Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-08-17 | Page 6 | Big Salary Stories Should be Shelved

I BIG SAlARY STORIES SHOUlD UBE BE SHELVED According to H. H C. C Hoagland general general gen gen- eral manager of the Selig company the story of the fabulous salaries paid this and that movie performer performer performer per per- former should be shelved along with the trained mice the falling off of cliffs the man eating shark and the theother theother theother other good old standbys According to Mr Hoagland this particular rainy day story should alone be lugged into the limelight as a last resort presort There Isn't an actor or an actress In motion pictures today who receives yearly despite stories to the contrary said Mr Hoagland Among the latest prevarications is one to the effect that a child two and one-half one years old has been engaged for the next ten years at a salary of a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred a week People of intelligence resent having these tales false on the very face of them staring them in type in various publications Of course the object of the author of or the story is to get the name of some particular star or some particular movie company in type but there isa question whether publication of this sort of stuff does not accomplish accomplish accomplish more harm than good for intelligent intelligent intelli intelli- gent readers are even likely to lose loss in a star or a company carrying carrying carrying car car- such publicity The day of ot the circus stuff so called has passed honest news prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared b by former newspaper men who know their business is to be desired and the movie actors and actresses drawing a week can be numbered on the fingers of your two hands The day of the movie star and his peculiarities peculiarities peculiarities pe pe- pe- pe is about over OYer The story Is the thing and artists will be engaged to fit the types called for in each film pro production and no longer will stories be cut and slashed to fit some leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing man or woman Take these press agent stories of ot high salaries with a grain of or salt With perhaps two exceptions there isn't a film star alive drawing yearly