The transition from stage to screen was not only a shift in popular entertainment, but a challenge for those working in the industry as well. This book looks at all the attempts to organize film actors into a union, starting in 1912 when the Actors' Equity Association seemed the best platform for such an effort, to the establishment of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) in 1933 as the best vehicle to represent film actors; another four years passed before SAG was formally recognized by film producers and the first contract was signed.
By:
Kerry Segrave
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 11mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9780786442768
ISBN 10: 078644276X
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 30 January 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Table of Contents Preface 1. Early Efforts and Equity’s First Attempt, to 1923 2. A Brief Lull, 1924–1927 3. AMPAS and Salary Cuts; Equity’s Second Attempt, 1927 4. A Second Brief Lull, 1928–1929 5. Equity’s Third Attempt, 1929 6. Organizing Founders; Salary Cuts, Again, 1930–1933 7. The Coming of SAG, 1933–1936 8. SAG Negotiations and First Contract, 1936–1937 9. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Cultural historian Kerry Segrave is the author of dozens of books on such diverse topics as drive-in theaters, ticket-scalping, lie detectors, jukeboxes, smoking and shoplifting. He lives in British Columbia.
Reviews for Film Actors Organize: Union Formation Efforts in America, 1912-1937
“Segrave...has covered an important topic with good research”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly.
