| Show 1 f. f i J II 11 I ri I I I J II 1 HI 11 1 lj Ai A I I II i I III I I 1 I I i 1 t O. O Vl r ar I II Jr Is There Money in inthe in r the e Movies v Yes M Mary Pickford B. B ors I Is s sP P Paid id a ci cian Year an and Many Other Stars Receive Salaries Equal to 0 Those of Bank I Presidents an and r Corporation Lawyers Lawyers How How They Spend Their Money joney and Why tr f-tr They 1 hey y Must n a m Save bave c a Q Part I Aru what RY-what what what a blessed blessed word for those who nho ho S SALARY live Ih-e by the sweat of their br brow w. w Every ery pro profession Is rated according to the amount of ot golden coins it supplies Movies and fabulous sums of money have become s sj synonymous non during the J Jiu t few ye years rs Tales of enormous salaries that remind us of nothing half so much as 18 the stories told in inthe t the e Arabian Nights 1 are h heard eard in eer every theater Are these stories true you ask Yes and no The Thee ambitious ones onos hanging on the gate and leaning eagerly forward for a glimpse iulo the enchanted land laud drink in every word of the wonder tale One Onehundred Onehundred hundred bundred dollars a week sounds like a fortune and the man o or 01 woman who earns it seems a. a prince or princess in a fairy fairytale tale Yet a week weale is not only possible but probable as a salary for workers in f The picture business is rated the fifth largest industry in in tho the world and nd it provides an an almost almost boundless method of producing money for those who are fortunate enough to enter rater its portals k r J i s Expensive Cloth Clothes es N Necessary Like the stage stag how however ver many of JUS its ts people live live I from hand to mouth and while the goose is laying the golden egg gg make no effort to put a bit by forthe for forthe the r rainy iny day 9 Of course the expenses of dress dress and modes of living in this stu studio io world i m are arc more re- re rex ex extravagant extravagant ex- ex x- x 7 than in the workaday life The star must dress dress well and live well She must have beautiful gowns owns and stunning frocks to hold her position Nearly early every week there is a new demand for tor a adress dress and unless she is ingenious the dress must be bought from a store or made by a modiste Ruth Kuth Stonehouse makes many of ot her prettiest frocks and and by skillful management has a different dress for each picture She is a deft seamstress and creates new gowns for every role Miss Stonehouse Stone Stone- house louse of course receives a 3 weekly salary well up in three figures but she does not squander It all on finery iner f Mary Pickford's salary of ot a year is the flIe largest sum paid to any actress Miss Pickford's tastes ast are very si simple and since she knew poverty hi ill her younger days she she manages to put by some for Tor th the Charlie rainy day ie Chaplin whose hose almost r penurious habits gave him the title of ot the Harry Lauder lLauder of ot the screen screen Is a thrifty player who will some day be rich Mr Chaplins Chaplin's mother worked for fora a a living Jiving and he early learned the value of a six sf- pence He lie saves a large part of ot his salar salary which is about 1 1500 00 a week Mar Mary Fuller gets a week The e golden golden- h. h haired Francis receives even more Henry Walthall has lias a roll in his weekly envelope that would make i many a banker gasp for Tor breath and so on down the theline lI line e of players players' who have ave enlisted in the movies a and d dj j made good Salaries Paid to Beginners You will start with a week You You wont won't l he Ie e worth cents the first weeks of your apprenticeship but you will start if you ou start at all with witha a aa competence that is far better than anything earned arned by the average girl in jn the business world It Is is unlikely that YOU you will earn less than 25 That That 1 is r 2 SI i 4 Ii I I i 1 i. i 1 i r j ja J It u. u a aw w r 4 F L j jI jq j jw J I r q I I iH I I It t Y I Ii I i a 1 I II f r y il 1 N tf ty Ny r r. r y y i i r. r w f rr r f. f I li I I i ri rr I i I I I r i fv I y y I I H r ur r 1 y r I i rr i i Y I J i n i yr I n r w wr J. i 1 t v. v s r i fi r fj 1 t J. J k t j r t Jack Kerri Kerrigan gan walked o off ff the speaking stage one night llight and met a tempting o offer offer f f er to appear in m movies Hesi H. H He l signed ned claf a two year two ear a contract the next day and has won a high place In in T about the smallest wage paid a motion pi picture turri actress x Every day I b hear ar of ot some girl who longed to tie be bea a famous actress and who has has' has has-by by means of pictures pictures' made a name and a comfortable living It does does seem to be the profession of opportunity Yet one one must save a portion of the money earned for the movies may cast you ou off oil when youth deserts you I r was amused to read a sentiment written by Lillian Gish in which she said In our film work worl most most girls over oer 25 5 are useless Some keep on successfully successfully success success- fully until nUl they are 30 All the great names among among motion picture actresses are those of young women in their teens or at least in their their middle twenties I am worrying a little over the deadline ni myself seIr though I still sUl have several years to o go The Struggle of Lillian Gish It seems absurd to hear David Griffith's Griffiths star in her hel teens with all her exquisite blond beauty fa talk of or age Still Lillian Gish had an early life In which poverty and she were acquainted Mrs Gish and her two girls were in Chauncey Olcott's company Then hen came the blessed day when through the Bio Bio- graph studio th they thy y found a comfortable living and were able to have bave a cozy apartment 1 T ater ter the double salary climbed into the hundreds and the girls were able to show their mother their appreciation tion by giving her a few luxuries She is their manager and under her guidance they have hive learned the value of r a d dollar Lillian LUlIan Gish's quai quaint t philosophy b phY about ag age an and 1 N the the movies is is- simply a a. conceit of her own owl mind j r 4 Pictures offer a refuge for old age that Is equaled by no other profession in the wo world ld Take l Mary Maurice the mother of the Vit graph company L Irs Maurice is famous famous' ad as al a screen mother She Sher r was on the stage but hut as a t type pe she he has md made good in W. W Chrystle Chrystie Miller Thomas Thomas' Commerford ord and hundreds of f ot other Cl old people ari invaluable ln in their own stU studio lO stock company l of roles offered by the number num ber her herot of ot scenarios make a versatile and clever ol older ler person an important addition to the thc motion picture e 1 o y r I Most Ii a. a t St Stars 1 S Live Simply Its It's a mig mighty t wise Idea however not to bunk bank too much on YO your own wn earning powers when you reach the shady part paw of life The market may be glutted with with hundreds i of f old people seeking to earn ear a liveli livelihood I hood by y meals means or of pictures Save ns fiS soon as s' s y you You u can call and m make lie the realization of wealth come true by hy your Jour own earnest efforts The habits of the picture stars are arc for the most part exceedingly simple Fanciful tales are often otten written an android ld about how much this frock cost coat cost or how expensive e that motor motol car was or just how this or that a actress tress is spending her salar salary Much of of this this Is conc conceived In the fertile brain of or a press press press' ag agent nt all passed and passed along as first rate copy The screen actor works too hard for his money mOlley to let it s slip P out lot his his hands so easily I 71 l I Many 1 of of the actors have their own m motor t r c crt c cars ars is L r rt nd their hours of recreation out in the open motor f swim ride and possess m many of of the the Ir Ii 4 M fj L 1 o outdoor accomplishments This is toi to k keep p them them in 10 g good health for tor clean one of the requisite e t things in few picture people ae aed are d dissipated They They live li their lives ves like ike ordinary peo- peo Pl and t rs likes a according ow own p personal D and dislikes til Copyright 1915 by J. b J Keeley h l |
