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THE WOMEN WORKERS OF
HOLLYWOOD.
MARRIAGE AND A CARLER.
Many w sasa in America have solved the modern girl'a problem: Revently a veteran per confessed' tiermany's difficult politi i of how to combine, marriage and frankly that he does not like the feal, economic and social problem career, but one so successfully na present tendency of women to go continues to be, in an undanged the women working in the fim in into business, and he declared chat degree, the enorm as amout of an for to ir salaries, which are dustry. In soune mesure this is In womau might unke nomoderate employment prevalling throughout often as falaloes as reports anket -uccess buz, she can never hope to the country. The figures for the then our hus is fallows also upon make a
fortune. They are not year 1923 vagied between 1.300,000 worked side by side at this profes the fact that news and women have bailt A big business.".
Fand guss,con, and in the opening (ylon since its beginning, in were This view is not in accordancs maths of 1927 Letween 1,894,000 branch of it. and with complets with the facts,
Lequality. There, was no prejudige and 1,847,00D,
to Bes down'first, no bitter ghi unemployment to make pay equal. I spe
blanelles, indeed, women make up i Sa per cent, of the personnel,
Few people reatise what an ener
KROSE
We have women in ear mitet to This terrible tiny who are proving their abd'ities' means, in the first place, a to direst great enterprises. Luly [servie bungs upon, industry and thentha has not only conserved | Mater. Cha March 1st, 1927, the staff of people is employed the uterests left by her dietal of the fully whensfoyed was ! besides the actors and artreser Dinguished father, bat hy het own 10tekern; and as gaother 1,594,oon! When & bonded at the Metro Instinctive skill in eonnurce has persons were dependent úponethim, was talls to hundred people |
Goldwyn stata recently, the place developed enterprises which now fewer tha: 8,6670,000 per ple-were lisat thean only 24 11 FR calentate their revenge in figures without any income of pluge own, ¦ setresses, beyond the visions of their founder. and had to le sparted by the the ang sitios ghich women have
Diveting and show#raphy are! It was only a few years ago that rest af the pulation. At the press yet entered in large clinders, Miss, Holmes went into the city [sent time, the out-of-works are cared though in a revent theroman tim, with confident predictions from thtor by the Welfare. Unemployment work was done by a woman. At Aftermath." much of the camera- knowing 'men of Threation | Assistance Scheme, which, in 1926, Hollyword there has been only one
meet that although, there were enst the vich the enormous sum
butstanding woman director, Lois mary things a woman could. de, of 1 million Marks; in other with a nervous breakdown and wo Weber, who retired some time ago she would fail in pitting her wits words, Germany had to provide as million dollars, but has recently agalast the lords who live and work | much for the support of an unpens to back. Some stars have at on in the angust shadows of the Stock duetize host of unemployed as
The or another directed their own shy pictures, bus agave it up after Exchange and the Bank of Eng did to hurt Reparation charges! a first attempt, and there is only land,
our other woran recently prometid to a directorship. This is, Miss Dorothy Arzner, 4 attractive, young. darkhaired, and very cap able asking girl, who is at present
Wlaning Out,
But the young woman who was
+
Economic Losa,
T
Bit the reanale less is much greater on account of the number just herself in her offer" has man-hours: lost and the loss of grown to heel af tinancial con-
facon en the part of the ent of Modern
at work on her seeund frit, cern with a big turnover and misworks. In the year 1925, the Bor-
Commandits Famous Players. itress of an army of "awountants Institure for Crisis Investiga women. Miss Arzner, after dra
The first directed
Fashions for tion calculated that, in consequence ;ing an ambulance in France, stat
and clerks.
of unemploymeng, German industry
for
ing...
The dream of Miss Grace Jeffryse
of seven yenis age at Hollyward, as she used to roam the Tyneside og 3.7 million man-hours of at the bottom of the Indder, as, at Sexstle in her childhood was which only 10 million hours were Cruze. In those seven years she
serip! i
giri t Director James! to go to sea. Fate ruled otherwise. due to industrial stngeles.
Ahas done mest if the work called She proved go, 'snecessful in a Len-suming, for an aggregate of 20 mil
700 iL studio lor-cutting. don office that she became the first workers, an average of 8000
titling, writing, editing, even act woman shipping agent in the cullion man-hourg, the loss for 1020 A Hard Day's Work. ital, and she developed an enter would work out at 12 per cent. 1 As I watched her at work with prise of a kind which has astonish the toubet,works and part-ins her megaphone, it was clear to the ed old and experienced shipping (workers had been normally employ. ; job.
why few women have taken to this Ars. It may be that we have noted throughout the year 1926, they strenuous, everything and ever- The work is incredib's get produced the woman million-would have earned at least 400 body has to be watched ht the same aire whose wealth has been made
time, scenes set costumes judred, milling Marks,
Taking into au, actors directed. A set may be pre hy her own abilities,
But the fact cannot be used as pended in employment doles done in a few seconds, but if one erunt the 1,200 million Marks ex-pared for an hour, rehearsed, con
sidered, changed. The filming is an argument against them. Their German advent into big business is too retieneed through unemployment a ing,
economy has thus ex thing is wrong-background. ligh
expressions, inoveinent--the cent. They have not yet had the minimum of hati al income whole thing has to be gone over ting.
agurenting 2,500 million. Marks, Worea Millionaires.
But no British wong in' bust 300 milion Marks more than news is likely to be deterred by it is repired to prodie, for a warning that she cannot hope penal year's payment under the
ake a fortune. For in
the Dawes Plan. manes of millionaires there are)
t a few enemiers of her own sex.
1,500,000 Unemployed,
Mr Betty Cover inheritedra - As maliers and at the moment, ture of ps than balden willin, From her father aml decided to use it in business. She hued ip a dat oned at 30 shilings as and would dot allow, herself more than tvo pomes a werk for housekeen- ing money
"
See the
TO-DAY ONLY
AT THE
QUEEN'S
2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
IN
A DOG'S LIFE
ALSO
NORMAN KERRY CLAIRE WINDSOR
in
CLAWS
A UNIVERSAL JEWEL
CYNTHIA STOCKLEY'S GREAT STORY OF DARKEST AFRICA
AT THE
WORLD
JACKIE COOGAN
IN
OLD CLOTHES
TO-DAY
ONLY
3
Orchestra at 5.15 & 9.20. Chinese Interpreter at 2.30 & 7.15.
AT THE
STAR
A
TO-DAY ONLY
Continuous from 2.30 to 11.15.
COMEDY of love. laughs.
and thrills. A whimsi- cal story of youthful dreams-
THE
ZOOB
into the night, and when, tired out. again. Often the work goes on far the workers might be expected. be allowed some nest, they go into the proferion-rout, and
rushes of the last day's work. The directer must judge whether it will do, can be doctored, should in %, or will have all to be c Germany will have bu peket, with has not photgraphed as the dire jakin the next day. Maybe a draina
per hoped. a total of about 1,5gus gnemploy
To st of pri vingst id for several spars to me. The emetimes badpens. the costumes textso fare and Posituine, this allostation of the inflare muket in designer, and agres have to he feurisequence of na luprovement in masulted and a different dress Mra Green practically lived in the anomil sitstation is akely to thes
ranged for. Inumerabl and
the her, off e. for she was there daily ninost neutralized by the die dinetur's taks.
mausaientions aar, 17% fron right onlit sundown having charge of honde resulting from air. Weber herself said, only these with and selling land and stocks, besides ||
L man'send il personally conducting other big yuuizatory, and technical better."
strung man's- fancial
physique, and exceptional organis operations.. Andmete in trade and "sauaufacture, ing powers, ens stand it. But if made a fortuak estimated at over Hener, the problem of. unemploy they ein. Sorte $10, 60.000.
reunde ne af ment, which, at the time the Dawes opinion that women directors are __The_jusizuificant beginnings of Report was drawn up, played but better than men. Their ap Mrs. King was as a daughter of a a relatively unimportant part, has preciation of detail, their Sym- Presbyterian disslunary who had a
become to-day the dominating ques pathy and understanding of other wee salary and many months to tion in German "conomy. Albeit women, help the actress. it was feed. She had no influence and in the system of Welfare Inemploy interesting to. which Father experience: her one asset was the ment Assistance is being converted Ralston's quiet confidence in Mass blended with the western spirit of Scheme, the decisive fact remains making of several stars definite strain of Sentch shrewdness into an Unemployment Insurance Arzner as she carried out her in structions. Aliss Weber has the chat a large portion of the popula
to her. tion has to be supported by the credit. rest
adventure.
A Ranch Quee Ms. King is at example which muletely challenges the old- fashioned notion that women can
not handle big business or hope to win millions, for her fortune was Wholly self-made.
and her skill in dealing in cattle
on a large scule, her little ranch
Huge Enterprise.
grew to the astonishing magnitudeHer first business venture was of more than a million acres, Hernot good enoufh-so she fearlessly schedule, wages bill rose from little more entered the Enancial markets. In than £100 a year to over £25,000.
WITH.
GERTRUDE OLMSTED GEORGE K. ARTHUR JOAN CRAWFORD CHARLES MURRAY
GLORIA
PCEORGE
KANTEUR
CEMTJDE!
OLMSTED;
*THE BOOB
SWANSON
The
LOVE
SUNYA
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE
COMING TO THE QUEEN'S THEATRE.
She was looking forward
CITY HALL:
Coming Shortly
It is not only the directors who Considering further that, at the work hard at Hollywood, however, support of her war ripples and With all the actants of frivolity für war pensluna, Germany has to and bigh living one roads, it is spend about 1,300 million Marks in to find these people amor, annually, these two items alone the hardest working of any prof mean an annual unproductive ex-
sion. Actresses are best off because The buring of a small ranch penditure of 2,500 million Marks, there is usually an interval between spend." This couple pays 8:00 signalled her change of fortune. It has less than half the size of that of an annual Dawes payment.
, exactly the normal sum total picture when they can rest; but month rent for a medium-sid scenarists, dramatists, continuity-house, $10 a month in wakes to" owned by the Prince of Wales. By
writers, readers, designers, research-three servants, and they have to hef own keenness for bargaining.
workers have to be on the job pra- spend terge sums on entertainment tienlly all the time. While one pie and clothes and an automobile, just ture is under way they have te he tobold down their jobs." preparing the next. All studios hardly bel my house is my, home, aute Alwaye behind on their said this wonen.np like a
guest there; I have nothing to do R. B. SALISBURY'S It is this hard work which makes with its management or its rug a short time she had built up aths mest longed for and dreamed ning huge enterprise with a capital of of holiday for the movie-worker to domestic bliss on the Italia £2,000,000,
At various times she found the long, tranquil vazation in Europe writers can do, their work at home Ogden Armour, had to pit her wits against in some quiet spot in Italy or an
old house in Surrey, "It's cleven Frances Marion, the highest paid | years since. I had a holiday!" said of all the scenario-writers, "has a As a girl she had to earn he House of Lords and many leading girl of about twenty-nine: baby which she does not, like to let own living and began as a desk British magnates. Yet she made week
whose salary is quoted at £00 a out of her sight, and she does much elerk in a newspaper office. At the fortune and then married an Eng-
of her work in her magnificent same time she augmented her in-lishan whom the had met during
Beach Palaces,
house at the top of Beverley Hills. come by the familiar but often dis-one of her big business deals.
Another writer; married to an
Mapy of the workers, mainly be. appoint spare-time homo-em-
tresses, have several houses," Therefore, it is obvious that there editor working on the same lot ranch, and one noyment of envelope addressing is a natural law or any other said she was raising her prices and palace, as well as the one in town.. .or two beach The two bs, however, taught her obstacle against women becoming working longer all the time because The beach house lately built for much, and as soon as she had saved merciant princesses and making he wanted to make enough to re; Marion Davies contains thirty a little capital, she started a pross huge fortunes. The self-made tire early, "Only it's difficult." seven rooma. Most of the Holly cutting agency and shorthand British woman millionaire is sure she said, "because the more you wood houses are beautifully design to are. It is only matter of make the more you are expected to ed and have exquisite gardens. But
¿Continued on next Column.) they are not earned lightly.
There is another example of the basiness neumen of the fair ex one which challenges the prestige markets. It is bound up, in the of the male Snancier in the stock career of Mrs. Ella Reader.
bureau,
(Continued on nezť Column.)
Morgan-even
time.
Mr. Pierpont against our Own
Riviera, Some more forinate
Л
"QUAINTS
In
"THE BLUE TRAIN."
"ONE DAM THING AFTER
ANOTHER
"ON
APPROVAL.
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