Gary Cooper was the highest paid film star in the United States in 1936, according to the House of Representative. ys and Means Committee, the "Sunday Express" He received £74,042. He was followed closely by Ronald Colmen with £72,500, and Claudette Colbert with £71,960.
Mae West was fourth with £64,000 and Madeleine Carroll, the English film star, fifth with £57,600.
Salaries paid to other actors and actresses were: Warner Baxter, £56,800; Marlene Dietrich, £54,000; Ruth Chatterton, £49900; Charles Boyer, £49,900; and Rudy Vallee, £47,700,
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