it is so much money that i wonder if it is accurate. have any other cast members ever discussed their salaries, i wonder.
It sounds WAYYYY too high, honestly.
I think hes just mistaken. As i understand it, Spanky, the top star of the series, was getting paid about $150 a week.
Honestly Ive read many times of people in show biz back in the twenties and thirties making that kind of dough (and in the case of adults twice that). It always struck me as strangely generous. When you consider though how cheap entertainment was and how popular, it starts to make a little sense. Those Pennie’s added up.