Screen goddess Judy Garland is happy with her new MGM contract that was filed on Superior Court in September, 1940. (For contracts, Judy was considered a minor until she turned twenty one on June 10, 1943).

The new contract called for an immediate raise from $600 to $2,000 per week (Monday through Saturday), with options over seven years to bring her up to $3,000 per week. Thus, for seven years with at least forty weeks of work each year.

MGM was willing to guarantee Judy a total salary of $680,000 for each of those seven years. (There would be another new contract in 1946).

Screen goddess Judy Garland
is happy with her new MGM contract

Pretty Judy Garland as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz

Beef Cake wrote on 11^th May, 2013 at 10:18am:


She did get rainfall, like vietiane pour. No tax?

You like cicada? In your palm. You don't grill it?

$680,000.00 in 1945 had the same buying power as $8,771,274.16 in 2013.  With the annual inflations of 3.83% over this period.

Wow that is lotsa of dough.  Top actors and actresses probably make $30,000,000 to be in one movie today.

$30,000,000 - $1,500,000 (5% agent fee) = $28,500,000

$28,500,000 - $11,860,000 (39.6% effective tax) = $17,214,000 (final check to take home).

I highly like Capitalism!

Agree and anyone who is forbidden to eat those tasty cheesy burgers should deserve every penny .

What brand and model of vehicle did Dorothy get?

I bet she never drove Studebaker!