of f lend For example Universal loaned Warners an Imitation imitation imitation Imi imi- tation naval destroyer and received re receIved received re- re a replica of of ofa a a. Hudson bomber jomber in return The dummy P 40 fighters built built by Republic for or Flying Tigers will reap a fair fortune in rentals for other movies So will the remarkable naval gun built by R K Q 0 technicians technicians technicians tech tech- from a hunk of oil well casing and parts of a mix bread-mix- ing ng machine