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Show Children in Movies Make Millions in Salaries U)A ANC.KLES. pt. 1 (By T. P.) News of the secession of "Baby Peggv" Jesn Montgomery aged 8 i years to the million dollar star I class, a position occupied by only one 1 other child sctor. .Tackle i'ogn. sent a tremor of excltement-through Hollywood Hol-lywood s movie mamma's and papas I today. Peggy'a father and mother have I Juet signed a new contract which In-1 In-1 sures an Income of around $:,0o.ooo during the next few years, ss wages; i for their little girl's work before the. i mm le camera. I 1 Th- monev will be pieced In a 1 trust fund for use of the baby, when I she stows up, her dad says. While habv Peggy la easily queen of movie baVlan'l. as -year-old j Jackie Coogan Is king- there are up-j wards of ;w child actor worklns; dslly In sludlos. with at lessvt double thst number of parents snd close rel-attve rel-attve dependent on them wholly or ; parrtalH for support. , HaiaHes of these eisriet range I from 4" a week upwards. SUES FOR SALARY. j i As sn eamp!- of high ptlces pa!d. j I 'he moth-r of Vttglnt.T lr Cor bin. j;.vear-ot.i actrees. today filed suit ajtalnst F fher lToducttons. Inc. le-eauae le-eauae a ear of hack ealarv at the, rate of IV a week had not been paid j l.er daughter. , M . i AU kinds of folks are totjehed by j this new form of movie prosperity. A large co.ored family drives about one studio It a gorgeously painted su'omoblle. Thev are parents of Lit- tie Farina, teo and a half year old movie pieanlnny. whose antics o the scren paid for the car. L ttle Robert 1 e Vtlhiss. who pla'i I both bov snd girl parts, recently bought his mother a bungrslow in Culver City. Th Marv Mil Mlnter "meal ticker charge t v the contrary, case where these child actors are exploited exploit-ed b their parents are few. MONEY UT AWAY. Most of the fathers of talented offspring off-spring pile the child's money in a I trust fund for use when maturity Is ! reachec, I That Is whst Pa Coogan and Jack 1 Momgosiery, father of baby Peggy. ! are doing The 4htld stars epend very little i of tbe eiormous salaries paid them. Papa Jlontgomry told the I'niied j Prs 1ay. .that he fives) baby 1 Pesgv t) a week -for her "expense j consist) ic of dolls, randy and presents pre-sents for fcer'7-year-old sister. Jackie Ceogeb, who I twice ss o'd. gets sbou. twice aa touch spendinx j money. km Coosan drama about g week 1 and M -'ooaan aiotit for Tnan- pgkng Jackie and doing1 other work for their you rut sorts company. Pa j Montgomery as former I " a stock ! sevtr at I n I verse I City. When hev j Peggy's talent was discovered. he gav up set Ins and became his daugii- J ter own special director. . . |