{"id":2587,"date":"2013-04-29T12:16:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2013-04-29T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:16:49","slug":"fitzgeralds-film-loot-for-the-great-gatsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/04\/29\/fitzgeralds-film-loot-for-the-great-gatsby\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitzgerald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Film Loot For \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Great Gatsby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>F Scott Fitzgerald<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs handwritten ledger<\/a> chronicling his film payments 1919-1938 is now online<\/a> just weeks before the release of Baz Luhrmann\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new film adaptation of The Great Gatsby<\/em><\/a>. Which, according to these meticulous records, first earned Fitzgerald $16,666 from Hollywood. Including a 10% commission he paid. Twice<\/em>. This fascinating document\u00c2\u00a0is part of the Matthew\u00c2\u00a0and Arlyn Bruccoli Collection of F Scott Fitzgerald held by the Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections located in the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C.\u00c2\u00a0The writer meticulously tracked his earnings. Here in chronological order is what\u00c2\u00a0the movie industry coughed up to\u00c2\u00a0him before commissions were taken out. Math wizards can computate what these numbers mean in today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dollars. But, hey, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that price for a treatment what MGM is still<\/span> paying?<\/p>\n

Head And Shoulders <\/em>– $2,500.00
Myra Meets His Family<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $1,000.00
The Off Shore Pirate<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $2,250.00
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcOption on my output\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $3,000.
The Beautiful And Damned<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $2,500.00
This Side Of Paradise<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $10,000.00
The Camel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Back<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $1,000.00
Grit<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $2,000.00
\nTitles for Glimpses Of The Moon<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $500.00
The Great Gatsby<\/em> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $16,666.00
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCalifornia work\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 on Lipstick<\/em> -\u00c2\u00a0$3,500 00
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAdditional Payment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 The Great Gatsby<\/em> -\u00c2\u00a0$3,333.00
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTreatment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Metro Goldwyn Mayer \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $6,000<\/p>\n

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F Scott Fitzgerald\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs handwritten ledger chronicling his film payments 1919-1938 is now online just weeks before the release of Baz Luhrmann\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Which, according to these meticulous records, first earned Fitzgerald $16,666 from Hollywood. Including a 10% commission he paid. Twice. This fascinating document\u00c2\u00a0is part of the Matthew\u00c2\u00a0and Arlyn … <\/p>\n

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