BRIEF

 Quiz: Who was given the first $1 million by an actor in one movie? Which year was it? Let me provide a clue. The actress is. Another clue is the fact that JFK was alive when the film was released. I haven't watched the movie, and you probably haven't If you're younger than 50. The theme song from Jeopardy is currently playing. Elizabeth Taylor was the first actor to earn $1 million in one film. The feat was made possible by the film of 1963 "Cleopatra". FYI, the sum of $1,000,000 in 1963 was equivalent to $7.7 millions in the present. The original budget for the film of $2 million also included one million dollars. Since Cleopatra's production went downhill We say "projected". The film's producers paid $5 million over 6 months ($40,000,000 today) and discovered that they didn't have footage to use. The film had to begin over. After inflation adjustments the film cost $31 million. Liz's earnings climbed to $7 million because of budget overruns. It's the same that an actor earns $54 million per film.