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HERE’S WHAT
RICH STARS
By Frederick
A^ARY PICKFORD is probably the richest of all screen workers, with Cecil de Mille, Charlie Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Mary Miles Minter, Anita Stewart and Harold Lloyd close behind in spectacular savings.
David Wark Griffith’s savings consist of a 14acre lemon ranch, a velour hat, three suits of clothes and a watch.
Lillian Gish owns a tiny restaurant in San Pedro, Cal.
William Russell owns Hepner’s beauty parlor in Los Angeles.
Mary Miles Minter is the owner of a laundry in Hollywood.
Norma Talmadge owns half of “The Music Box Revue” in New York.
Above , the Hollywood garage owned by Wanda Hawley and her husband. Below , Harry Carey and one of the prize bulls on his California ranch
A portion of the M exican petroMoreno has invested several
NOT so many years ago the annual savings of an actor consisted of an overcoat — as decorative as the season warranted — and a silk hat. An especially remunerative season — if all went well — might bring an actress several bell-sleeve gowns and a lorgnette.
You have only to turn to Mr. Terry Ramsaye’s entertaining history on another page to find — exactly 21 years ago — Maurice Costello signing with Vitagraph at $18 a week. For this sum he specifically mentioned that he would act only — and not move studio scenery.
But shift the scene to 1923. The Goddess of the Cinema has been highly liberal in the interim. Five thousand dollars is now a fairly moderate remuneration for a week’s task in front of the Cooper-Hewitts. Certain salaries have leaped to the $10,000 figure. And, in the cases of