And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
No hamburgers and no pizza, if I’m reading that correctly.
Re: prices. I have no idea what workers on the set were paid, But I do recall that my father told me that when he enlisted as a private in the US Army immediately after Pearl Harbor, he was being paid $23. Per month.
I can picture Humphrey Bogart deciding what to have for lunch while taking a break in filming 'The Maltese Falcon'.
ReplyDeleteSauerkraut juice?
ReplyDeleteIt's to kill the taste of the clam juice. Did you see the sandwich specials? - peanut butter, baked ham and chicken on toast. Mm mm.
DeleteFor reference about the prices, $1.00 1941 = $20.25 2022
ReplyDeleteThat would still be $15.00 for a T-bone steak. Most cheap steakhouses charge $30. Movie stars had it good back then, I suppose.
Delete"I'll have 2 Lime Freezes, please. Here's 4 bits, keep the change."
ReplyDelete"Here ya go. Golly, thanks Mister!"
The most expensive item on the menu is still under a dollar so under $20 say. A lot to choose from as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd there was always the guy on set who had to eat beans.
ReplyDeleteAlmost a year pre-war, with the Depression just beginning to end.
ReplyDeleteThe past is another country.
And...BEER on a lunch break, on the lot?!? Unheard of!
WB studio execs now would sh*t kittens at the thought.
Holy Flashbacks, Batman!
I'll dig around, and see if I can find scale wages for the average behind-the-camera studio help.
No hamburgers and no pizza, if I’m reading that correctly.
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I have no idea what workers on the set were paid, But I do recall that my father told me that when he enlisted as a private in the US Army immediately after Pearl Harbor, he was being paid $23. Per month.
What was the Vitaphone?
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