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May 7, 2012 · Marshall, 77, recalls that he brought one writer, Arthur Silver, over from “Happy Days” to try to work with the headstrong actresses. “There are two kinds of writers,” explained Marshall. “There...
Arthur Silvers was a partner of Kennard and Silvers, an early Black architecture firm in Los Angeles. He was from a generation of post World War II architects whose work demonstrated a break from traditional European influences.
- A Long History of Clashes with Labor
- An Unregulated Industry
- 'Above The Line' Workers Organize
- The Mob's Connection to IATSE
- False Allegations of Communist Ties
- A Strike Is called
- Reagan and Others Cross The Picket Lines
- Short Lived Truce, Then Violence and Strife
- Studio Payrolls Are Purged of Union Members
That morning at Warner Bros. was the most brutal conflict between billion-dollar studios and the people who keep them running but it was hardly the last. The struggle between Hollywood's controlling business interests and everyday laborers continues, most recently with the narrowly avoided IATSE strike in 2021, which would have crippled the film an...
The entertainment industry's unregulated working conditions were already a problem in the Victorian era. In 1893, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees began organizing people who worked behind the scenes in live theater. At that point, filmmaking technology was in its infancy and L.A.'s movie industry was non-existent. New York,...
Spurred by the liberal, pro-union Roosevelt administration, "above the line" workers such as actors, directors and writers began organizing their own unions in the 1930s, forcing the studios to recognize them. "For actors, directors and writers, it's really a New Deal story. They were not unionized before. There were some attempts but mostly unsucc...
During the 1930s, as the studio system became a well-oiled, exploitative machine, IATSE membership boomed. But the meteoric growth had a dark side. By 1934, a crime syndicate associated with the now-jailed Al Capone had effectively taken over IATSE, installing former pimp Willie Bioff and corrupt stagehand George Browne as its leaders. The two men ...
IATSE didn't take these defections lying down. The union and the studios ginned up claims that liberal CSU had communist sympathies. The accusations weren't true but they would be used against the upstart union for its entire existence. Things came to a head in 1943, when the Society of Motion Picture Interior Decorators affiliated with CSU. IATSE ...
Fed up with IATSE and the studios' treatment of their workers, CSU called a strike on March 12, 1945. The next day, The Hollywood Reporter described the strike's impacton the industry: More than 10,000 CSU workers went on strike, joining the picket lines at the major studios and at theaters. According to Horne, crew members who had worked on movies...
However, many actors, including Ronald Reagan (already a SAG board member) did cross the lines. The future president painted a grim picture of union unrest. "Homes and cars were bombed. Workers trying to drive into a studio would be surrounded by pickets who'd pull open their car door or roll down a window and yank the worker's arm until they broke...
The truce was short-lived. Less than a year later, in July 1946, Sorrell and CSU called another strike, which netted workers a 25% pay raise. Their victory would soon prove to be hollow. In September of that year, a fight between IATSE and CSU over whether IATSE grips or CSU carpenters controlled set building led to the major studios locking out CS...
Looking to solve at least one of its problems, the film industry used the lockout to purge studio payrolls of CSU members and those who supported them. As the lockout dragged on into 1947, CSU lost power and fell apart. By the 1950s, CSU had been strangled out of existence, leading to IATSE's resurgence. The repercussions of these labor struggles w...
2 days ago · Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, 7424 Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles. September 21–October 26. Samantha Yun Wall, “Matriarch” (2024), 23k gold leaf and ink on claybord, 48 x 36 x 2 1/4 ...
22 hours ago · The Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain at Grand Park in Los Angeles provided a cool spot for youngsters celebrating a friend’s birthday on Saturday. ... The silver lining is that the direction of ...
Jun 11, 2018 · On 06/11/2018 ART SILVERI, filed a Small Claim - Other Small Claim court case against THOMAS VOLK, ESQ in Los Angeles County Superior Courts. Court records for this case are available from Pasadena Courthouse.
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