Mary Pickford’s Contract With Adolph Zukor 1916.
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:35 am
1) She could reject the finished pictures; a studio must be built for her; she must own it herself so no one else could make a movie there.
2) $1,400,000.00 salary per year and 50% of the profits of all her movies.
3) She was also to get $10,000.00 a week drawing account.
4) $300,000.00 bonus for signing.
5) A private car attached to any train if she travelled. Two limos and chauffeurs paid by the studio on call day and night.
6) Her wardrobe in toto on and off the screen.
7) Two maids both at the studio and at home.
She was once off Zukor’s payroll for four weeks while she considered other offers from every other picture company and from industrial billionaires who wanted to form companies for her. She made Zukor pay her $40,000.00 a week for those four weeks!
2) $1,400,000.00 salary per year and 50% of the profits of all her movies.
3) She was also to get $10,000.00 a week drawing account.
4) $300,000.00 bonus for signing.
5) A private car attached to any train if she travelled. Two limos and chauffeurs paid by the studio on call day and night.
6) Her wardrobe in toto on and off the screen.
7) Two maids both at the studio and at home.
She was once off Zukor’s payroll for four weeks while she considered other offers from every other picture company and from industrial billionaires who wanted to form companies for her. She made Zukor pay her $40,000.00 a week for those four weeks!