Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood (1935)

Record Details:

Title:
Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood
Date:
1935
Publisher:
Los Angeles : End Poverty League
Volume:
Sodom and Gomorrah : the story of Hollywood
Leaf #:
000221
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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SODOM AND GOMORRAH 217 rhalberg, Rapf, and Selznick) It" the salaries of tru gentlemen were cut in halves, s could hare without any trouble. shouldn't their salaries be cut fifty | it? If the company's dividend rate had to reduced s< nt to meet a crisis, surely the salaries of the executives could be duced fifty percent without impairing their ; cious ability. If the I til of the United ates feels that his executive power can be maintained with a salary of 875,000 — reduced to $60,000 now — surely cutives of a corpora tion ought to be able to struggle along on $150, 000 annually. Besides, all th< dents are a super fluity, like the relatives of a monarch who have to be supported out of the public treasury. If Nicholas Schenck is worth half a million a year, then he should be able to run his entire outfit without the assis ident whos< . is the largesl in America. And if the two of them deserve th< irely the com pany could dispense with the services o( the expensive Mr. Mayer. But assuming that Mr in charge of production, is vital to the of the corporation, why require the additionally expen Irving Thai berg, Harry Rapf. David O. Selznick, and plus, as production chiefs Mr. Mayer, who is "worth" $800,000 ought to be able to run