Kerry Segrave: Extras of Early Hollywood

Cover: 9780786473304 | Extras of Early Hollywood | A History of the Crowd, 1913-1945 | Buch

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Pity the "extras." Mostly overlooked and forgotten. Especially those in the major Hollywood films 1913 to 1945--right through the dream factory's golden era. The struggles of extras to unionize were followed by internal struggles as the extras fought for a voice within that union. There were just too few jobs for far too many extras, some of whom were lured to Hollywood by what seemed to be rags-to-riches tales of stardom (but which were likely little more than industry publicity plants). Once lured to the film capital the reality was much different: low pay, little or no work, ripoffs from private employment agencies, and sexual harassment of the women, likely very much underreported. Some extras had special skills or language abilities, some had wardrobes replete with many period costumes.

Über den Autor

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, shoplifting, and electric cars. He lives in British Columbia.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1.¿Conditions, Agents and Governments

2.¿Central Casting Bureau

3.¿Morals and Corruption

4.¿A Surplus of Extras

5.¿Unions

6.¿Rags to Riches

7.¿Wages and Statistics

8.¿Conclusion

Statistical Appendix

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Theater & Film
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786473304
ISBN-10:	0786473304
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Segrave, Kerry
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Kerry Segrave
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.04.2013
Gewicht:	0,293 kg

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