Film Actors Organize

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.

“Segrave...has covered an important topic with good research”—Communication Booknotes Quarterly.

• Table of ContentsPreface      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