Article: Bob Hope for $13,200?

How much have times changed? How much has change - small or otherwise - changed?

The renovation of the Chicago Theater has unearthed some interesting artifacts, one of which is a list of salaries paid various entertainers in the theater's heydays of the '30s, '40s and '50s.

Forty years ago, for instance, Bob Hope "& Company" split $13,200 for a one-week run. Red Skelton, who is scheduled to return to the rehabbed theater this season, apparently divvied up $7,030 with several associates.

Perry Como's take was $5,892, while Tony Bennett ...

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