Show Y r ow- ow V V Y FORMER DRA WS HIGHEST MOVIE SALARY V PAYS IJAMES JAMES CRUZE A AEE WEEK EE lAnd And His Contract Has Ha More Than 4 Years to tor toRun toRun I r Run I STORY STORY OF CAREER I I Offer From Mexican I Magnates Brings Director Director tor tor His Luck I ID B D GRAn n 1 lI I S Correspondent of T r E h e C Eun 1923 1925 1923 LO LOS LO'S ANGELES Dec Dee 1 Who draws draw's the tho salary In the themo mo Is Not ot such a hard question to nn answer anwer perhaps but for or the wild stories of use ho press agent shO bo dean fi In n marks marls and put the result do don n n In dollars and whose st achievement Is la tho the malt mak- makin malting in ing o of ol ot of en esen eHn the child stars stats NoW t ti c laua a C Y lr r bre h ani an the big producers are fire bitterly rattling nt at high salaries which they de- de declare le- le leclare dare clare must t pone iOme OMe awn the tha shout salaries In the moles mo and wether T or not t they y t-y are gnat gont 01 or wt-Il wt earned tk on now new interest Who then does docs draw the biggest in the mo e esen moiles e cn en the tho best Informed tim firn fan tan might nes- nes neer ne cr er 10 1 and the information may disappointment to some ot of the Star worshippers r 1 T C L LIDS LEADS ns The Th real In 10 oh- oh obtained ob obtained tamed from frem those who actually know w s a that Jams Crue Cru tho dl- dl dl rt la Is l the highest hest straight ilal- ilal Aal al- al long term contract individual ual hl concerned in the tho making of pictures today loday He Ho draws 6 6 a week eek under ft n contract i ha has bas about 4 to run Doesn't sound so n startling CO en linG line a 0 million dollars for tor Jackl JaCki Coogan and anal her rn-Il- rn mil million lion hon for for Baby Goofy Still Its a lot lotof lotof I of nt when you consider r that Cruse Cruze gets getA his in cash and not in conversation There may be bo others other who stand to profit more In a n ear interest In productions like De Dc UlI Milli Wary idary Pickford s And nd Harold IAo i but Llo tho they alo stand to take tale a 10 loss lois anti ancS I the Is pot not always a a one bv by authentic report un DR S DR S IT But Flut thre th rc Is not another man or child In the moiles mosies no- no ac according cording to the inside sharks whO Can step EIPP up to the pay every evry Saturday and draw raw out 6 6 6 too clear and know kno that the same some will be he on tap week after atter week wel far mr sears ears ea s to come la is quite a 0 story behind 2 Cruzes Cruze's big hiI salary and wp sweat t contract But It was not a n t II ig winning for which Ito Ito- Hol lywood Hollywood Is about s as 5 writ ll advertised as Monte Carlo Corlo and in th the greater port rt with Ith the same Bame reckless In- In in-i in enIon Ir in fixing money mont return returns Is an n old timer In the movies Breaking In right nt at the stort tatt year years ago ngo n as ne an actor octor he I was on one of the three best known in In tho the game holding equal lie nal nalI nalI I I lalk with Ith Miry uy d and the late IMe John Bunny H Ho Re was tIe the I of ot the two Teat thrillers The Dolar Dol Dol nr and The I l from the tho Sky Pity An ace ace- der laid him low tor for almost two I rs c and ind h he came me back Into the game ame as a II 11 director rector nJ- nJ MAKES nr Rr CORD I IA A little 01 0 cr er a lear ngn agn Cruse Cruze w went nt a the ramous Famous Pa I ers Lasky L ky corporation to male make pe- pe pe tUr three lie ir was Wa given direction of Th The ered Co Wagon He Ho Vas as not impressed l with the mate mate- ilal but hut Frank trank 11 E I Woods WoOd the tho real realI I godfather of ot all 11 the moving movIes saw flaw Cru Crues es e's treat reM reat opportunity and told him to lo TO out and anti cut himself elt oft I front the studio and find make a i a real realI picture I o Cru with a cast ot of no erea ren past pt or future went balta When he returned he brought baa ba t a 0 picture practically complete fome me Mexican dignitaries on a to Hollywood taw saw a II e private showing of ot the CruzA picture They a approached Cruze Crue with a II to make mak similar pictures that would tell the world of I romance the ro- ro ro mance and opportunity of o MexIcO They y said that BOO AmerIcan were on deposit and would be made payable to Cruzo Cruze for tor or his work I j I HE lIE SOON GNS MItO Cruz Informed Jesse JeMe that I I he ho had this hl ottar of under inder der on Page Pae Two I JAMES CRUZE I I TOP Continued from Page One tion Lasky Sky quickly met It with a vear year Oar contract at ot a 0 wee and Jimmy Cruze lost no notime time n to sl signing on the tha dotted line What do such salaries mean tn in inthe Inthe the s when hen tho the talk Is all or of cutting down lown t costs cots Cruze makes three rea- rea fea rea feature ture pictures tures a o year year-a year a high aver er average age That means a hundred thousand thou thou- thousand sand dollars for tor directing atone alone each cach picture he ho makes Frank Woods says good pictures can be made for a bundled thousand dot dot- dol dollars lars lard all told and has proven that he can do It And y yet t all the big practical m man n Woods Woods Included agree thatUs that Us the contract Is the greatest t nt tho the Players-Lasky Players cor- cor corporation cor corporation today JIt's Its It's a funny game James Cruze Is the stage name ot or James Bosen Boson whose bOyhood days das were core spent at Five Fiva Points In Ogden He reached the movies after a career In stock companies Including stock companies which s-n s gae e shows In tents ts |