Film actors organize
Subtitle: union formation efforts in America, 1912-1937
By: Kerry Segrave.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780786442768
Subjects: Actors' Equity Association -- History; Screen Actors Guild -- History; Actors -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: "This book looks at all the attempts to organize film actors into a union, starting from the earliest attempt 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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early efforts and equity's first attempt, to 1923; title: A brief lull, 1924-1927; title: Ampas and salary cuts: equity's second attempt, 1927; title: A second brief lull, 1928-1929; title: Equity's third attempt, 1929; title: Organizing founders: salary cuts, again, 1930-1931; title: The coming of SAG, 1933-1936; title: SAG negotiations and first contract, 1936-1937; title: Conclusion.