New Britain herald., 1927-07-30


Ben Lyon is rs. Lewis Stone il
set down on the books at IS. Mary
Aston is 81 and Lloyd Hughes 80.
Mary Brian, Of Paramount. Is IS.
Louise Brooks is Il. Chester Conk-
lin. an old clown with Barnes Cir
Gus. is said to be 40. Richard Dix
is 35. Ralph Forbes, ~.
ston is in the early twenties. Madge
Bellamy is "a, George O'Brien rs.
Kathryn Berry ~. Charles Farrell
isn't more than a few months over
20. Clara Bow is under 20: Lois
Moran is IS.
Further revelations shows that
Reginald Denny is 81. Laura La
Plante Is not quite %. Mary Phil
bin Is %. Glenn Tyron. newest
Universal star. was born In 1899.
Buster Keaton was doing somer-
saults soon after November 4, 1895.
now being in the SIND year of life.
Ronald Colman is over 80. Wilma
Banky hasn't passed the first Is yet.
The highest paid picture actor
outside of United Artists Corpora
ton is Tom Mix, earning around
100000 weekly. Mix's salary is
$4,000 weekly with a percentage of
the profits of his films.
Charlie Chaplin charges himself
| $4,000 weekly salary into the cost
of production, realizing on the great
portion of the profits of the picture
in addition. Charlie started in pic
lures for keystone at $3.50 a week.
Douglas fairbanks charges from
$4,000 to $4,000 weekly salary in
to the cost of his productions. He
was taken from the boards into pic
lures at salary of $4,000 to start
with.
Buster Keaton charges $1,000
weekly into cost of production as
salary. Buster turned down an Of
fer of $3.50 week to appear in
vaudeville at the Winter Garden in
favor of starting out with Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle at $40.
John Barrymore's salary Is around
$4,000. Gloria Swanson charges
$1,000 weekly into cost Of produce
ton as salary. Norma Talmadge Is
rated at a similar scale to the last
Colleen Moore gets $1,000 weekly or
$125,000 to a picture. She makes
four yearly.
Mary Pickford's salary Is $4,000
weekly with the major percentage Of
the profits in addition. In 1915 Miss
Pickford was earning $4,000 a week
with SO per cent of the profits from
her pictures. Her salary was
doubled in 1915. getting $4,000 and
SO per cent from the same corper-
alton, Famous Players.
Lillian Gish is the highest salaried
player with Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
at reported salary Of $500 week
ly. Adolphe Menjou receives
around $1,000 weekly. Richard
Dix's is over $4,000. Reginald Den
ny is the highest paid member of
the Universal staff at $500.
Janet Gaynor started with Fox at
SIS. Her salary was doubled and
it is understood that Miss Gaynor
is to be given a new contract at
salary more In line with her box Of
fee value as a result of her work
in Seventh Heaven"
Olive Borden. another 1s-year-old,
getting SIS a week working at odd
times under the direction of an
agent. was sold by the latter to Fox
for $1,000 and is now getting from
Enn mn ~oal-
Marian Nixon has just graduated
from westerns into real heavy DRAM
mer at Universal. Her salary, re-
ported at $1,000. may go higher
shortly.
Our third trip. for no reason at
all, will be to Thomas Mountain, Or
if you are on more familiar terms
with 1T, Mount Tom. We are quite
sure you will reach there If you read
the following directions-and fol-
| low them out. There are many
ways to get there, but the following
is probably as bad as any other and
is therefore recommended, for il you
strike better route think how
pleasantly surprised you will be.
Here goes:
Leave New Britain, when traffic
lights permit, via Main, East Main,
Elm, and Stanley streets. Amber
light at corner of Stanley and Allen
streets is merely warning; do not
stop and wait for it to turn green.
On the right is the State Normal
school. SO called because it is the
normal school for local high school
girls to enter. Follow pavement to
West Hartford. About this time
you will realize you waited too long
before turning left, so make another
left swing and 60 west to center.
then strike northward. There should
be a road In that direction: If not,
take to the fields, the road will
turn up somewhere. Pass through
corner of Bloomfield, nearing left
few times. Cross narrow bridge
into
Weatogue. Powder mill. Do not
ignite. Turn right 10 Simsbury.
Never mind the railroad tracks
here; they are used only for circus
trains once year and the )apers
carry warnings when that great
event is to happen. Right through
to /
CRANKY. Straight and take right
fork to Massachusetts, state line.
Stop across line and fill tank with
reasonably priced gasoline. Then on
to
Southwick. The Boy Scout In the
road is really a traffic cop, even II
he hasn't badge, SO don't ask him
if he has done his daily good turn
yet. Right through to
Westfield. This is a tricky place.
II you are lucky enough to find
your way to the center, be very
careful In rounding the green, going
outside al, white lines even though
Job Oh to1 l.