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When the U.S. Treasury issued its list of big wage-earners last week, there were a few surprises. MGM's Louis B. Mayer, whose name usually leads all the rest, had slipped to third. At the head of the list was Charles Skouras, president of National Theatres Amusement Corp., with $568,143. The Los Angeles Turf Club's Charles Strub, who runs Santa Anita Park, was second ($541,412), well ahead of Mayer ($502,571). International Business Machines Corp.'s Thomas J. ("Think") Watson was fourth ($425,548). A new name was in fifth place...
...MGM, RKO, Columbia and Universal-International seemed as aloof as ever. The smaller, independent producers were willing to cooperate with television, but in general didn't have much to offer. And most of the big stars were still barred from television by clauses in their contracts...
This is one of MGM's English Specials, and the studio's British stable (Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams), accomplished actors all, help it out a good deal. Walter Pidgeon is not very happily cast as Sabre, but he succeeds in making a solid character of him. Britain's Deborah Kerr by now seems thoroughly at home in Hollywood, both as a beauty and an actress; but she is wasted in such a role. Angela Lansbury does a good, straight job in her "unpleasant" role. Janet Leigh deserves much better parts...
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...five top-grossing companies (figured on pictures which grossed $2,000,000 plus): MGM, $50,900,000 on 15 pictures; Paramount, $48,050,000 on 13; RKO, $39,050,000, on ten; Warner, $38,800,000 on 14; 20th Century...