The Film Daily (1940)

m DUCT Tuesday, January 23, 1940 FIVE FILM SALARIES AMONG TOP U.S. 10 (Continued from Page 1) Darryl F. Zanuck, $265,000; Bing Crosby, $260,000; S. P. Skouras, $254,000. In the second 10, the industry had four reps. — Charles Skouras, with $253,000; Jack Benny, with $250,000; Roy Del Ruth, with $216,741 and Wesley Ruggles with $199,061. List released by the Treasury did not cover Loew's, Metro, RKO and Warners. Motion picture firms reported the largest number of $75,000-and-over salaries for 1938. Twentieth Century-Fox had 34 and Paramount Pictures, Inc., 33. Last year's Treasury list was topped by Louis B. Mayer. No. one salary recipient this year is a soap manufacturer. Among the salaries reported — plus bonuses, commissions and other compensation— for the calendar year 1938 or for corporations' fiscal years ending in 1939 — were the following: NEW YORK Paramount — Barryraore, John, $105,833.33; Bennett, Joan, $94,333.33; Benny, Jack, $250,000; Binyon, Claude Howard, $100,000; Burns, Robert (Bob Burns), $155,952.32; Colbert, Claudette, $301,944.51; Colman, Ronald, $102,083.33; Crosby, Harry L., Jr., $230,000; DeLeon, Walter, $89,475; Dietrich, Marlene, $130,000; Fields, William Claude, $93,166.67; Florey, Robert, $76,500; Hathaway, Henry, $115,541.67; Hornblow, Arthur, Jr., $145,166.66; Hubbard, Lucien, $121,000; Hurley, Harold H., $111,954.96; Jennings, Talbot, $96,333.33; Lang, Fritz, $85,543.15; LeBaron, William, $182,467.31; Leisen, James Mitchell, $115,000; Lewin, Albert Parsons, $114,958.33; Lloyd, Frank, $150,749.99; MacMurray, Fred, $183,333.33; Marshall, Herbert, $93,750; Raft, George, $186,964.75; Reed, Margie Yvonne (Martha Raye), $81,958.34; Ruggles, Wesley, $199,061.93; Santell, Alfred, $122,000; Sturges, Preston, $143,000; Thompson, Harlan, $95,791.66; Walsh, Raoul A., $107,083.34; Wellman, William A., $136,805.05; Zukor, Adolph, $170,400. Twentieth Century-Fox — Kent, S. R., $181,705; Schenck, Joseph M., $106,000; Zanuck, Darryl F., $265,000; Goetz, William, $106,000; Ameche, Don, $98,000; Balderston, John L., $88,500; Baxter, Warner J., $279,807.63; Brown, Harry Joe, $122,041.67; Butler, David W., $133,000; Cummings, Irving, $105,000; Del Ruth, Roy, $216,741.55; Faye, Alice, $87,000.01; Ford, John, $169,791.67; Gordon, Mack, $100,250; Griffith, Raymond, $117,375; Haley, Jack, $90,000; Henie, Sonja, $113,000; Johnson, Nunnally, $119,166.68; King, Henry, $133,500; Lanfield, Sidney, $92,083.32; Lang, Walter, $89,499.99; Levien, Sonya, $77,066.67; MacGowan, Kenneth, $104,333.33; Markey, Gene, $87,166.67; McLaglen, Victor, $125,475; Murat, Annabella, $87,500; Power, Tyrone, $140,750; Ratoff, Gregory, $104,333.33; Seiter, William A., $117,583.34; Sommerville, George J., $80,000 ; Temple, Shirley Jane, $114,848.17; Wurtzel, Sol, $182,583.33; Yellen, Jack S., $76,800; Young, Loretta, $181,615.21. United Artists — Silverstone, Maurice, $87,000. Eastman Kodak — Lovejoy, Frank W., $115,419.14. Fox West Coast Agency Corp. — Skouras, Charles P., $78,000. National Theaters Amusement Co., Inc. — Skouras, S. P., $254,500. CALIFORNIA Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., Ltd. — Cooper, Gary, $140,129; Goldwyn. Samuel, $156,000; Heifetz, Jasch?, $100,000; Mayo, Archie, $167,812; McCrea, Joel, $152,000; Oberon, Merle, $139,285; Riskin, Robert, $180,125; Wyler, William, $75,583. Selznick International Pictures, Inc. — Selznick, David O., $181,500; Howard, Leslie, $141,249; Cukor, George, $119,687. Myron Selznick & Co., Inc. — Selznick, Myron, $130,000. Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc. — Boyer, Charles, $161,000; Fonda, Henry, $105,000. Walter Wanger Productions, Inc. — Wanger, Walter F., $130,000, March, Fredric, $136,311. Public Interest in F.D.'s "Ten Best" Poll Brings "Chips" Holdover at White Plains White Plains, N. Y.— Public interest in THE FILM DAILY'S "Ten Best" poll and its value to the box oftice was strikingly established here. "Goodbye Mr. Chips" had opened to fair.y good business at the Colony the day betore the Reporter, which conducted a local poll in connection with THE FILM DAILY'S symposium, announced the poll results. Business at the Colony zoomed at once, and brought a two-day holdover. Ohio 1TO Refuses to Join New York Allied Split; in 'Pot O' Gold" Squawks | Six Quit the Albany Unit (.Continued from Faye 1) Neely Bill was passed. This action was contrary to previous New York Allied stand, as opposition to the bill had been expressed at various unit meetings. Sixteen theaters were represented by the six resigning members, who, it was said, comprised the most active group in the unit. Conery was district vice-president. Split in the unit ranks had been predicted for some time. It was said that the members were not in accord with Max A. Cohen, New York Allied president, who has been campaigning against the passage of the Neely Bill. (Continued from Faye 1) is indicated by an exchange of correspondence between the former's Thomas McGuire and the latter's Pete J. Wood. McGuire wrote Wood suggesting that the 1TO hop aboard the protest band wagon, piling up letters decrying radio's "gambling program" on the desks of Congressmen and members of the FCC. Wood wrote back: "It would appear as though theater owners are engaged in the business of protesting instead of meeting competition as is done in every other line of business, namely, going out and selling their own line of merchandise. "When you stigmatize the Turns programs as a 'radio gambling program,' it leads me to believe that you are unfamiliar with the old accepted principle that, before one goes into court, he should be absolutely right that he does so with clean hands. And, in this connection, you will readily admit that, in the matter of 'gambling programs,' the theater owners are living in glass houses. . . I, for one, am very sorry that your organization saw fit to take the action you have." 178 Engagements in 162 Cities Now Set for GWTW A total of 178 engagements in 162 cities has been set for "Gone With the Wind," MG-M announced yesterday. Twenty-two were added yesterday, of which 17 call for a policy of two shows daily at reserved seats. Cleveland — Frank D. Drew, Metro branch manager, reports that all key spots in the territory have contracted for early showings of GWTW. No new openings will be booked for Holy Week. District manager J. J. Maloney anticipates a minimum run of 12 weeks at the Stillman here where it starts Jan. 26. 20th-Fox Will Distribute "Cheri-Bibi" in S. America Edwin Fadiman of National Pictures yesterday announced a deal with 20th Century-Fox to distribute National's French picture, "CheriBibi," starring Pierre Fresnay, in all South American countries except Columbia, Venezuela and the colonies of European countries on that continent. Spanish and Portuguese versions are being rushed to the 20th-Fox South American offices for February showing. Cleveland Indies, Schines Counter Pot o' Gold Offer (Continued from Page I) icy starting tonight. Trustees in cnarge of the money, collected by a seat assessment on all participating theatres, are P. E. Essick, John D. Kalafat and Henry Greenberger. Essick reports that some 60 theaters are in on the deal. The Washington circuit, operated by M. B. Horwitz, will run its own Pot O' Gold on Tuesday night. Columbus, O. — The Schine circuit has inaugurated its own campaign against the "Pot O' Gold" boxoffice menace on Tuesday nights, offering $1,000 to any person attending a Schine theater when their telephone number was selected by the NBC radio show. Schines operate 33 theaters in 17 different Ohio towns. Plymouth, O. — Ed Ramsey, operator of the Plymouth theater, deciding competition from "Pot O' Gold" was getting serious, started his own campaign to combat it. Any patron in the Plymouth theater who would have won the Turn's $1,000 award if he'd stayed home, will receive an equal amount in cash from Ramsey. Plymouth has a population of approximately 1,600 persons; the theater seats 220. Edward E. Finch Dead Marietta, O.— Edward E. Finch, 64, for past 12 years president of the Cambridge & Marietta Amusement Co., is dead here. Company operates the Hipp and Putnam theaters, Marietta, and the Colonial and Strand, Cambridge. Rooney, Davis "Elected" King and Queen of the Movies "election," conducted by the New York Daily News and some 60 papers, resulted in victories for Mickey Rooney and Bette Davis. $350,000— $2,500,000 BUDGETS FOR WB PIX (Continued from Page 1) studio, he said, is in accordance with i the policy of complete "B" picture elimination so that maximum! ^osses can be attained. He char^tfter j ized "B" product as "eye-burners" | and contended that the easiest thing is to turn out such pictures, but that the company is taking the difficult road in order that consistently high quality pictures can bring larger mutual profit to theater outlets and the company. He expressed the conviction that if the right kind of features are made, "any amount of money can be made in the industry." Production costs, he pointed out, have risen enormously during the past four years, and placed the percentage boost over that period at from 300 to 400 per cent. Factors all along the production line have contributed to this rise, he said. Speaking of "The Fighting 69th," Warner said he was "amazed" at the size and demonstrativeness of the crowd of thousands who participated in the welcome to him, Pat O'Brien and James Cagney at Grand Central Terminal yesterday, and praised the smooth workings of the reception. He characterized the latter as "a great event" for the nation and the box-office, because of its patriotic nature and the inspiration the film will be to American audiences. Two years, he stated, have been spent making this picture which he and his associates "are very proud of." The New York advent of Warner, Cagney and O'Brien received exceptional press coverage from the metropolitan dailies. Warner will remain in New York until Friday, leaving for the Coast on that day. Warner Historical Featurets May be Increased for 1940-41 Number of historical featurets on Warners' 1940-41 short subjects program will probobly be increased, it was learned yesterday. Program will be set in mid-February when Norman H. Moray, Vitaphone sales manager, arrives in Hollywood to confer with Jack L. Warner, Hal B. Wallis and Gordon Hollingshead. He will be on the Coast about two weeks. Silverstone, Helprin Will Represent G. Pascal Appointment of Emanuel Silverstone and Morris Helprin to repre sent Gabriel Pascal in the same ca pacifies in which they serve Alexander Korda was announced yester day by the new United Artists producer. Helprin will act as advertising and publicity head, while Silverstone will be in charge of pales operations.