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LEADER: 01577nam a22002778a 4500
001 2008050692
003 DLC
005 20081121095200.0
008 081120s2009 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008050692
020 $a9780786442768 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPN2016$b.S46 2009
082 00 $a331.88/11791430280973$222
100 1 $aSegrave, Kerry,$d1944-
245 10 $aFilm actors organize :$bunion formation efforts in America, 1912-1937 /$cKerry Segrave.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2009.
263 $a0901
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEarly efforts and equity's first attempt, to 1923 -- A brief lull, 1924-1927 -- Ampas and salary cuts: equity's second attempt, 1927 -- A second brief lull, 1928-1929 -- Equity's third attempt, 1929 -- Organizing founders: salary cuts, again, 1930-1931 -- The coming of SAG, 1933-1936 -- SAG negotiations and first contract, 1936-1937 -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aActors$xLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aActors' Equity Association$xHistory.
610 20 $aScreen Actors Guild$xHistory.