Metro Pictures Corporation – Weekly Payroll – 1915-1920
July 2, 1921
Scenario Dept. – est. 5 women of 9 or 10
Lenore J. Coffee, prod. # 117, Rate: $200
June Mathias, #115, #113, Rate: $750
Florence Hein, #115, #113, Rate: $50
Evelyn Kenyon, #110 Rate: $50
Winnifred Dunn,#118, # 114, #150
Ethel Kennedy, #118, $200
*******(Not titled, but blank filled with Star or Artist or nothing)
Viola Dana, Star # 116, $1,750
Ethel Grandin, (blank) $150
Laboratory – 19
Bertha Moore ($30), Helen Weiner ($35), Mabel Knettles ($40) – 3 of 19
Cutting, Cameraman, Projection (no females)
Art – 8
Josephine Dillon (Research) $35 – much less than men, ranging to $175
Drapery – 3
Mrs. Hoppe $25 (later category is seamstress)
Property – 9 – all male
Business Managers – 5 – all male
Directors – 5 – all male
Rex Ingram, #115, $1,000
Asst. Dir – 3 – all male
Still Room – 3; Art Title – 4; Stage – 3
Telephone Operator: Lillian Chapman $25; Eva Cram, $25
Janitor – 6; Mrs. H. Peterson – $21
Purchasing & Stores – 9
Machine Operator – Mrs. A. Greene, $35;
Stenographer – Inez Bowser, $30
Wardrobe – 3; Marion Rae, $25
July 9, 1921
Winnifred Dunn, #118, $150
Ethel Grandin, #118, $150
June Mathis, #115, $750
September 20, 1922
Laboratory – 18 positions, all male except the Negative Cutters
Negative cutter: Mabel Nettles, $35
Negative cutter: Helen Weiner, $30
Negative Cutter: Mildred Cox, $25
Other jobs: Superintendent: $150, Supervisor, Asst Supervisor, Positive Dev, Negative Dev, Printer, Helper, Stock library, Dry Room Helper ($25/week – 3), Negative Wrapper, Assembler, Hypo Man, Wrapper
October 7, 1922 – Broken down as units
Vidor Unit, Beaumont Unit, Willat Unit, Sawyer Unit (either director or business mgr at head) Not finding Scenario Dept. But Winnifred Dunn listed as #136, Sawyer Unit at $100/week as Writer:
Note: Title Writers appear around 1922, paid very little
Executives Not always listed. Maybe they were being paid monthly?