US film production cost breakdown 1937
prepared by Terre Ramsaye for Motion Picture Herald and published 10 July 1937

	$000s			$000s
cast	250		costuming	20
director	100		sets, art director	125
extras	50		stills	4
assistant directors	20		cutter	10
camera crew	15		film negative	10
lights	20		tests	12
make-up	9		insurance	20
teachers	2		sound	31
labour	12		publicity and transportation	20
story preparation	70		indirect costs	150
story	50

Source: quoted in Lewis Jacobs: The Rise of the American Film [0058]

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