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Chapter XI
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT EXECUTIVES
The executives are: producer, associate producer, supervisor, studio manager, production manager, purchasing agent.
Producers are the owners of the companies and they finance the entire operations of the studios, making and distributing the pictures. They guide the policy of the company, regarding the number and types of pictures to be made, and decide the methods of exploitation. Their remuneration, of course, depends upon the yearly dividends of the company.
The Associate Producer is in charge of actual studio produc' tion. He is the right hand of the producer. He approves the purchase of all stories, the completed adaptations and continuities, and all contracts signed with actors, actresses, directors, writers, etc. He decides what pictures are to be made, when they are to go into production, and the amount of money to be spent on each picture. He is responsible for the success or failure of every production.
The qualifications are: knowledge of screen story material, great showmanship, i. e., knowledge of the public taste and ability to present entertainment attractively; executive ability. The salary ranges from $2500.00 to $5000.00 per week. (Sometimes the associ' ate producer receives a percentage of the profits from picture sales.)
A Supervisor is in charge of a unit making a picture and is responsible for the quality of its production. The supervisor has absolute authority over the particular unit under his supervision.
After he is given the story, play, musical comedy or novel, he decides which scenario writer shall have the assignment for the adaptation, the continuity, the dialog, and the titles. He also chooses the director, the cast, the art director, the cameramen, and the cutter. Like all dictators, he is usually very unpopular, and frequently heated arguments arise when he interferes with the director and others.
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