Wednesday, September 25, 2019

LADIES #8


4 comments:

Mr.Lee said...

Artist Tommy Coopers wife Pat, when she was a Digger Pugh girl on the Beatty show.

Chic Silber said...


The Beatty letterhead taped

on the truck door would show

the current running order

Roger Smith said...

A long-time Beatty show insider, quite popular around here, told me the Digger Pugh girls hated the guy. Their contracts called for $85 a week, and Digger took out $50 for himself as agent's commission. Now, who could have told me that...?

By way of comparison, in the California film industry, talent agents by law can receive only 10% of the client's contract fee. Talent "managers", on the other hand, can demand 15% to 25%, beyond the agent's fee, or legally, whatever p/c they can squeeze from a client.

Chic Silber said...


Just for the record that wasn't me

Not quite as bad as the Iron Curtain

countries' performers in early years

Their mere pittance of a salary gave

all of them a great incentive to find

other income wherever & however they

could (use your imagination)