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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 10, 2023 19:53:43 GMT
Who first actor to receive a salary of one million dollars, and what was the movie ?
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 10, 2023 20:59:36 GMT
First guess --
Marlon Brando for MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY in 1962
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Post by claudius on Aug 10, 2023 21:45:00 GMT
Elizabeth Taylor CLEOPATRA
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 11, 2023 8:09:44 GMT
According to what i read in a trivia section on IMDB, Both those answers are wrong.
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Post by Old Aussie on Aug 12, 2023 12:32:02 GMT
William Holden - Bridge on the River Kwai ?
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Post by Old Aussie on Aug 12, 2023 12:34:19 GMT
First guess -- Marlon Brando for MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY in 1962 I recall that he had a salary of $500 000 on Bounty, but eventually received another $750 000 in "overtime".
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 13, 2023 7:20:51 GMT
William Holden - Bridge on the River Kwai ? No
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 14, 2023 7:27:33 GMT
According the the IMDB trivia section for Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Claude Rains made history by being the first actor to receive a salary of one million dollars to portray Julius Caesar in this movie.
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Post by mattgarth on Aug 14, 2023 15:46:30 GMT
But all poor Claude pocketed was a measly hundred grand.
British taxes gobbled up all the rest.
C'est la vie -- financially.
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