Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1947 — Page 10

AP Piodeciion on Roach Sigs High

Profits Drop From 25 to-30 Per Cent Compored that people who get Paid should

deliver an honest day's work. To With 1946; Payrolls Are Slashed ‘day people are not doing haM the (First of A Series)

work they were doing a few years | ago. The - solution is greater » KASPER MONAHAN, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer | efficiency and less goldbricking.” HOLLYWOOD, 8¢pt. 1.—The movies are in trouble. The business Cecil B. DeMille said, “Today we euu ut tne Hollywood phenomenon i§ pretty desperate, : are making “deals instead of making Production costs of films have doubled, and, in some cases tripled. pictures. - We must get back to Except for England, tie European market for American movies making pictusesszgood pictures.” has been vamishing.' The British outlet tiow has disappeared with the Jesse Lasky is another advocate refusal--of American producers fo Acoept the 75 per cent import duty of the fewer-and-bhetter * pictures proposed in Premier Attlee's new policy, ‘ , { austerity Progra. - “In 1941," he pointed out, “I proFilm revenues from England had duced ‘Sergeant - York’ with Gary already decreased alarmingly before Cooper for $1,500,000 Today the the newest blow, same picture would cost al least Producers are $3" million” markets ‘Star System’ Whacked Meanwhile even the revered Is getting whacked This revolt, high-salaried tender spot

from 25 to 30 per cent as compared to 1946 These factors have deal the industry a blow Its leading figures drastic steps must be taken or the will be

combined to staggering

eveing South admit

American with misgivings, fearing they will follow England's Net film

“star

4 : on the from

industry ropes the imperiod, Holly-

Its profits

tem” Various quarters grows, will hit formers In a pocketbooks A of «independent theater owners heard the star system belabored by Henry Brandt, head of a chain "of some 170 theaters, Mr. Brandt sald nearly all stars and’ would-be stars meant: nothing at the boxoffice. He added

example

Durifig * the war and

profits. frony showings

mediate post-war wood was riding high were so great that the loss of re-

mr the United States have dropped ceipts from warring Europe was not felt But now the pinch is

. . : For Blanket Binding {painful and Hollywood must take

i stock of itself, Call MA. 2431 | Fewer and better Progress Laundry

per - ~their

convention

pletures are advocated and already the major studios are carrying this correrc-

into

tive and economical measure leflect. A flood of lcesses. 15 streaming out Money made on velvet, for there's

reissues of old 10Holly

these /18

of wood largely no production cost Payrolls Slashed Quietly the producers~have slashing thelr payrolls The ax has fallen on high<salaried screen writers. One-third ol them been dropped

heen

have

Shapely girls used to dress pictures are being released by score,

up the the

Producers, some , Others. outspokenly demanding thé entire industry roll up its sleeves and go to work. One of the ou spoken ones, Sam Gold®yn, ime: “I do not believe in reflucing salaries and wages, but I do pelieve

privately, and

are

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theater, overpaid.” Hits Other Evils Producer of the top picture of the “Best Years of Our Lives: Mi Goldwyn hit at other evils of the industry, He condemned exaggerated and dishoftest motion picture advertising, blasted double film bills, critic | ized the quality of writing for films deplored the lack of talent in gen}

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