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The News (Adelaide) (15/Nov/1927) - Clerk to director

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CLERK TO DIRECTOR

High Pay for Film Producer

LONDON, November 14.

Mr. Alfred Hitchcock, 28 years of age, British film director, has entered into a contract with British International Pictures to produce pictures.

His engagement is for three years, and he will be paid £40,000. He is the highest paid film producer in Britain. At the age of 16 years he was a clerk earning 15/ a week in an advertising office.