Evening star., 1940-07-01
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Salaries of l9 of the Is highest
corporation salaries paid In 1888
went to movie stars and executives,
the Treasury disclosed today. A
$688, 1863 pay check to Louis B. Mayer,
head of etro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pic
lures, topped them all.
The rankings appeared in a
Treasury list, supplementing an
earlier list issued in January, of
all corporation salaries in excess of
$4,000. The two lists for 1888
totaled $50 persons. The informa-
ton is gathered from corporation
income tax returns and made public
as required by law.
Acacia President on List.
The only representative of the
District in the high salary list was
William Montgomery, president of
the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance
Co His salary was S75 200.
Actress Claudette Colbert topped
four of the six businessmen and
Shirley Temple shaded William S.
Knudsen, who in 1888 was president
of General Motors, but now is work.
ing without salary for the National
Defense Commission.
Here are the 25 highest "compen-
sations' reported by the Treasury
counting only salary, bonuses, COM
missions and fees during 1888 or
fiscal years including part of 1888,
but not dividends, interest and
other income-in order:
Louis B. Mayer, s688,369; F. A.
CountWay. president, Lever Brothers
Co. (soap manufacturers, $685.
7l3; Thomas j. Watson, president,
International Business Machines
Corp, s453,44o; Claudette Colbert,
S426,94 Bing Crosby, $4,000;
Irene Dunno. S405, ,222; Eugene G.
Grace, president, Bethlehem Steel
Corp, $378.698; Charles Boyer,
S375,277; Wallace Beery, 1855 900;
Cary Grant, $340,625; George w.
HILL president, American Tobacco
Co, S331, ,348; Hunt Stromberg, film
producer, $328.817; Shirley Temple,
1907 OLA; Joan Crawford, S305, 1884; +;
William S. Knudsen, president, Cen
eral Motors Corp, 1903 400; Mervyn
Leroy, film director, S3O0,00O; Norma
Shearer, 100000: Frank Capra, film
director, 1924 4166; Warner Baxter,
$279,807; Edward C. Stone, United
States manager, Employers Liability
Assurance Corp, Ltd, S277,185:
Nicholas M. Schenck, president OF
Loew's, Inc. and M-G-M, $275,673;
Clark Gable. S272,000; Greta Carlo
$270, 900; Fred Astaire, S266,837, and
Daryl F. zanuck, film producer
$265 900.
Many Ups and Downs.
While comparative salaries were
not available on many of these
there were numerous ups and downs
since 1887. Greta Carlo, whose
$472,0O0 was tops for all actors in
that year, and who trailed 16 others
with $270,000 in 1888, was one
example.
Mr.. Mayer, who led the country
for the second year, got only about
half of his 1887 pay check of ST..
161,753.
Shirley Temples huge salary
which may help explain her recent
retirement" at the age of II, was
nearly double her nearest child COM
petitor. Shirley got s307014 (split
almost evenly into one check for hel
and another for. her parents), De-
anna Durbin $174,916, and Freddie
Bartholomew $118,166.
Remuneration of other film ia
vorites included: Robert Montgom-
cry, $209,750; Spencer Tracy, $2l2,-
600; Ginger Rogers, $208,767; James
Cagney, 243,0O0; Walt Disney, $104,-
Ill; Jean Arthur, $136,666: Lione
Barrymore, $136,584; Fanny Brice
s166,500; Robert Taylor, Sl84,833
Nelson Eddy, $146,416; Myrna 10y
$140,666; Frank Morgan, 1882 1895
eanette Macdonald, S126,000
Robert Young, $l4s,sls; DousA!