Answer by taking a quote from the following article:

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse  (; 15 October 1881 - 14 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. Born in Guildford, the son of a British magistrate based in Hong Kong, Wodehouse spent happy teenage years at Dulwich College, to which he remained devoted all his life. After leaving school, he was employed by a bank but disliked the work and turned to writing in his spare time.

There had been films of Wodehouse stories since 1915, when A Gentleman of Leisure was based on his 1910 novel of the same name. Further screen adaptations of his books were made between then and 1927, but it was not until 1929 that Wodehouse went to Hollywood where Bolton was working as a highly paid writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Ethel was taken with both the financial and social aspects of Hollywood life, and she negotiated a contract with MGM on her husband's behalf under which he would be paid $2,000 a week. This large salary was particularly welcome because the couple had lost considerable sums in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.  The contract started in May 1930, but the studio found little for Wodehouse to do, and he had spare time to write a novel and nine short stories. He commented, "It's odd how soon one comes to look on every minute as wasted that is given to earning one's salary." Even when the studio found a project for him to work on, the interventions of committees and constant rewriting by numerous contract authors meant that his ideas were rarely used. In a 2005 study of Wodehouse in Hollywood, Brian Taves writes that Those Three French Girls (1930) was "as close to a success as Wodehouse was to have at MGM. His only other credits were minimal, and the other projects he worked on were not produced."  Wodehouse's contract ended after a year and was not renewed. At MGM's request, he gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times. Wodehouse was described by Herbert Warren Wind as "politically naive [and] fundamentally unworldly," and he caused a sensation by saying publicly what he had already told his friends privately about Hollywood's inefficiency, arbitrary decision-making, and waste of expensive talent. The interview was reprinted in The New York Times, and there was much editorial comment about the state of the film industry. Many writers have considered that the interview precipitated a radical overhaul of the studio system, but Taves believes it to have been "a storm in a teacup", and Donaldson comments that, in the straitened post-crash era, the reforms would have been inevitable.  Wind's view of Wodehouse's naivete is not universally held. Some biographers suggest that his unworldliness was only part of a complex character, and that in some respects he was highly astute. He was unsparing of the studio owners in his early-1930s short stories set in Hollywood, which contain what Taves considers Wodehouse's sharpest and most biting satire. CANNOTANSWER

what do they lost money on
Wall Street Crash
Svar genom att citera följande artikel: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (; 15 oktober 1881 – 14 februari 1975) var en engelsk författare och en av 1900-talets mest lästa humorister. Wodehouse, född i Guildford, son till en brittisk domare baserad i Hongkong, tillbringade lyckliga tonår vid Dulwich College, som han förblev hängiven hela sitt liv. Efter att ha slutat skolan blev han anställd på en bank men ogillade arbetet och övergick till att skriva på fritiden. Det hade funnits filmer av Wodehouse-berättelser sedan 1915, då A Gentleman of Leisure baserades på hans roman från 1910 med samma namn. Ytterligare filmanpassningar av hans böcker gjordes mellan då och 1927, men det var inte förrän 1929 som Wodehouse åkte till Hollywood där Bolton arbetade som en högt betald författare för Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Ethel togs med både de ekonomiska och sociala aspekterna av Hollywoods liv, och hon förhandlade fram ett kontrakt med MGM för makens räkning under vilket han skulle få 2 000 dollar i veckan. Denna stora lön var särskilt välkommen eftersom paret hade förlorat avsevärda summor i Wall Street Crash från 1929. Kontraktet startade i maj 1930, men studion fann föga för Wodehouse att göra, och han hade fritid att skriva en roman och nio noveller. Han kommenterade, "Det är konstigt hur snart man kommer att se på varje minut som bortkastad som ges till att tjäna sin lön." Även när studion hittade ett projekt för honom att arbeta med, gjorde utskottens ingripanden och ständiga omskrivning av ett flertal kontraktsförfattare att hans idéer sällan användes. I en studie från 2005 av Wodehouse i Hollywood skriver Brian Taves att These Three French Girls (1930) var "så nära en framgång som Wodehouse skulle ha på MGM. Hans enda andra krediter var minimala, och de andra projekt han arbetade med producerades inte." Wodehouses kontrakt upphörde efter ett år och förnyades inte. På MGM:s begäran gav han en intervju till The Los Angeles Times. Wodehouse beskrevs av Herbert Warren Wind som "politiskt naiv [och] i grunden ovärldslig", och han orsakade en sensation genom att offentligt säga vad han redan hade berättat för sina vänner privat om Hollywoods ineffektivitet, godtyckliga beslutsfattande, och slöseri med dyrbar talang. Intervjun trycktes om i The New York Times, och det kom mycket redaktionell kommentar om filmindustrins tillstånd. Många författare har ansett att intervjun utlöste en radikal översyn av studiosystemet, men Taves anser att det var "en storm i en tekopp", och Donaldson kommenterar att reformerna i den trånga postkraschepoken skulle ha varit oundvikliga. Winds syn på Wodehouses naivitet hålls inte universellt. Vissa biografier menar att hans ovärldslighet endast var en del av en komplex karaktär, och att han i vissa avseenden var högst skarpsinnig. Han var osparig mot studioägarna i sin tidiga 30-tals noveller utspelade i Hollywood, som innehåller vad Taves anser vara Wodehouses vassaste och mest bitande satir. CANNOTANSWER vad förlorar de pengar på
Answer by quoting the following article: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most read humorists of the 20th century. Wodehouse, born in Guildford, the son of a British judge based in Hong Kong, spent happy teens at Dulwich College, which he remained devoted his entire life. After leaving school, he became employed at a bank but disliked the work and went on to sign his spare time. There had been films of Wodehouse stories since 1915, when A Gentleman of Leisure was based on his 1910 novel of the same name. Further film adaptations of his books were made between then and 1927, but it was not until 1929 that Wodehouse went to Hollywood where Bolton worked as a highly paid writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Ethel was taken with both the economic and social aspects of Hollywood's life, and she negotiated a contract with MGM on behalf of his husband during which he would receive $2,000 a week. This large salary was particularly welcome because the couple had lost considerable sums in Wall Street Crash from 1929. The contract started in May 1930, but the studio found little for Wodehouse to do, and he had free time to write a novel and nine short stories. He commented, "It's strange how soon you're going to look at every minute as wasted being given to earn your salary." Even when the studio found a project for him to work on, the committee's interventions and constant rewriting of numerous contract writers made his ideas rarely used. In a 2005 study by Wodehouse, Hollywood, Brian Taves writes that These Three French Girls (1930) were "as close to a success as Wodehouse would have on MGM. His only other credits were minimal, and the other projects he worked on were not produced." Wodehouse's contract ended after a year and was not renewed. At MGM's request, he gave an interview to The Los Angeles Times. Wodehouse was described by Herbert Warren Wind as "politically naive [and] fundamentally unworldly", and he caused a sensation by publicly saying what he had already told his friends privately about Hollywood's inefficiency, arbitrary decision-making, and waste of precious talent. The interview was reprinted in The New York Times, and there was much editorial commentary on the state of the film industry. Many authors have considered the interview to spark a radical overhaul of the studio system, but Taves believes it was "a storm in a teacup", and Donaldson comments that the reforms of the narrow post-crash era would have been inevitable. Wind's view of Wodehouse's naivety is not universally held. Some biographers argue that his unworldliness was only part of a complex character, and that in some respects he was highly astute. He was unsparing to the studio owners in his early 30s short stories set in Hollywood, which features what Taves considers Wodehouse's sharpest and most biting satire. Canntotanswer what they lose money on
Wall Street Crash
Wall Street Crash