Gossip Friday: She’s the High Earner

From April 1939, columnist Sheilah Graham:

I have heard many localities wonder how it happened that Carole Lombard earned more than Clark Gable in 1937. Clark is a bigger draw, but Carole was in the happy position of being lent to David Selznick at the rate of $150,000 for “Nothing Sacred,” which is why Carole received $314,000 and Clark $289,000. Both were definitely worth their pay to their employers. Carole made three pictures. “Swing High, Swing Low,” which I did not like personally, but which I am told made money; “True Confession”–very good; and “Nothing Sacred,” a box-office success. Clark’s output of two included the very terrible “Parnell”—but the other was “Saratoga,” which netted a little fortune for Metro.