Elizabeth Taylor Asked For $1 Million — 10 Old Hollywood Contract Rumors Checked
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In 1960, Elizabeth Taylor asked a studio for a million dollars. The studio said yes. By the end, it had paid her seven.
Ten claims about what Old Hollywood stars demanded, and what they won. For every claim: what was said, what the records show, and a verdict.
Chapters:
0:00 A million dollars
0:19 Elizabeth Taylor
2:14 Mary Pickford
4:12 Charlie Chaplin
6:04 Bette Davis
8:22 Olivia de Havilland
10:18 James Cagney
12:44 Cary Grant
14:44 Betty Grable
16:25 Ben Turpin
18:09 Roscoe Arbuckle
20:13 The verdicts
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A claim. The paperwork. A verdict. Subscribe for the next ten: @whatthecamerahid
#oldhollywood #elizabethtaylor #hollywoodhistory #classichollywood
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Elizabeth Taylor Asked For $1 Million — 10 Old Hollywood Contract Rumors Checked
What the Camera Hid
71 views
In 1960, Elizabeth Taylor asked a studio for a million dollars. The studio said yes. By the end, it had paid her seven.
Ten claims about what Old Hollywood stars demanded, and what they won. For every claim: what was said, what the records show, and a verdict.
Chapters:
0:00 A million dollars
0:19 Elizabeth Taylor
2:14 Mary Pickford
4:12 Charlie Chaplin
6:04 Bette Davis
8:22 Olivia de Havilland
10:18 James Cagney
12:44 Cary Grant
14:44 Betty Grable
16:25 Ben Turpin
18:09 Roscoe Arbuckle
20:13 The verdicts
Previous episode — Hollywood Stars With Secret Lives: Sterling Hayden, Reagan, Dietrich — 10 Rumors Checked:
Hollywood Stars With Secret Lives: Sterlin...
A claim. The paperwork. A verdict. Subscribe for the next ten: @whatthecamerahid
#oldhollywood #elizabethtaylor #hollywoodhistory #classichollywood
Film excerpts are used for commentary, criticism and historical reporting.
Image credits — archival photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Public domain images require no attribution. Photographs used under Creative Commons licences are credited in full in the pinned comment / channel resources.
Documents, props and scenes without real faces were created for this video. No generated image depicts a real person.